Recaps

Xiao Yan returned to Wutan City, advanced his cultivation, and laid out plans to strengthen the Xiao Clan. The chapter ended when two powerful Dou Qi auras appeared in the distance, one golden and one poisonous purple.

• Xiao Yan brought the sleeping Xiao Yi Xian back to his room and cultivated through the night.
• Xiao Yan reached the peak of Five-Star Dou Master and tested a poisonous flame technique made from the Netherworld Ghost Flame.
• Xiao Yan took the seat of honor at the Xiao Clan council meeting and considered how to protect and reinforce the clan.
• Xiao Yan introduced annual pills for clan members, offered rewards to guards who served for three years, and gave Xiao Zhan a ring of pills.
• Two surges of Dou Qi rose in the distance, and Xiao Yan recognized that something was wrong.

Xiao Yan brought Xiao Yi Xian to the Xiao Clan, where she and Xiao Xun'er fought before making peace and agreeing to attend Jia Nan Academy. Xiao Yu then took Xiao Yan to the academy entrance assessment, where he surveyed the crowded Wutan City square.

• Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian fought in the Xiao Clan courtyard, and Xiao Yi Xian used poison to numb Xun'er's arm.
• Xiao Xun'er gave Xiao Yi Xian recovery Pills, and Xiao Yi Xian removed the poison from her body.
• Xiao Yan arrived and claimed Xiao Yi Xian had come to take Jia Nan Academy's entrance assessment; Xiao Yi Xian played along, and Xiao Xun'er accepted her presence.
• Xiao Yu pulled Xiao Yan toward the clan exit to meet her teacher and go to Jia Nan Academy, while Xiao Xun'er asked Xiao Yi Xian to look after him and promised to seek a cure for her Woeful Poison Body.
• Xiao Yu explained the academy's admission ratings as they reached the crowded Wutan City square, and Xiao Yan looked over the many applicants.

Xiao Yan led the Xiao Clan disciples through a guarded entrance to Jia Nan Academy and considered building an army trained in a Heavenly Soldiers cultivation method. At the enrollment lines, he faced Luo Bu’s attempt to intimidate the newcomers and mocked the senior student’s cultivation.

• Xiao Yu used a jade-green token to lead Xiao Yan and the Xiao Clan disciples through a guarded passage into the Plaza.
• Xiao Yan asked the Old Lord about a Heavenly Soldiers cultivation method and considered forming an army to fight the Different Demons.
• Xiao Yan helped Xiao Mei'er and Xiao Ning withstand the guards’ baleful aura, earning the officer’s admiration for uniting his clansmen.
• Xiao Yu introduced her friend Xue Ni, who warned her that Luo Bu was at the academy.
• Luo Bu offered Xiao Yu special access, then demanded the newcomers wait in the sun as an entrance test.
• Xiao Yan learned Luo Bu was a Five-Star Dou Zhe and called that level useless for someone in his twenties.

Xiao Yan challenged Luo Bu after insulting the crowd, then effortlessly defeated him and ordered him to endure public punishment. He refused Ruo Lin’s attempt to intervene, declared that his rules applied, and left her impressed by his strength and potential.

• Xiao Yan taunted Luo Bu, who charged him with a Dou Qi-coated fist as older students gathered to watch.
• Xiao Yan caught Luo Bu’s punch and sent him flying with a single kick, leaving the crowd stunned.
• Xiao Yan called Luo Bu worthless trash and ordered him to remain in the sun for half a day.
• Ruo Lin emerged from the tent and invited everyone inside, but Xiao Yan ordered Luo Bu to squat in the sun all day instead.
• Xiao Yan told Ruo Lin that he would leave Jia Nan Academy if it upheld the strong ruling over the weak, and Ruo Lin stayed silent as Luo Bu obeyed.
• Ruo Lin suspected Xiao Yan had reached the Dou Shi Realm and considered recruiting him a rare opportunity.

Xiao Yan impressed Ruo Lin by revealing he was a Five-Star Dou Master and Three-Rank Alchemist, then secured a year of leave from Jia Nan Academy. He and Xiao Yi Xian traveled to Black Rock City, where Xiao Yan broke through to Six-Star Dou Shi and prepared to take the Alchemist examination.

• Xiao Yan introduced himself as a Five-Star Dou Master, stunning Ruo Lin and the students in the tent.
• Xiao Yan revealed his Three-Rank Alchemist abilities, and Ruo Lin accepted his condition for a year's leave from Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Yu told Ruo Lin that Xiao Yan had recovered from losing his cultivation and reached his current strength in just six months, but Ruo Lin failed to catch up with him after he left.
• Xiao Yi Xian chose to accompany Xiao Yan, and they departed on the Blue Bird for Black Rock City.
• During the half-month journey, Xiao Yan broke through to Six-Star Dou Shi while Xiao Yi Xian absorbed the Netherworld Poison Flame around him.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian arrived near Black Rock City, and Xiao Yan set out to take the Alchemist examination.

Xiao Yan arrived in Black Rock City with Xiao Yi Xian and went to the Alchemist Association to take the three-rank examination. Otto accepted his application after learning that Ya Fei and Teng Shan had recommended him, and Xiao Yan began the examination by choosing a Pill Formula.

• Xiao Yi Xian poisoned a man who harassed her at a food stall, and Xiao Yan discovered she had become a Dou Zhe.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Yi Xian that he was searching for medicinal materials to control her Woeful Poison Body, which might become uncontrollable within five years.
• Xiao Yan bought a thousand-year white lotus and then went to the Alchemist Association in Black Rock City to register for the three-rank examination.
• The receptionist doubted Xiao Yan's request, but Otto appeared and allowed him to take the examination after revealing that Ya Fei and Teng Shan had recommended him.
• Xiao Yan entered the examination hall, selected the Spirit Link Meridian-Penetrating Pill formula, and considered preparing the Pill for his family.

Xiao Yan passed the Black Rock City assessment and became a Three-Rank Alchemist, astonishing the examiners with his command of the Netherworld Poison Flame. He left with Xiao Yi Xian for the eastern Empire near the Tagor Desert, while Old Lord reminded him how far he still had to go.

• Xiao Yan refined a third-grade pill with a Pill Pattern during the assessment, stunning Otto, Frank, Xue Mei, and Lin Fei.
• Otto and Frank confirmed Xiao Yan's skill and registered him as a Three-Rank Alchemist.
• Xiao Yan showed Old Lord his three gold stars, but Old Lord teased him and described the distant power he would need to match his attendant.
• Xiao Yi Xian admired Xiao Yan's new rank and recalled Xiao Xun'er's suggestion that they form an alliance.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian obtained a travel pass for a route near the Tagor Desert and left Black Rock City's transit station.

Xiao Yan refined pills during the journey, broke through to seven-star Dou Shi, and arrived at Hai Bodong's shop to request a desert map, a Fragmented Map, and three years of Hai Bodong's services. Hai Bodong reacted cautiously to Xiao Yan's request, and the chapter ended before he answered.

• Xiao Yan dismissed the maid, settled into the cabin with Xiao Yi Xian, and began refining Three-Rank Spirit Link Meridian-Penetrating Pills.
• Xiao Yan refined pills through the night and broke through to seven-star Dou Shi while strengthening his body with the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Yan she had guarded him from curious alchemists, and he gave her a Jade Bottle of poisonous pills.
• Xiao Yan flew down from the Thick-winged Bird with Xiao Yi Xian and recognized Hai Bodong in an old-fashioned shop.
• Xiao Yan asked Hai Bodong for a Tagor Desert map, a Fragmented Map, and three years of his services.

Xiao Yan negotiated with Hai Bodong, trading a Barrier-Breaking Pill for five years of service and obtaining the Fragmented Map. He then traveled with Hai Bodong and Xiao Yi Xian toward Stone Desert City to find his elder brother, while teasing Xiao Yi Xian about a mole on her butt.

• Xiao Yan revealed his alchemy talent and offered Hai Bodong a Barrier-Breaking Pill in exchange for five years of service.
• Hai Bodong gave Xiao Yan both pieces of the Fragmented Map and agreed to follow him for five years after Xiao Yan promised to refine the pill within three.
• Xiao Yi Xian questioned how Xiao Yan knew so much, and he teased her about a mole on her butt.
• Xiao Yan warned Hai Bodong to keep what he had seen and heard secret, and Hai Bodong sensed the danger of opposing him.
• Xiao Yan told Hai Bodong they were going to Stone Desert City to find his elder brother, who was only in the Dou Shi Realm.

Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, demonstrated his strength, and asked them to help prepare the Xiao Clan to establish itself in the Black-Corner Region. He revealed his alchemy achievements and privately considered Jia Nan Academy’s protection essential to the clan’s safety.

• Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li at the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, and explained that he had come to train in the Black-Corner Region after passing Jia Nan Academy’s entrance exam.
• Xiao Ding asked Xiao Li to spar with Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan revealed he was a Seven-Star Dou Shi before breaking Xiao Li’s spear and stopping his Mystic Staff at Xiao Li’s throat.
• Xiao Yan introduced Hai Bodong and Xiao Yi Xian, then asked Xiao Ding and Xiao Li to go with him and scout a future foothold for the Xiao Clan in the Black-Corner Region.
• Xiao Yan displayed bottles of pills he had refined and revealed that he had passed the Three-Rank Alchemist assessment.
• Xiao Yan considered using Jia Nan Academy’s protection for the Xiao Clan while its elites fought to establish themselves in the Black-Corner Region.

Xiao Yan confronted members of the Desert Iron Mercenary Group who bullied Qing Lin and showed her kindness, while Xiao Ding prepared to move the Xiao Clan to the Black-Corner Region. The chapter left Qing Lin reassured that her mixed heritage was nothing to be ashamed of.

• Xiao Yan introduced Hai Bodong to Xiao Ding and explained that the former Dou Huang would stay with the Xiao Clan after his cultivation was restored.
• Xiao Ding ordered Xiao Li to gather the Desert Iron Mercenary Group and prepare to move its core members to the Black-Corner Region.
• Xiao Ding told Xiao Yan that Qing Lin, a mixed Snake-People and human girl, had been staying with the group after he took pity on her.
• Xiao Yan entered the courtyard, crippled a young captain who insulted Xiao Ding, and warned him not to do it again.
• Xiao Yan admired Qing Lin's cyan scales and told her that she was not wrong for her heritage, prompting the group to praise her scales.

Xiao Yan discovered that the Netherworld Poison Flame was accelerating Xiao Yi Xian’s Woeful Poison Body and used a sealing technique to stabilize it. He then had Qing Lin locate a scorching flame in the desert, setting out to search for the Green Lotus Core Flame.

• Xiao Yan introduced Qing Lin as someone he wanted to protect, then learned that Xiao Yi Xian’s poison body had been worsening for two months.
• Xiao Yan diagnosed the Netherworld Poison Flame’s effects and decided to seal it inside Xiao Yi Xian so it could suppress her Woeful Poison Body.
• Xiao Yan performed the sealing technique on Xiao Yi Xian, drawing the scattered poison flame away from her meridians and into her abdomen.
• Xiao Yan asked Qing Lin to sense for a scorching flame, and she located one in a specific direction.

Xiao Yan, Hai Bodong, and Qing Lin entered a hidden lava world in search of the Green Lotus Core Flame, where Xiao Yan drew out and subdued a Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake. He had Qing Lin meet the wounded snake’s gaze and try to subdue it, hoping to awaken her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.

• Xiao Yan had Hai Bodong dig a shaft through the sand, then brought Qing Lin down into the underground lava world.
• Xiao Yan asked Qing Lin to face the big snake beneath the lava and overcome her fear, then plunged into the magma himself.
• Xiao Yan emerged from the lava with the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake pursuing him, and Hai Bodong wounded it with ice crystals.
• Xiao Yan struck the snake with his Mystic Staff and poisoned it with dark-green fire until it crawled exhausted onto solid ground.
• Xiao Yan asked Qing Lin to form a connection with the snake, and she approached and met its gaze.

Xiao Yan helped Qing Lin tame the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, then absorbed the Green Lotus Core Flame and advanced to Five-Star Da Dou Shi while strengthening his soul power. When he surfaced to leave with Hai Bodong and Qing Lin, Queen Medusa was waiting for him.

• Qing Lin tamed the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake with her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, and the snake became a bracelet around her wrist.
• Xiao Yan followed the snake into the molten depths in search of Queen Medusa, who had sealed Hai Bodong.
• Xiao Yan absorbed the Green Lotus Core Flame and broke through to Five-Star Da Dou Shi.
• Xiao Yan cultivated the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts, sharpening his soul power and hearing the Old Lord explain how its spiritual foundation would help him in another world.
• Xiao Yan surfaced and found Hai Bodong and Qing Lin trembling before Queen Medusa.

Xiao Yan encountered Queen Medusa after absorbing the Green Lotus Core Flame, destroying her plan to use a Heavenly Flame to evolve her bloodline. He bargained for the lives of Hai Bodong and Qing Lin by offering to help Medusa advance, and she agreed to take him with her to the desert.

• Queen Medusa confronted Xiao Yan and learned that he had devoured the Heavenly Flame she needed for her evolution.
• Medusa threatened to kill Xiao Yan, but he offered to refine a Sect Breaking Pill to help her become a Dou Zong.
• Xiao Yan revealed his control over two Heavenly Flames and claimed that his alchemy skills would eventually let him refine the high-tier pill.
• Medusa agreed to spare Xiao Yan, then said Hai Bodong and Qing Lin had to die because they knew what had happened.
• Xiao Yan offered to go with Medusa if she spared Hai Bodong and Qing Lin, and argued that she needed him to advance and evolve her bloodline.

Xiao Yan was taken to the Snake-People Tribe, where he used his alchemy and Netherworld Poison Flame to protect himself while building up his strength. After half a year, he reached Seven-Star Dou Ling and prepared to refine Queen Medusa’s Transformation Pill, while planning his next move toward the Black-Corner Region.

• Xiao Yan threatened Queen Medusa with the Misty Cloud Sect’s rising strength, and she spared him after choking and throwing him aside.
• Xiao Yan told Hai Bodong and Qing Lin to return to the Imperial City, then Queen Medusa carried him into Snake-People Tribe territory.
• Queen Medusa offered Xiao Yan medicinal materials and hinted at winning him over through marriage, while he agreed to make her a Transformation Pill.
• Over the next half-year, Xiao Yan refined Pills for the Snake-People Tribe and advanced to Seven-Star Dou Ling, nearing the level of a Sixth-Rank Alchemist.
• Xiao Yan realized that most of the tribe’s top experts had unknowingly taken Pills containing his Netherworld Poison Flame, and he began preparing to refine Medusa’s Transformation Pill.

The Snake-People Tribe's elders decided to secure Xiao Yan's loyalty through a marriage alliance with Queen Medusa, who reluctantly agreed. Xiao Yan entered the elders' meeting without knowing what they had decided.

• Yue Mei fetched Xiao Yan at Queen Medusa's request and told him the elders were waiting at the Main Altar.
• At the meeting, Mo Bass objected to Medusa marrying a human and suggested crippling or imprisoning Xiao Yan.
• The elders rejected Mo Bass's plan because they could not risk making an enemy of a powerful Alchemist.
• The Grand Elder asked Medusa to consider a marriage alliance with Xiao Yan, and Medusa agreed despite her uncertainty.
• Yue Mei brought Xiao Yan into the Secret Chamber, where he noticed the tense atmosphere.

Xiao Yan accepted the Snake-People Tribe’s proposal to marry Queen Medusa at the start of next month. Afterward, he suggested that Heavenly Flames might help awaken her bloodline, giving her new hope of breaking through its limits.

• The Grand Elder asked Xiao Yan about his engagement, and he explained that his former fiancée had ended it.
• The Grand Elder proposed a marriage alliance with Queen Medusa, who said she would marry Xiao Yan herself and promised fidelity; Xiao Yan agreed.
• The Grand Elder set the wedding for the start of next month, while Mo Bass raged and was scolded.
• As Xiao Yan walked with Queen Medusa, she admitted she needed his help to refine a Transformation Pill, and he said that alone would not advance her bloodline.
• Xiao Yan told Queen Medusa that a pill refined with Heavenly Flames might draw out her bloodline’s potential, and promised to handle it.

After Queen Medusa accepted her engagement to Xiao Yan, he asked the Snake-People Tribe for rare ingredients so Old Lord could refine a pill to advance her bloodline. Old Lord demonstrated the Eight Trigrams Furnace and taught Xiao Yan its eight positions, while Xiao Yan's first swing of a Banana Leaf Fan unleashed a storm that alarmed the tribe.

• Queen Medusa told Xiao Yan that the Snake-People Tribe would provide whatever he requested as her royal consort.
• Xiao Yan asked Hua She'er to gather rare medicinal ingredients for Old Lord's pill.
• Old Lord summoned the enormous Eight Trigrams Furnace and used the herbs while explaining the purpose of its eight positions to Xiao Yan.
• Old Lord handed Xiao Yan a Banana Leaf Fan and told him to fan the furnace fire.
• Xiao Yan's first sweep of the fan stirred up tornadoes and sandstorms, shocking the Snake-People elders and Queen Medusa.

Xiao Yan used the Banana Leaf Fan to help Old Lord refine a powerful pill, impressing the Snake-People elders and attracting the Pill Tower Ancestor. After the Ancestor departed, the elders asked Xiao Yan to deal with a spreading fire left by the alchemy.

• Old Lord urged Xiao Yan to fan the Eight Trigrams Furnace, then combined several flames to refine a pill and trapped it in a Jade Bottle.
• The Snake-People elders mistook the display for the work of a terrifying powerhouse and guessed that Xiao Yan was connected to the Pill Tower.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor appeared, recognized Xiao Yan as Xiao Chen's descendant, and gave him a Little Pill Tower token before leaving.
• Xiao Yan decided to gather the Fragmented Maps and enter the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame's space early to rescue Xiao Chen.
• The Snake-People elders asked Xiao Yan to stop a stray flame from Old Lord's alchemy that was spreading through the northern Tagor Desert.

Xiao Yan gave Medusa a ninth-grade pill to awaken her bloodline, and she kissed him before retreating to prepare for seclusion. He sent letters to his family and Hai Bodong, while an urgent message reached the Mittel residence and Hai Bodong lamented his lost hope of obtaining a Barrier-Breaking Pill.

• Xiao Yan revealed that the Old Lord had refined a ninth-grade pill for Medusa, shocking the Snake-People Tribe elders.
• The Grand Elder suggested keeping the sea of flames Xiao Yan had created as a defensive barrier, and Xiao Yan agreed.
• Medusa told Xiao Yan she would marry him after emerging from seclusion, then kissed him and asked him to hold her; Xiao Yan restrained himself, and Medusa retreated to the rear courtyard.
• Xiao Yan had Hua She'er bring writing supplies, sent letters to his father, eldest brother, and Hai Bodong, and planned to travel to the Black-Corner Region after his marriage.
• An attendant delivered an urgent message to the Mittel residence in the Jia Ma Empire's capital, while Hai Bodong brooded over losing his chance to obtain a Barrier-Breaking Pill.

Hai Bodong interpreted Xiao Yan’s letter as a plea for rescue and decided to use Pill King Gu He’s interest in Heavenly Flames to create a diversion. Meanwhile, Xiao Zhan prepared to travel to the Snake-People Tribe, Xiao Xun'er learned Xiao Yan was to marry Medusa, and Gu He planned an expedition with Yun Yun.

• Mittel Tengshan brought Hai Bodong Xiao Yan’s letter announcing his impending marriage to Queen Medusa and mentioning Heavenly Flames.
• Hai Bodong decided to tell Pill King Gu He that Medusa had taken the Heavenly Flames so Gu He would lead an attack that could let him rescue Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Ding read Xiao Yan’s wedding invitation, and Xiao Zhan chose to go to the Snake-People Tribe while telling Xiao Ding and Xiao Li to protect the Xiao Clan.
• Ling Ying told Xiao Xun'er that Medusa had abducted Xiao Yan and planned to marry him, provoking Xiao Xun'er’s fury.
• Yun Yun advised Nalan Yanran not to resent the Xiao Clan over the broken engagement, then agreed to accompany Gu He to seek the Heavenly Flames in half a month.

Nalan Yanran rejected Mo Li’s advances while he planned to use the Mo Clan’s upcoming birthday celebration to seize an opportunity with her. At the Snake-People Tribe, Xiao Yan rushed to aid the wounded Yue Mei as Gu He’s group pursued her, and Gu He asked Yun Yun to join the attack.

• Nalan Yanran firmly rejected Mo Li, who watched her leave and resolved that the Mo Clan would act during its ancestor’s birthday celebration.
• Xiao Yan waited for his father and eldest brother while Queen Medusa refined the Ninth-grade Pill in the rear courtyard.
• A report announced that humans had attacked the Charm-People Tribe, wounded Yue Mei, and were heading toward the Main Altar.
• Xiao Yan told Hua She'er to guard Queen Medusa, then flew toward the Charm-People Tribe on pale-gold wings.
• Yan Shi and Wind Walker Feng Li attacked Yue Mei to stop her as Hai Bodong and Teng Shan held back from pursuing her.
• Gu He asked Sect Master Yun to help deal with Yue Mei.

Yun Yun nearly killed Yue Mei, but Xiao Yan rescued her and revealed that he had absorbed the Heavenly Flames and was engaged to Queen Medusa. When Gu He refused to leave, Xiao Yan trapped him and the others inside two enormous Fire Flood Dragons.

• Yun Yun wounded Yue Mei, who fled in the form of countless green snakes before Yun Yun caught up and prepared to strike her down.
• Xiao Yan rescued Yue Mei and surprised Yun Yun, Yan Shi, Feng Li, and Hai Bodong by appearing as a powerful young Dou Wang.
• Gu He said he had come for the Heavenly Flames, but Xiao Yan told him he had absorbed them and ordered the group to leave.
• Xiao Yan revealed that Queen Medusa was his fiancée and warned the group not to disrupt their wedding.
• When Gu He refused to leave, Xiao Yan summoned two colossal Fire Flood Dragons and trapped most of the group, prompting Gu He to agree to go.

Xiao Yan defeated Gu He and his companions after they came to the Snake-People Tribe, then welcomed his father and brothers. Yun Yun concealed her injuries by announcing a period of seclusion, while Xiao Yan learned Xiao Yi Xian had left for the Chu Yun Empire and was reunited with Qing Lin.

• Xiao Yan spared Gu He, Yun Yun, Yan Shi, and Feng Li after overpowering them, then rewarded Hai Bodong and Mittel Tengshan for their help.
• Yue Mei reported the danger had passed, and the Snake-People commanders left after learning Xiao Yan had defeated the intruders.
• Yun Yun returned to the Misty Cloud Sect badly injured, announced she would enter seclusion, and told Nalan Yanran to attend the Mo Clan patriarch's birthday celebration in her place.
• Yun Yun asked Nalan Yanran whether Xiao Yan had truly lost his talent, then wondered whether the powerful young man she had met could be another person with the same name.
• Half a month later, Xiao Li and Xiao Ding arrived with Xiao Zhan and Qing Lin, and Xiao Yan learned that Xiao Yi Xian had left for the Chu Yun Empire.