Recaps

Yun Shan seized control of the Misty Cloud Sect and promised to submit it to Lu Xia and the Immortal Poison Sect. Lu Xia traveled to the Tagor Desert, reunited with Medusa in Snake-People Sacred City, and stayed with her in her bedchamber.

• Yun Shan restrained Yun Yun, confined her, and ordered the Misty Cloud Sect elders to recall its disciples and close the sect's gates.
• Yun Shan told Lu Xia that the Misty Cloud Sect would pledge allegiance to him when the Immortal Poison Sect entered the Jia Ma Empire, and Lu Xia urged him to persuade Yun Yun.
• Lu Xia left the Misty Cloud Sect and crossed space to the Tagor Desert, then appeared in Snake-People Sacred City.
• Lu Xia sensed Medusa, who had reached Three-Star Dou Zong, and appeared before her in the Queen's Palace.
• Medusa traded resentful remarks with Lu Xia, then let him draw her close and press her onto the jade couch.

Lu Xia reunited with Zi Yan in the Snake-People Tribe after telling Medusa he was ready to attack the Jia Ma Empire. Zi Yan resisted him but was briefly controlled by their soul contract, and the chapter ended with her noticing Medusa smelled like Lu Xia.

• Lu Xia told Medusa he had become a Two-Star Dou Venerate and asked her to prepare the Snake-People Tribe for an attack on the Jia Ma Empire.
• Medusa agreed that the tribe was ready to strike and told Lu Xia that Zi Yan had reached Peak Dou Wang while staying with her.
• Medusa summoned Zi Yan to the grand hall, where Zi Yan spotted Lu Xia and called him a bad man.
• Lu Xia used their contract to make Zi Yan kneel and call him Master, then released control over her.
• Zi Yan sought comfort in Medusa's arms and asked why Medusa smelled like Lu Xia, prompting Medusa to blush and make an excuse.

Lu Xia and Medusa traveled to Jia Ma Sacred City to watch the Alchemist Tournament finals, where Xiao Yan won with a Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill. As the crowd prepared to leave, Lu Xia appeared with Medusa and overwhelmed Fa Ma and the audience with his Dou Venerate pressure.

• Lu Xia agreed to bring Medusa to the tournament finals, and the two left the Snake-People Tribe the next day.
• Lu Xia and Medusa watched the four finalists compete, and Xiao Yan completed a peak fourth-tier Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill.
• Fa Ma awarded Xiao Yan the Fusion Spirit Pill formula and an honorary elder token after Xiao Yan won the tournament.
• Lu Xia appeared above Royal Plaza with Medusa and told the crowd not to leave.
• Fa Ma challenged Lu Xia, but Lu Xia released Dou Venerate pressure that forced many spectators to their knees and left Fa Ma shaken.

Lu Xia arrived in the Jia Ma Empire to demand that its forces join the Immortal Alliance, then killed Jia Xing Tian when he refused. The empire’s factions submitted, while Xiao Yan watched his tournament victory fade into the background.

• Jia Xing Tian rushed to Royal Plaza after sensing Lu Xia’s Dou Venerate pressure and asked why he had come.
• Lu Xia introduced himself as the Immortal Poison Sect’s sect master and asked the Jia Ma Empire’s forces to join the Immortal Alliance.
• Jia Xing Tian and the gathered factions refused, so Lu Xia killed Jia Xing Tian with a single attack.
• Medusa revealed that the Snake-People Tribe and Misty Cloud Sect had submitted, prompting the Nalan, Mu, and Mittel Families and other forces to join.
• Xiao Yan watched the crowd focus on Lu Xia after winning the Alchemist Tournament, his championship glory forgotten.

After Lu Xia subdued the Jia Ma Empire, he ordered its emperor to abdicate and install Yaoye as empress. Yaoye accepted the arrangement and suggested that Lu Xia wanted to experience what it was like to be with an empress, leaving the two exchanging flirtatious remarks.

• Lu Xia entered the Jia Ma Imperial Palace with Medusa, and the emperor and court officials submitted to him after Jia Xing Tian's death.
• The emperor pledged the imperial family's loyalty to the Immortal Alliance, and Lu Xia ordered him to abdicate in favor of Princess Yaoye.
• Lu Xia summoned Yaoye, who calmly agreed to inherit the throne of the Jia Ma Empire.
• When Yaoye asked why he had chosen her, Lu Xia said it was because he felt like it, and she teased that he wanted to experience what it felt like to be an empress.
• Lu Xia embraced Yaoye's suggestion and said he looked forward to the experience, while Yaoye promised it would not be long.