Recaps

Qinglin trained in the Heaven Serpent Art while Lu Xia decided to pursue Medusa, who was bound to him by a Soul Contract. After summoning her to his room, Lu Xia declared that he wanted her to be his woman and pulled her into his arms, leaving Medusa unable to refuse.

• Sky Serpent Ancestor praised Qinglin for quickly learning the fundamentals of the Heaven Serpent Art and urged her to cultivate steadily.
• Qinglin thought about visiting Lu Xia, then reminded herself to become stronger and returned to her cultivation chamber.
• Lu Xia watched Medusa in his courtyard and decided it was time to pursue her.
• Lu Xia summoned Medusa to his room late at night and caressed her cheek, while the Soul Contract prevented her from moving away.
• Lu Xia asked Medusa to be his woman, and after she challenged his claim that he could decide for her, he pulled her into his arms and asked whether she could still refuse.

Lu Xia indulged in his relationship with Medusa while both advanced their cultivation, then decided to leave for Jia Nan Academy's Strong Ranking Tournament. The chapter ended with him visiting Qinglin, who had reached Peak Dou Master during their month apart.

• Lu Xia used the Soul Contract to overcome Medusa's resistance and began summoning her to his room regularly.
• Over the next month, Lu Xia reached Peak Six-Star Dou Zong, while Medusa broke through to Two-Star Dou Zong.
• Lu Xia told Medusa they would set off for Jia Nan Academy before the Strong Ranking Tournament, intending to act while the Inner Academy's defenses were weak.
• The next day, Lu Xia visited Qinglin and saw that she had advanced to Peak Dou Master.
• Qinglin welcomed Lu Xia happily and asked why he had come to see her.

Lu Xia and Medusa returned to Peace Town to wait for Jia Nan Academy’s Strong Ranking Tournament, while Qinglin remained at Sky Serpent Mansion and vowed to reach Dou Zong so she could find him. As the tournament day arrived, they heard that Han Feng had disappeared, with rumors blaming a powerful Dou Zong or even a Dou Venerate.

• Lu Xia said goodbye to Qinglin and promised to wait for her to reach Dou Zong before she came to find him.
• Lu Xia and Medusa left Sky Serpent Mansion, crossed the Entwining Snake Mountains, and reached Peace Town two days later.
• Lu Xia and Medusa shared a room at an inn and spent five days waiting for the Strong Ranking Tournament while Lu Xia cultivated.
• On the morning the tournament began, Lu Xia and Medusa ate at the inn as visitors filled Peace Town.
• A diner told his companions that Han Feng had disappeared, and rumors claimed a Dou Zong or Dou Venerate was responsible.

Lu Xia and Medusa entered Jia Nan Academy’s Inner Academy with the spectators for the Strong Ranking Tournament. From the viewing platform, Lu Xia sensed the academy’s hidden experts and discovered the Fallen Heart Flame beneath the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower, leaving him eager to claim his third Heavenly Flame.

• Lu Xia and Medusa heard that Jia Nan Academy had opened the entrance and joined the crowd heading to Canaan City.
• Outer Academy dean Hu Gan released his Dou Emperor Peak aura, then opened the teleportation passage to the Inner Academy.
• Lu Xia and Medusa crossed the passage and took seats on the Inner Academy’s viewing platform.
• Lu Xia searched the academy with his spiritual power and sensed Great Elder Su Qian, the Qian and Bai Elders, and the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower.
• Lu Xia recognized the Fallen Heart Flame beneath the tower and suppressed his excitement as he waited for the chance to obtain it.

During the Strong Ranking Tournament, Lu Xia and Medusa slipped into the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower, where Lu Xia subdued and absorbed the Fallen Heart Flame. As the tower began losing its heat and power, Qian and Bai Elders sensed the disturbance and rushed to investigate.

• Lu Xia and Medusa left the tournament unnoticed and headed for the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower.
• Lu Xia entered the tower while Medusa stayed outside to keep watch, and he found Zi Yan asleep beside the lava lake.
• Lu Xia put Zi Yan into a deeper sleep, moved her aside, and plunged into the magma to find the Fallen Heart Flame.
• The Fallen Heart Flame attacked Lu Xia as a giant fire python, but he subdued it by combining his Heavenly Flames and poisonous mist.
• Lu Xia absorbed the Fallen Heart Flame, causing the tower's temperature and sustaining formation to weaken.
• Qian and Bai Elders sensed the Fallen Heart Flame's aura fading and rushed toward the tower.

Lu Xia escaped Jia Nan Academy with Medusa and the sleeping Zi Yan after stealing the Fallen Heart Flame, while Sky Serpent Ancestor held off Qian and Bai Elders. They reached a secluded valley in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, where Lu Xia began refining the flame and Medusa guarded Zi Yan.

• Lu Xia and Medusa fled Jia Nan Academy with Zi Yan, and Sky Serpent Ancestor blocked Qian and Bai Elders from pursuing them.
• Su Qian confronted Lu Xia, but Lu Xia badly injured him with one strike before escaping with Medusa and Zi Yan.
• Lu Xia and Medusa reached a secluded valley, where Lu Xia revealed that Zi Yan was an Ancient Void Dragon and asked Medusa to guard her.
• Lu Xia entered a cave and began refining the Fallen Heart Flame with the help of the Green Lotus Core Flame and the Sea Heart Flame.
• The Strong Ranking Tournament at Jia Nan Academy was interrupted as attendees speculated about the disturbance near the forbidden grounds.

After the Inner Academy incident, Xiao Xun'er sent Uncle Ying to investigate who caused it. Meanwhile, Lu Xia refined Fallen Heart Flame, reached Peak Dou Zong, and transformed his Woeful Poison Body, but his attempt to break through to Dou Venerate failed, leaving him at Half-Step Dou Venerate.

• Inner Academy instructors evacuated the crowd and postponed the Strong Ranking Tournament after an unforeseen incident.
• Xiao Xun'er asked Uncle Ying to investigate what happened in the Inner Academy and identify the culprit.
• Lu Xia finished refining more than half of Fallen Heart Flame's origin and advanced from peak Six-Star Dou Zong to Peak Dou Zong.
• Lu Xia used his three Heavenly Flames to complete the Woeful Poison Body's third transformation and purify his poison power.
• Lu Xia repeatedly struck the Dou Venerate barrier but could not break through, so he began stabilizing his cultivation at Half-Step Dou Venerate.

After emerging from half a month of cultivation, Lu Xia contracted the sleeping Zi Yan with the Heaven-and-Earth Beast-Taming Scripture and remained in the valley with her and Medusa. He later tried to fuse three Heavenly Flames to create Buddha's Fury Lotus, but the flames exploded on contact.

• Lu Xia left the cave and carried Medusa inside, leaving Zi Yan asleep beneath a protective soundproof restriction.
• After a day and a night, Lu Xia emerged with Medusa and used the Heaven-and-Earth Beast-Taming Scripture to contract Zi Yan while she slept.
• Medusa recognized the contract runes that had once bound her, and Lu Xia decided to stay in the valley until Zi Yan awoke.
• Lu Xia brought the Green Lotus Core Flame, Sea Heart Flame, and Fallen Heart Flame together to form Buddha's Fury Lotus, but they violently repelled one another and exploded.

Lu Xia mastered Buddha's Fury Lotus after repeated practice and later watched Zi Yan awaken as her Ancient Void Dragon bloodline surged. When Zi Yan woke in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, Lu Xia claimed Su Qian had entrusted her to him, and the Beast-Taming Scripture's contract power made her move toward him despite her refusal to accept him as her master.

• Lu Xia repeatedly practiced Buddha's Fury Lotus until he stabilized three Heavenly Flames into a fire lotus.
• Lu Xia told Medusa about his success, then carried her to the cave to celebrate.
• Lu Xia noticed Zi Yan's aura rising as her Ancient Void Dragon bloodline awakened.
• Zi Yan woke in an unfamiliar valley and questioned Lu Xia about who he was and why she was there.
• Lu Xia claimed Su Qian had agreed for Zi Yan to follow him and called himself her master.
• Zi Yan refused to acknowledge Lu Xia, but the contract power caused her body to move toward him.

Lu Xia subdued Zi Yan, sent Medusa back to organize the Snake-People Tribe, and set out for Wu Tian Manor to unite the Northwestern Continent. At Wu Tian Manor, Xiao Yi Xian had advanced to Dou Ling and continued waiting for him.

• Lu Xia used their contract to make Zi Yan accept him as her master.
• Lu Xia told Medusa to unite the Snake-People Tribe and promised to help them claim better territory after he took the Chu Yun Empire, Jia Ma Empire, and Black-Corner Region.
• Medusa agreed to return to the Tagor Desert with Zi Yan while Lu Xia headed alone for Wu Tian Manor.
• Xiao Yi Xian cultivated at Wu Tian Manor under Dugu Mei's care and advanced from Da Dou Shi to Dou Ling over several months.
• Xiao Yi Xian missed Lu Xia, read a medical text in her courtyard, and heard Dugu Mei arrive to visit her.

Lu Xia returned to Wu Tian Manor as a Peak Dou Zong and reunited with Xiao Yi Xian and Dugu Mei. After spending time catching up with Xiao Yi Xian, he left to handle matters with Dugu Mei.

• Dugu Mei visited Xiao Yi Xian with pastries, and they discussed how long Lu Xia had been away.
• Lu Xia arrived at Wu Tian Manor and sensed Xiao Yi Xian and Dugu Mei together in the courtyard.
• Xiao Yi Xian ran to Lu Xia and embraced him, while Dugu Mei restrained her own excitement and welcomed him.
• Lu Xia praised Xiao Yi Xian for reaching Dou Ling, and Dugu Mei asked him to meet her later about manor matters.
• Lu Xia and Xiao Yi Xian exchanged stories about their time apart for more than half a shichen.
• As evening approached, Lu Xia left Xiao Yi Xian's courtyard to go to Dugu Mei's residence.

Lu Xia reunited with Dugu Mei at Wu Tian Manor, where they spent the night together and discussed the manor's growing unrest and his plans for expansion. He left her determined to bring Wu Tian Manor under his control, destroy the Ten Thousand Scorpions Sect, and eventually conquer the Jia Ma Empire and the Black-Corner Region.

• Lu Xia entered Dugu Mei's residence and found her bathing in her bedroom.
• Dugu Mei drew Lu Xia into the room, and they spent the night together.
• Dugu Mei told Lu Xia that Wu Ya had been absent for a long time and that the First Elder and Second Elder were secretly investigating.
• Lu Xia declared that he would submit or kill the manor's disobedient members, then destroy the Ten Thousand Scorpions Sect and unite the Chu Yun Empire's Poison Cultivator forces.
• Lu Xia revealed his ambition to conquer the Jia Ma Empire and advance into the Black-Corner Region, and Dugu Mei responded with admiration and affection.

Lu Xia revealed his Peak Dou Zong strength to Wu Tian Manor’s five elders, declared Wu Ya dead, and took control of the manor. He renamed it the Immortal Poison Sect, appointed Dugu Mei Chief Steward, and ordered her to sort out the disciples as the new sect began.

• Dugu Mei summoned Wu Tian Manor’s five elders, who complained that Lu Xia’s return was not important enough to warrant a meeting.
• Lu Xia entered the hall, overwhelmed the elders with his Peak Dou Zong pressure, and announced that Wu Ya was dead and he would make the decisions.
• The elders accepted Lu Xia’s authority and agreed to be demoted from elders to stewards.
• Lu Xia renamed Wu Tian Manor the Immortal Poison Sect, declared himself its first Sect Master, and appointed Dugu Mei Chief Steward.
• Lu Xia told Dugu Mei to identify disciples willing to stay and ensure they accepted the sect’s new name and leadership.

After making Wu Tian Manor the Immortal Poison Sect, Lu Xia appointed Xiao Yi Xian as its Saintess and discovered a way to manage the growing poison in her Woeful Poison Body. As he absorbed some of her poison to refine it, their opposing poisons harmonized within his body.

• Lu Xia announced that Wu Tian Manor had become the Immortal Poison Sect, with himself as its first sect master and Dugu Mei as chief steward.
• Lu Xia appointed Xiao Yi Xian as the sect's Saintess, and she accepted after initially doubting she was qualified.
• While guiding Xiao Yi Xian's cultivation, Lu Xia learned that the poison in her body was growing faster than her cultivation and might become uncontrollable.
• Lu Xia proposed taking some of Xiao Yi Xian's poison into his own body to refine it, and she agreed after he reassured her.
• Lu Xia and Xiao Yi Xian circulated their battle qi together, and the yin and yang properties of their poisons blended harmoniously inside him.

Lu Xia discovered that refining Xiao Yi Xian’s poison could loosen his stalled cultivation, then named her the Immortal Poison Sect’s Holy Maiden. He announced an attack on the Ten Thousand Scorpions Sect, and after learning he was a Half-Step Dou Venerate, the stewards rallied behind him as he set the expedition for three days later.

• Lu Xia helped Xiao Yi Xian refine her yin poison, easing her symptoms and finding a possible path to breaking through to Dou Venerate.
• Lu Xia’s casual remark about yin-yang harmony embarrassed Xiao Yi Xian, who wondered if he had been hinting at something.
• At the Immortal Poison Sect’s first internal meeting, Lu Xia named Xiao Yi Xian the sect’s Holy Maiden and announced a campaign against the Ten Thousand Scorpions Sect.
• The stewards urged Lu Xia to reconsider, citing Xie Biyan’s Three-Star Dou Zong cultivation, until Lu Xia revealed that he was a Half-Step Dou Venerate.
• Lu Xia ordered Dugu Mei and the five stewards to join the expedition in three days while Xiao Yi Xian stayed behind to guard the sect.

Lu Xia led the Immortal Poison Sect on a campaign against the Ten Thousand Scorpions Sect and went ahead with Dugu Mei to confront its ancestor, Xie Biyan. He demanded that Xie Biyan submit, leaving the two of them facing off in the ancestor’s cave.

• Lu Xia dismissed Dugu Mei’s flirtation and told her to prepare for their journey to the Ten Thousand Scorpions Sect.
• Three days later, Lu Xia rallied more than a thousand Immortal Poison Sect disciples and led them out to conquer the Ten Thousand Scorpions Sect.
• Lu Xia and Dugu Mei flew ahead of the main force, and Dugu Mei identified the sect’s headquarters and its ancestor, Xie Biyan.
• Lu Xia bypassed the Ten Thousand Scorpions Sect’s defenses and reached Xie Biyan’s cave in the back mountain.
• Xie Biyan challenged Lu Xia, who introduced himself as the Immortal Poison Sect’s master and demanded the Ten Thousand Scorpions Sect’s allegiance.

Lu Xia defeated Xie Biyan and forced him to submit the Ten Thousand Scorpions Sect to the Immortal Poison Sect. The elders gathered to hear the announcement, which left the hall in uproar.

• Lu Xia crippled Xie Biyan with one palm, and Xie Biyan agreed to submit to him.
• Lu Xia placed a poisonous restriction in Xie Biyan and ordered him to help bring the Ten Thousand Scorpions Sect under control.
• Xie Biyan introduced Lu Xia to Xie Shan and declared that the Ten Thousand Scorpions Sect would submit to the Immortal Poison Sect.
• Xie Biyan pressured Xie Shan into accepting the decision and summoning the sect's elders.
• Xie Shan announced the sect's submission to the assembled elders, sparking an uproar.

Lu Xia forced the Ten Thousand Scorpions Sect to submit to the Immortal Poison Sect and absorbed its forces into his ranks. He then summoned factions from across the Chu Yun Empire, whose representatives gathered at the sect and greeted him as their new overlord.

• Xie Biyan silenced the Ten Thousand Scorpions Sect elders’ objections and persuaded them to accept submission to the Immortal Poison Sect.
• Lu Xia revealed his Peak Dou Zong power, prompting the Ten Thousand Scorpions Sect elders to kneel and pledge allegiance.
• Lu Xia appointed Xie Biyan an offering elder, Xie Shan and four Dou Emperors as elders, and the Dou Wangs as deacons under Dugu Mei’s command.
• Lu Xia took several rare poison-type herbs from the Ten Thousand Scorpions Sect treasury and left the rest for the sect’s development.
• The Immortal Poison Sect integrated the Ten Thousand Scorpions Sect over half a month, then sent invitations to factions throughout the Chu Yun Empire.
• Representatives gathered at the Immortal Poison Sect, where Xie Biyan and the other former Ten Thousand Scorpions Sect leaders greeted Lu Xia before the other factions followed.

Lu Xia established the Immortal Alliance with the Immortal Poison Sect at its head, securing the Chu Yun Empire imperial family’s support by agreeing to take Princess Anle as his disciple. After learning he would have another female disciple, Xiao Yi Xian recognized her love for Lu Xia and decided to act on it.

• Lu Xia proposed the Immortal Alliance, and the Chu Yun Empire imperial family, Xie Shan, and the other factions agreed to join under his leadership.
• The factions signed the Immortal Alliance Covenant, uniting the Chu Yun Empire under the Immortal Poison Sect’s deterrence.
• Lu Xia told Zhao Yuanjing that he would accept Princess Anle as his disciple when she arrived, honoring their private agreement with the imperial family.
• Xiao Yi Xian confronted her jealousy over Lu Xia taking another disciple and realized her feelings for him had grown beyond those of a disciple for her master.
• Xiao Yi Xian decided to pursue Lu Xia despite their master-disciple relationship and chose a red dress she had never dared to wear.

Xiao Yi Xian confessed her feelings to Lu Xia, and the two practiced poison-based dual cultivation through the night. Their cultivation surged, leaving Xiao Yi Xian at one-star Dou Emperor and Lu Xia poised to break through to Dou Venerate.

• Xiao Yi Xian visited Lu Xia late at night and proposed that they cultivate together to harmonize their poisons.
• Xiao Yi Xian confessed that she liked Lu Xia and kissed him, and Lu Xia returned her kiss.
• Lu Xia and Xiao Yi Xian became intimate, and their Woeful Poison Body and poison constitution began circulating and exchanging poison on their own.
• Lu Xia controlled the poison flow to protect Xiao Yi Xian and guided their yin-yang dual cultivation.
• By dawn, Xiao Yi Xian had advanced from Dou Ling to one-star Dou Emperor, while Lu Xia felt his Dou Venerate breakthrough was within reach.

Lu Xia broke through to One-Star Dou Venerate after three days of seclusion, then learned that the Immortal Poison Sect was thriving under Dugu Mei’s management. He planned to turn next toward the Jia Ma Empire and took Dugu Mei through a spatial rift to a place he called somewhere nice.

• Lu Xia entered seclusion and repeatedly struck the Dou Venerate barrier until it shattered, advancing from Peak Dou Zong to One-Star Dou Venerate.
• Xie Biyan felt Lu Xia’s breakthrough pressure, realized how far Lu Xia had surpassed him, and resolved to serve faithfully as a sect retainer.
• Lu Xia stabilized his new realm for three days before leaving seclusion and summoning Dugu Mei.
• Dugu Mei reported that the Immortal Poison Sect and Immortal Alliance were flourishing, Xie Biyan and Xie Shan had cooperated, and Xiao Yi Xian had reached One-Star Dou Emperor.
• Lu Xia said the sect could soon move against the Jia Ma Empire, and Dugu Mei asked him to reward her for managing affairs during his seclusion.
• Lu Xia tore open a spatial rift, took Dugu Mei through it, and appeared with her hundreds of miles away.

After breaking through to Dou Venerate, Lu Xia took Dugu Mei to a remote mountain forest, then returned to the Immortal Poison Sect and reunited with Xiao Yi Xian. He helped Xiao Yi Xian experience intimacy without cultivation, and the chapter ended with her asleep in his arms.

• Lu Xia took Dugu Mei to an isolated mountain forest and was intimate with her.
• Lu Xia returned to the Immortal Poison Sect with Dugu Mei, who left to handle affairs.
• Lu Xia visited Xiao Yi Xian and confirmed that her Dou Emperor cultivation had stabilized.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked Lu Xia to let her experience their intimacy more fully, and they went into her room together.
• Afterward, Lu Xia held the sleeping Xiao Yi Xian and reflected that he wanted to give every girl a home.

After a year of consolidation and cultivation, Lu Xia decided to lead the Immortal Poison Sect and Immortal Alliance into the Jia Ma Empire during its Alchemist Tournament. He prepared for the expedition while considering the Misty Cloud Sect, the Three-Year Agreement, and Xiao Yan.

• Over the past year, Lu Xia advanced to two-star Dou Venerate, while Xiao Yi Xian reached five-star Dou Emperor and Dugu Mei reached one-star Dou Emperor.
• Lu Xia summoned Dugu Mei and learned that the Jia Ma Empire was preparing to host the Alchemist Tournament.
• Lu Xia ordered the Immortal Poison Sect elders, stewards, and Immortal Alliance factions to prepare to travel to the Jia Ma Empire.
• Zhao Wushuang visited Lu Xia, told him she had reached the seventh stage of Dou Qi, and asked him to play with her, but he sent her off to play alone.
• After Zhao Wushuang left, Lu Xia considered the Alchemist Tournament, the Misty Cloud Sect, the Three-Year Agreement, and Xiao Yan, and resolved that the trip would serve a larger purpose.

Lu Xia watched the Alchemist Assembly in Jia Ma Sacred City, then went to the Misty Cloud Sect to force Yun Shan into submission. Yun Shan agreed to make the sect serve the Immortal Poison Sect and to give Yun Yun to Lu Xia.

• Lu Xia watched the Alchemist Assembly begin and recognized Xiao Yan among the contestants, then left before the first assessments.
• Lu Xia traveled to the Misty Cloud Sect and broke through the restrictions around Yun Shan's secluded cave.
• Yun Shan challenged Lu Xia, but Lu Xia revealed his Two-Star Dou Venerate aura and forced Yun Shan to kneel and beg for mercy.
• Lu Xia ordered Yun Shan to acknowledge him as master and make the Misty Cloud Sect submit to the Immortal Poison Sect, and Yun Shan agreed.
• Lu Xia asked for Yun Yun, and Yun Shan agreed to make her serve Lu Xia willingly.

Yun Shan emerged from seclusion after breaking through to Dou Zong and, under Lu Xia’s pressure, tried to arrange Yun Yun’s marriage to him. Yun Yun rejected the match, and Yun Shan summoned the elders to the main hall, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Yun Shan left seclusion and went to the main hall to handle Yun Yun’s marriage, while Lu Xia followed unseen.
• Yun Shan told Yun Yun he had reached Dou Zong and proposed that she meet an outstanding person for marriage.
• Yun Yun refused, but Yun Shan insisted he had already agreed on her behalf and angrily accused her of defying him.
• Lu Xia entered the hall, identified himself as the Dou Venerate and sect leader of the Immortal Poison Sect, and asked Yun Yun to reconsider.
• Yun Yun politely rejected Lu Xia, and Yun Shan ordered the elders to assemble in the main hall.