Recaps

Xiao Yan reunited with his family, strengthened the Xiao Clan, and guarded Queen Medusa as she completed her bloodline evolution and became his bride-to-be. When she revealed that her vision involved repairing a shattered sky with a Five-Colored Stone, Xiao Yan wondered what his teacher had put in her pill.

• Xiao Yan learned that Qing Lin had reached peak Nine-Star Dou Zhe and saw that his family had grown stronger during his absence.
• Xiao Yan gave Xiao Ding pills and resources for the Xiao Clan, then prepared to return to the Jia Ma Empire after the wedding.
• Queen Medusa's evolution began, and Xiao Yan cleared the area and guarded her with two Fire Flood Dragons.
• Queen Medusa emerged with human legs and a powerful new aura, kissed Xiao Yan, and announced that he was the Snake-People Tribe's King Consort and their wedding would take place in half a month.
• Xiao Zhan accepted Xiao Yan and Queen Medusa's marriage and gave her his late wife's bracelet.
• Queen Medusa told Xiao Yan she had seen a world-ending catastrophe and mended the sky with a Five-Colored Stone, prompting him to question what his teacher had put in her pill.

At Queen Medusa and Xiao Yan’s wedding, Mo Bass attacked Xiao Li and Qing Lin, but Qing Lin used her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to control him. Xiao Yan turned Mo Bass into Qing Lin’s guard and urged her to advance her cultivation so she could control him fully.

• Mo Bass saw Queen Medusa marry Xiao Yan, then confronted Qing Lin, Xiao Ding, and Xiao Li on his way back to his tribe.
• Mo Bass struck Xiao Li with a snake of dark-green Dou Qi, sending him crashing into a wall, while Qing Lin’s pupils began to glow.
• Xiao Yan and Queen Medusa arrived, and Xiao Yan stopped the elders from taking Mo Bass to the Myriad Snake Cave, instead assigning him to guard Qing Lin.
• Qing Lin apologized for disrupting the wedding, and Xiao Yan reassured her and praised her ability to control a Dou Wang.
• Xiao Yan destroyed the remnant soul in Mo Bass, gave Qing Lin pills to help her advance to Dou Shi, and left Mo Bass as her puppet guard.

Xiao Yan confirmed that he possessed Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils before spending his wedding night with Medusa. At a gathering of Jia Ma Empire elites, rumors about Xiao Yan’s strength and engagement to Medusa stirred Nalan Yanran, Ya Fei, and Yao Ye, while the empire’s political undercurrents began to shift.

• Medusa questioned Xiao Yan about his Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, and he confirmed he had them while keeping the Snake-People Tribe outside the Xiao Clan’s inner circle.
• Xiao Yan and Medusa spent their wedding night together after he stopped cultivating.
• Liu Ling told Yao Ye, Nalan Yanran, and the other guests that Xiao Yan had defeated powerful experts and possessed two Heavenly Flames; Nalan Yanran was relieved that he was not the man she once knew.
• Liu Ling said Xiao Yan was engaged to Medusa and close to the Mittel Family, prompting Yao Ye to question Ya Fei about her connection to him.
• Yao Ye considered Xiao Yan a potential match, while she and Ya Fei recognized each other’s interest in the political possibilities surrounding him.

Xiao Yan visited the Xiao Clan’s residence in the Imperial City with Queen Medusa and reunited with Ya Fei, while Ya Fei told him about Nalan Yanran and the worsening condition of Nalan Jie. The chapter ended with Xiao Yan deciding to attend the upcoming Alchemist Tournament with Cai Lin.

• Xiao Ding showed Xiao Yan and Queen Medusa the residence where the Xiao Clan had settled, and Xiao Yan thanked Mittel Tengshan for supporting his clan.
• Mittel Tengshan invited Xiao Yan to see Ya Fei, while Queen Medusa warned him off with her cold stare before Xiao Yan reassured her that Ya Fei was a friend.
• Xiao Yan embraced Ya Fei when she greeted him, and Ya Fei introduced herself to Queen Medusa before the three went inside.
• Ya Fei told Xiao Yan that Nalan Jie's condition had worsened after Nalan Yanran broke the engagement, but Xiao Yan said the matter had nothing to do with him.
• Queen Medusa suggested visiting Nalan Yanran, but Xiao Yan changed the subject and asked Ya Fei what else was happening in the Imperial City.
• Ya Fei mentioned the upcoming Alchemist Tournament, and Xiao Yan decided to attend it with Cai Lin.

Xiao Yan attended the Alchemist Tournament with Ya Fei, where Mu Zhan attacked him and Yao Ye intervened. Xiao Yan challenged Mu Zhan to withstand one move or die.

• Xiao Yan dressed as a Three-Rank Alchemist and flew with Ya Fei to the Jia Ma Empire Plaza.
• Xiao Yan and Ya Fei met Yao Ye, Yao Yue, and Liu Ling in the VIP Seating as they waited for the tournament.
• Mu Zhan attacked Xiao Yan, who caught his fist and flung him back.
• Yao Ye pointed her Dark Ink Spear at Mu Zhan and warned him against fighting on the Plaza grounds.
• Xiao Yan wagered that Mu Zhan would die if he could not withstand one move from him.

Xiao Yan revealed his overwhelming strength at the Jia Ma Imperial Capital Alchemist Tournament and forced the Mu Family Clan Leader to pay for Mu Zhan’s attack on Ya Fei. As the competition began, Nalan Yanran recognized Xiao Yan and realized he was the man from the Xiao Clan whose engagement she had broken.

• Xiao Yan subdued Mu Zhan with his Dou Qi, and Liu Ling and the others realized that he was the famed Xiao Yan and might also be a powerful alchemist.
• Mu Chen offered half the Mu Family’s wealth to win mercy, then survived Xiao Yan’s Fire Flood Dragons with one arm lost; Xiao Yan ordered him to pay the wealth to the Mittel Family.
• Fa Ma let the tournament audience into the Plaza, and Xiao Yan took a judge’s seat beside Ya Fei as Jia Xingtian and Yao Ye joined the gathering.
• Nalan Yanran arrived, heard that the young judge was Xiao Yan, and grew uneasy as his voice and appearance seemed familiar.
• Fa Ma began the competition, and Nalan Yanran recognized Xiao Yan as the man she had encountered at the Xiao Clan when she broke off their engagement.

Nalan Yanran struggled with her feelings about Xiao Yan, while he and Fa Ma uncovered a Chu Yun Empire alchemist’s deception at the tournament. Xiao Yan asked for the Appearance-Restoring Pill formula so he could deal with the disguised Yan Li.

• Nalan Yanran remembered breaking off her engagement with Xiao Yan, felt overwhelmed by his success, and imagined what might happen if she became his slave after the Three-Year Agreement.
• Xiao Yan watched the tournament and noticed a black-robed contestant whose aura suggested he was far more skilled than his records claimed.
• Fa Ma had Chelsea check the records and learned the contestant was supposedly a seventeen-year-old Second-Rank Alchemist from the Chu Yun Empire.
• Xiao Yan identified the contestant as Yan Li, an older Fourth-Rank Alchemist who had used an Appearance-Restoring Pill to disguise his age.
• Fa Ma explained that the tournament’s under-twenty age limit made Yan Li’s deception a serious problem, but there was no time to refine another Appearance-Restoring Pill.
• Xiao Yan asked Fa Ma for the pill formula, saying Yan Li had cheated openly on his turf.

Xiao Yan challenged Yan Li’s tournament victory by exposing him as a thirty-seven-year-old impostor who violated the age limit. He began refining an Appearance-Restoring Pill on the spot, leaving the arena stunned by his strength and extraordinary technique.

• Yan Li produced a Peak Fourth-Grade Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pill and appeared poised to win the tournament for the Chu Yun Empire.
• Xiao Yan stopped Fa Ma from announcing the champion and accused Yan Li of being thirty-seven, too old to compete.
• Xiao Yan offered to refine an Appearance-Restoring Pill to prove Yan Li’s identity.
• Xiao Yan revealed power that made the crowd mistake him for a Dou Emperor, then began refining ingredients simultaneously in his Eight Trigrams Furnace.
• Fa Ma explained that Xiao Yan’s technique compressed many rounds of refinement into one, while Ya Fei and Yao Ye watched him in astonishment.

Xiao Yan exposed Yan Li as an impostor by refining an Appearance-Restoring Pill, then poisoned him with Netherworld Poison Flame, which killed him as he tried to leave the Imperial City. Back with Cai Lin, Xiao Yan discussed the poison dormant in the Snake-People Tribe before Nalan Yanran arrived seeking an audience, and Cai Lin insisted they meet her.

• Xiao Yan completed a Fifth-grade Appearance-Restoring Pill, revealing himself as a seventeen-year-old Sixth-Rank Alchemist, and Yan Li swallowed it and reverted to his true appearance.
• Fa Ma condemned Yan Li for impersonating a tournament contestant, but Xiao Yan told Fa Ma, Hai Bodong, and Jia Xingtian that he had poisoned the pill with Netherworld Poison Flame.
• As Yan Li waited to leave the Imperial City, the poison flame erupted through his meridians and killed him.
• Cai Lin confronted Xiao Yan about the poison flame in the pills he had given the Snake-People Tribe, and Xiao Yan explained that he could control it and offered to remove it.
• Cai Lin told Xiao Yan she had reached Four-Star Dou Zong after awakening her bloodline, then ordered Qing Lin to bring Nalan Yanran to the main hall.
• Cai Lin took Xiao Yan to meet Nalan Yanran, warning him that she would not tolerate the Nalan Family ordering him around.

Nalan Yanran begged Xiao Yan to save her grandfather, and Cai Lin forced her to accept the role of Xiao Yan’s servant and concubine. Xiao Yan agreed to examine Nalan Jie, and he arrived with Nalan Yanran at the Nalan Family residence, where the gathered Alchemists recognized him.

• Nalan Yanran admitted that she had come for Xiao Yan’s help because her grandfather’s poison had worsened, and Cai Lin used her Dou Zong pressure to make Nalan Yanran submit.
• Cai Lin made Nalan Yanran address Xiao Yan as her master, and Xiao Yan told her to wash up before agreeing to visit the Nalan Family.
• Cai Lin revealed that someone from Xun’er’s side had approached her, warning Xiao Yan that the women around him would use whatever means they had.
• Xiao Yan told Nalan Yanran he would examine Nalan Jie, then accompanied her to the Nalan Family residence.
• The Nalan Family’s Alchemists said only an Alchemist with a Heavenly Flame could cure Nalan Jie, and they excitedly recognized Xiao Yan as a Six-Rank Alchemist Grandmaster.

Xiao Yan cured Nalan Jie’s Brand Poison and secured the Nalan Family’s submission and most of its assets for the Xiao Clan. He then took Nalan Yanran to the Misty Cloud Sect, where Yun Leng opposed her decision to serve him and Xiao Yan prepared to assert his authority.

• Nalan Yanran reaffirmed that she would serve Xiao Yan, while Nalan Jie declared that the Nalan Family would submit to the Xiao Clan and put Yanran in charge.
• Xiao Yan purged Nalan Jie’s Brand Poison, and Nalan Jie promised to transfer seventy percent of the family’s assets to the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Yan gave Nalan Yanran a Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill and flew with her to the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Yun Leng challenged Xiao Yan’s arrival, but Nalan Yanran insisted that serving him was her own choice and threatened to leave the sect if Master rejected it.
• Xiao Yan declared that he had not come to negotiate with Yun Leng and unleashed his Dou Qi above the Misty Cloud Sect.

Xiao Yan destroyed the Misty Cloud Sect’s formation and confronted Yun Yun, then offered to spare the sect if she helped him watch Yun Shan for signs of cooperation with the Soul Hall. Yun Yun agreed, and Xiao Yan prepared to place a binding curse on her to ensure her obedience.

• Yun Leng ordered the disciples to form the Sect Formation, but Xiao Yan broke it with his Banana Leaf Fan and badly injured Yun Leng and the other elders.
• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran entered the cave where Yun Yun was cultivating, and Yun Yun reassured Yanran that she remained her disciple and the young sect master.
• Yun Yun asked Xiao Yan to spare the Misty Cloud Sect, and he said its fate depended on her conduct.
• Yun Yun mistakenly thought Xiao Yan expected her to offer herself, but he refused and gave her a Recovery Pill instead.
• Xiao Yan asked Yun Yun to monitor Yun Shan for links to the Soul Hall and proposed a binding curse to ensure her loyalty.
• Yun Yun accepted the curse, removed her outer robe, and lay on the Stone Platform as Xiao Yan prepared to inscribe it.

Xiao Yan placed Yun Yun under a Binding Curse and secured her promise to keep it secret before returning to the Xiao Clan in the Jia Ma Imperial Capital. As he rewarded the clan’s guards and prepared to direct his brothers, he learned that Qing Lin had disappeared.

• Xiao Yan sealed Yun Yun with the Binding Curse, and she begged him not to tell Nalan Yanran about what happened.
• Xiao Yan demanded a kiss from Yun Yun in exchange for keeping the Binding Curse and their encounter secret.
• Nalan Su oversaw the Nalan Family’s move and wealth transfer to the Xiao Clan, where Xiao Yan and Xiao Zhan treated him courteously.
• Xiao Yan addressed the Xiao Clan’s experts, rewarded guards with pills, and warned them against betrayal.
• A messenger announced that Qing Lin was missing and that only a dead snake had been found in her room.

Lu Man and White Fang took the unconscious Qing Lin toward the Heavenly Snake Mansion after confirming her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, while discussing the powerful experts they had sensed in the Jia Ma Empire. Xiao Yan caught up with them and seized Lu Man, leaving the fate of Qing Lin's abduction in his hands.

• Lu Man confirmed that Qing Lin possessed the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, and she and White Fang decided to take her to the Heavenly Snake Mansion.
• White Fang warned Lu Man that Queen Medusa had reached Dou Zong and that another mysterious expert in the Jia Ma Empire had overwhelming aura and spiritual power.
• White Fang sensed a pursuer and accelerated, but Xiao Yan appeared in front of Lu Man and grabbed her by the throat.
• Xiao Yan checked Qing Lin and found her asleep in his arms, relieved when she clung to his neck upon sensing him.

Xiao Yan rescued Qing Lin from White Fang and Lu Man of the Heavenly Snake Mansion, then forced White Fang to serve her. After learning Mo Bass had been mortally wounded, Xiao Yan killed the dying beast and returned with White Fang as Qing Lin’s new guard.

• Xiao Yan stopped White Fang and Lu Man, learned they had come for Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, and spared them after confirming Qing Lin was unharmed.
• Xiao Yan took the Heavenly Snake Technique from White Fang and warned the pair never to threaten Qing Lin again before they fled.
• Qing Lin woke in Xiao Yan’s arms and told him that White Fang and Lu Man had badly wounded Mo Bass and the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake.
• Xiao Yan burned Mo Bass’s remains, pursued White Fang, and brought him back to serve as Qing Lin’s guard in exchange for helping him advance to Dou Zong.
• Qing Lin subdued White Fang with her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, and he submitted to her.

Qing Lin used her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to control White Fang, and Xiao Yan set off with them for the Jia Ma Empire. Back at the Heavenly Snake Mansion, Lu Man told the Mansion Master about Xiao Yan’s power, prompting the old woman to warn that he might be a young prodigy backed by the Eight Ancient Clans or Pill Tower.

• Qing Lin controlled White Fang with her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and took Xiao Yan with her toward the Imperial City of the Jia Ma Empire.
• Cai Lin revealed that White Fang was female, and Xiao Yan warned White Fang to protect Qing Lin.
• Lu Man returned to the Heavenly Snake Mansion and asked the Mansion Master to save White Fang.
• Lu Man described Xiao Yan’s age, cultivation, and abilities to the Mansion Master.
• The Mansion Master suspected Xiao Yan might be a prodigy from the Yao Clan or Pill Tower and warned that harming him could bring ruin upon the Heavenly Snake Mansion.

Xiao Yan broke through to Dou Wang and learned that the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts cultivated True Qi alongside Dou Qi. He discovered that his Mystic Staff could grow to an enormous size, drawing astonished attention across the Jia Ma Empire.

• Lu Man realized White Fang had been taken to replace Qing Lin's destroyed puppet and accepted that staying with Qing Lin might benefit her.
• A month later, Xiao Yan broke through to Dou Wang at the Xiao Clan residence, shocking Jia Xingtian, Yao Ye, and Yun Yun with how little power he had possessed before.
• Old Lord explained that the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts refined True Qi and strengthened Xiao Yan's foundation for future cultivation and travel to other worlds.
• Xiao Yan summoned the Mystic Staff and commanded it to grow, causing it to expand hundreds of meters into the sky and crack the courtyard walls.
• Gu He saw the towering staff's golden light and intricate script, then quickly looked away when it made his head spin.

Xiao Yan showed off his Mystic Staff and discussed its power before agreeing to seek the Life Devouring Pill formula for Xiao Li. The chapter ended when Xiao Zhan gave Xiao Yan an ancestral Storage Ring containing the unusual Ancient Jade.

• Liu Ling and Gu He realized the Xiao Clan was too powerful to offend, while Liu Ling accepted that Nalan Yanran was gone from his life.
• Xiao Yan described the Mystic Staff and his growing mastery of the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts to Cai Lin and Qing Lin.
• The Eight-Winged Black Snake Emperor admired Xiao Yan's power and resolved to warn the Heavenly Snake Mansion against provoking him.
• Xiao Li asked Xiao Yan to refine a Life Devouring Pill so he could reach Dou Wang, and Xiao Ding explained how other pills could extend his survival.
• Xiao Yan agreed to ask Fa Ma about finding the Life Devouring Pill formula.
• Xiao Zhan gave Xiao Yan an ancestral Storage Ring, and Xiao Yan found the Ancient Jade inside.

Xiao Yi Xian returned after searching the Chu Yun Empire for Xiao Yan, only to discover that he was alive and had married Cai Lin. She confronted him over leaving her to believe he was dead, then noticed Cai Lin’s scent on him, leaving Xiao Yan in trouble.

• Cai Lin asked Xiao Yan to feed her Companion Amethyst Source mouth-to-mouth, but Qing Lin interrupted to announce Xiao Yi Xian’s return.
• Xiao Yan left Cai Lin and went to the main hall, where Xiao Ding tried to stall Xiao Yi Xian as she prepared to leave.
• Xiao Yan caught Xiao Yi Xian as she walked out, and she cried and scolded him for making her risk her life to grow stronger and save him while he married Cai Lin.
• Xiao Yi Xian calmed down in Xiao Yan’s arms, then recognized another woman’s scent on him and asked whether he had been with a Snake-Person.

Xiao Yan prepared to attend the Mo Clan's birthday banquet, intending to use the visit to destroy the family for its past crimes. He then arrived in Salt City with a woman and was greeted by Mu Xin as Commander-in-Chief.

• Xiao Yan cultivated the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts and noted that his Dou Qi, soul power, and physical strength had all improved.
• Nalan Yanran helped Xiao Yan dress and told him the Mo Clan's birthday banquet was about to begin.
• Xiao Yan told Nalan Yanran to attend the banquet and decided to lure out and destroy the Mo Clan.
• Xiao Yan flew to Salt City carrying a young woman, where Mu Xin and the assembled generals greeted him.

Xiao Yan arrived in Salt City with Yao Ye, who ordered the imperial forces to stay quiet while they prepared to confront the Mo Clan. At the Mo Clan banquet, Nalan Yanran rejected Mo Li’s advances, and he secretly plotted to drug and assault her.

• Xiao Yan greeted the imperial officers, and Yao Ye ordered Mu Xin and the others not to alert the Mo Clan.
• Xiao Yan noticed Nalan Yanran and Ge Ye arriving in a carriage, then disguised his face with Ya Fei’s Silk Mask and walked through Salt City with Yao Ye.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Ye observed the Mo Clan’s influence over Salt City and headed to congratulate the clan’s old master.
• Nalan Yanran arrived at the inn with Ge Ye, where Ling Ling and Mo Li greeted her.
• Nalan Yanran rebuffed Mo Li’s attempt to touch her sleeve, and Mo Li secretly planned to drug and assault her.

Xiao Yan discovered the Mo Clan elders’ plot to exploit Nalan Yanran and decided to let the Imperial Family deal with the clan after its leaders were removed. Nalan Yanran recognized his disguise, visited him, and learned to be wary of Mo Li’s intentions.

• Mo Li welcomed Nalan Yanran and Ge Ye to the Mo Clan’s inn, but Nalan Yanran refused to stay at the Mo Residence.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Ye arrived with top-tier invitations, and Ge Ye warned Mo Li not to overstep his bounds.
• Xiao Yan overheard Mo Clan elders plotting to use Nalan Yanran and their connection to him, including Mo Cheng’s plan to force her into submission.
• Nalan Yanran recognized Xiao Yan because Yao Ye showed him respect, then visited his suite and massaged his shoulders.
• Xiao Yan explained that Mo Li wanted to use her to gain the Misty Cloud Sect’s favor, and Nalan Yanran vowed to keep her distance.
• Xiao Yan gave Nalan Yanran a painful lesson, and she obediently accepted it.

Xiao Yan’s interrupted night with Nalan Yanran and Yao Ye ended with the group preparing to visit the Mo Clan for the old patriarch’s birthday. On the way, Nalan Yanran suspected Mo Li planned to use a trick against her and decided to have the Mo Clan dealt with after she returned to her teacher.

• Nalan Yanran joined Xiao Yan in bed, but Yao Ye’s knock interrupted their growing intimacy.
• Yao Ye and Nalan Yanran agreed to share Xiao Yan’s bed, and he ordered them both to sleep quietly.
• The next morning, Xiao Yan left for the Mo Clan Residence with Yao Ye while Nalan Yanran traveled separately with Ge Ye and Ling Lin.
• Nalan Yanran recalled Xiao Yan’s warning about the Mo Clan and resolved to tell her teacher to deal with them.
• Mo Li drove Nalan Yanran’s carriage while secretly planning to use an aphrodisiac and keep her and Ge Ye in the city.

Xiao Yan led Yao Ye and the City Defense Army to attack the Mo Clan estate and expose the clan’s crimes. After Mo Cheng transformed and charged him, Xiao Yan effortlessly defeated him and engulfed him in a blue-green flame formed by merging Qi Fire and Essence Fire.

• Mo Cheng proposed forming the Mo Alliance, but his gathering was interrupted when Yao Ye and Mu Xin surrounded the Mo Clan estate with City Defense Army soldiers.
• Xiao Yan arrived with Yao Ye, confronted Mo Cheng, and revealed the Mo Clan’s experiments and its scheme against Nalan Yanran.
• Mo Cheng discovered that his hidden descendants had been killed, then transformed his arm and attacked Xiao Yan with Dou Wang-level strength.
• Xiao Yan caught Mo Cheng’s punch and struck him through the banquet hall, revealing himself as a vastly stronger Dou Huang.
• Xiao Yan merged Qi Fire and Essence Fire into a blue-green Fire Flood Dragon and used it to swallow Mo Cheng.

Xiao Yan destroyed the Mo Clan after uncovering its brutal experiments, then set off toward the Black-Corner Region with Qing Lin, Cai Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian. Before leaving the Jia Ma Empire, he gave Yao Ye a Primordial Bone-Shaping Pill and a Heavenly Flame seed.

• Xiao Yan ordered the Mo Clan’s disciples killed, and Yao Ye’s troops swept through the estate while Mu Xin reported finding more than a hundred buried victims.
• Xiao Yan ordered the Mo Clan’s grounds burned and directed Yao Ye to compensate innocent victims and investigate everyone who had been complicit.
• Qing Lin arrived with Cai Lin and Xiao Yi Xian, insisted on joining Xiao Yan’s journey, and the two women argued over who could protect him.
• Xiao Yan refined a Primordial Bone-Shaping Pill for Yao Ye and gave her a Heavenly Flame seed to improve its effects.
• Xiao Yan and his companions traveled atop White Fang toward the Black-Corner Region and reached the Jia Ma Empire’s border.