Recaps

Xiao Yan became a One-Star Dou Zhe at eleven and spent the day celebrating with Xun'er. After returning to his parents, he received a ring from his mother, Su Wan, who was alive in this story.

• Xiao Yan tested as a One-Star Dou Zhe, drawing praise from the Xiao Clan and pride from Xiao Zhan and Su Wan.
• Xiao Yan and Xun'er left the testing square together and playfully teased each other on their way through Wutan City.
• Xiao Yan saw Ya Fei arrive at the Mittel Auction House, and Ya Fei recognized him as Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Xiao Clan at dusk and visited Xiao Zhan and Su Wan as his father had instructed.
• Su Wan congratulated Xiao Yan on becoming a Dou Zhe and gave him the ring from her finger, hoping it would keep him safe.

Xiao Yan examined the Bone Flame Ring and revealed his transmigrated identity and Talisman powers before forcing Yao Lao to emerge. He convinced Yao Lao that he knew the future and left him stunned by offering to repair his soul.

• Xiao Yan recalled how the Horse, Ox, and Tiger Talismans had awakened with his cultivation and helped him protect his loved ones and strengthen his body.
• Xiao Yan tried calling Yao Lao from the Bone Flame Ring, then threatened to pee on it until Yao Lao appeared.
• Yao Lao demanded to know how Xiao Yan knew his identity, and Xiao Yan claimed he could see glimpses of the future.
• Xiao Yan named Han Feng and revealed secrets about Yao Lao's past and future, convincing Yao Lao that he knew the truth.
• Yao Lao hesitated to accept Xiao Yan as his disciple, and Xiao Yan said he had planned to repair Yao Lao's soul after becoming one.
• Yao Lao was shocked and asked whether Xiao Yan was serious about repairing his soul.

Xiao Yan accepted Yao Lao as his teacher, restored Yao Lao's Soul Power with the Horse Talisman, and began cultivating the Flame Mantra. After Xun'er visited with a cultivation method, Yao Lao told Xiao Yan to buy Medicinal Herbs so his lessons in alchemy could begin.

• Yao Lao offered Xiao Yan the Flame Mantra and an Earth Tier cultivation method, and Xiao Yan accepted both before formally becoming his disciple.
• Xiao Yan used the Horse Talisman to restore Yao Lao's Soul Power and repair his soul origin, returning him to his peak condition.
• Xiao Yan cultivated the Flame Mantra for four hours and showed Yao Lao the pale-yellow Dou Qi it produced.
• Xun'er brought Xiao Yan a cultivation method, but Xiao Yan reassured her that he had already chosen one and teased her about marrying him.
• Yao Lao instructed Xiao Yan to buy Medicinal Herbs so he could begin teaching Xiao Yan to identify them.

Xiao Yan used the Tiger Talisman's power to master medicine refining and became a First-Rank Alchemist, whose healing Pills brought the Xiao Family Market great success. Ya Fei visited the Xiao Clan to investigate the new medicine and recognized Xiao Yan as a likely source.

• Xiao Yan bought Medicinal Herbs and a Medicine Cauldron, then began practicing medicine refining under Yao Lao's guidance in a secluded cave.
• After several failed attempts, Xiao Yan used the Tiger Talisman's power to stabilize the refining process and succeeded with every batch, astonishing Yao Lao.
• Xiao Yan became a First-Rank Alchemist and told Xiao Zhan that a traveling Alchemist had taken him as a disciple, then gave him Pills to sell.
• The Xiao Family Market's inexpensive healing medicine sold out rapidly, prompting Ya Fei to suspect that Xiao Yan was the Alchemist behind it.
• Ya Fei visited the Xiao Clan, and after Xiao Zhan and Xiao Yan entered the Meeting Hall, she asked whether the young man was Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan partnered with Ya Fei to strengthen the Xiao Clan, then broke through to one-star Dou Shi and gained the Dog Talisman. With the clan secure, he prepared to leave Wutan City to gain experience and quietly set out at dawn.

• Ya Fei confirmed Xiao Yan was the Alchemist and agreed to supply Medicinal Herbs in exchange for his Pills.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Lao refined Pills and Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid, helping the Xiao Clan grow powerful enough that the other major families moved away.
• Xiao Yan broke through to one-star Dou Shi and received the Dog Talisman, which granted him eternal youth and immunity to death.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Zhan and Su Wan he planned to leave, then spent a final day in Wutan City with Xun'er.
• After making arrangements and sending Ya Fei a message, Xiao Yan quietly left the Xiao Clan estate at first light.

Xiao Yan met Xiao Yi Xian at the Myriad Medicine Pavilion, recognized her Woeful Poison Body, and followed a map into the Magical Beast Mountain Range to find a hidden cave. He claimed its treasures and learned Purple Cloud Wings, ending the chapter eager to fly.

• Xiao Yan visited the Myriad Medicine Pavilion in Qingshan Town, met Xiao Yi Xian, and bought a herb-gathering route map.
• Xiao Yan told Yao Lao that Xiao Yi Xian had the Woeful Poison Body and suggested using the Poison Pill Method to suppress it.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Lao found the hidden cave, where Xiao Yan collected herbs, a Flying Dou Technique, and a map fragment depicting the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame.
• Xiao Yan buried the skeleton and practiced Purple Cloud Wings, manifesting a pair of Purple Pill Lightning wings.

Xiao Yan returned to Qingshan Town after training in the Magical Beast Mountain Range and went to find Xiao Yi Xian. After showing her the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, he left her realizing that she had the Woeful Poison Body.

• Xiao Yan killed a Third-Order Flame Tiger and returned to Qingshan Town after days of training in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yan visited the Myriad Medicine Pavilion, learned that Xiao Yi Xian was unwell, and gave Mr. Yao a Pill to learn where she lived.
• Li Fei overheard Xiao Yan's conversation with Mr. Yao and ran toward the Wolf Head Mercenary Group.
• Xiao Yan visited Xiao Yi Xian and showed her the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture while she suffered from her recurring pain.
• Xiao Yi Xian read about the Woeful Poison Body and recognized the Seven-Colored Hidden Line on her abdomen as its sign.

Xiao Yan cured Xiao Yi Xian’s Woeful Poison Body temporarily, gave her the Poison Pill Method, and persuaded her to travel with him. When Mu Li led his men to attack Xiao Yan over Xiao Yi Xian, Xiao Yan killed them all.

• Xiao Yan used the Horse and Tiger Talismans to restore Xiao Yi Xian’s health and offered her the Poison Pill Method as a lasting solution for her Woeful Poison Body.
• Xiao Yi Xian agreed to pack and travel with Xiao Yan while they sought the materials needed to refine a Poison Pill or find the Netherworld Poison Flame.
• Xiao Yan sensed Mu Li approaching with Li Fei and several men, then blocked their path in an alley.
• Mu Li ordered his men to maim Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan killed them one by one as they attacked or fled.
• Xiao Yan killed Mu Li and Li Fei after they froze in terror.

Xiao Yan killed Mu She, then took Xiao Yi Xian to Small Mountain Valley, where they settled together while he practiced Alchemy and promised to find her teachings in poison. After spending time there, Xiao Yan decided it was time to confront the Amethyst Winged Lion King.

• Xiao Yan burned the corpses at the scene and killed Mu She at the Wolf Head Mercenary Group headquarters.
• Xiao Yan gave Xiao Yi Xian a Storage Ring and took her to Small Mountain Valley using his Flying Dou Technique.
• Xiao Yi Xian showed Xiao Yan the hidden valley and explained that her friend Little Blue, a Blue Eagle, had brought her there before.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian repaired the cabin and settled in, and Xiao Yan encouraged her to become a Poison Master after telling her she lacked talent for Alchemy.
• After living together in the valley for some time, Xiao Yan told Yao Lao that they would go trouble the Amethyst Winged Lion King.

Xiao Yan and Yao Lao subdued the Amethyst Winged Lion King and searched his cave for treasures. Xiao Yan found Transformation Grass, refined the Purple Flame from the Companion Amethyst Source, and broke through to Da Dou Shi.

• Yao Lao defeated the Amethyst Winged Lion King and placed a soul Restriction on him, forcing him to submit.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King led Xiao Yan and Yao Lao to the Purple Spirit Crystal and Companion Amethyst Source, while Xiao Yan promised to help his cub grow stronger.
• Xiao Yan collected the Companion Amethyst Source and found Transformation Grass among the human belongings stored in the cave.
• Yao Lao began refining a Transformation Pill, while Xiao Yan absorbed the Companion Amethyst Source and refined the seed of the Purple Flame.
• Xiao Yan used the energy to break through to Da Dou Shi, with the Tiger Talisman stabilizing his cultivation.

Xiao Yan gained control of the Purple Flame, broke through to Da Dou Shi, and later fused the flame with the Flame Mantra, advancing it to Intermediate Yellow Tier. After returning to the Small Mountain Valley and recovering from the process, he found an unfamiliar but familiar-looking woman in the Small Wooden House.

• Xiao Yan received another Talisman and discovered that he could produce Purple Flame, while Yao Lao gave him the Transformation Pill he had refined.
• Yao Lao found Xiao Yan’s new Da Dou Shi cultivation stable, and Xiao Yan gave the Transformation Pill to the Amethyst Winged Lion King.
• Xiao Yan used his new ability to fly back to the Small Mountain Valley, where Xiao Yi Xian welcomed him and resumed their daily routine with him.
• Xiao Yan devoured the Purple Flame and fused it with the Flame Mantra, advancing the technique from Low Yellow Tier to Intermediate Yellow Tier.
• Xiao Yan left the cave after changing clothes and found an unfamiliar woman in the Small Wooden House who looked familiar to him.

Xiao Yan reunited with the transformed Amethyst Winged Lion King, named her Little Purple, and arranged for her to escort Xiao Yi Xian and her child to Wutan City. After bidding Xiao Yi Xian farewell, Xiao Yan set out for the Tagor Desert.

• Xiao Yan discovered that the curvaceous woman in the cabin was the Amethyst Winged Lion King, and explained her identity to Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yan named the woman Little Purple and ordered her to deliver two letters to Xiao Zhan, protect the Xiao Clan, and escort Xiao Yi Xian and her child safely to Wutan City.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Yi Xian he planned to leave for a dangerous place, and used Talismans to regulate her Woeful Poison Body before they parted.
• Xiao Yi Xian kissed Xiao Yan on the cheek before leaving with Little Purple, and Xiao Yan promised Yao Lao he would help reunite him with his teacher's wife.
• Xiao Yan left the Magical Beast Mountain Range and headed for the Tagor Desert.

Xiao Yan found the second remnant of the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame map in Hai Bodong’s desert shop and fought the sealed Ice Emperor when Hai Bodong refused to sell it. Xiao Yan defeated and woke Hai Bodong, leaving them face to face in the Ancient Map Shop.

• Xiao Yan reached the Tagor Desert and found the Ancient Map Shop, where he sensed the sealed Dou Huang Hai Bodong.
• Xiao Yan searched the counter and recovered the second remnant of the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame map, though its other half was missing.
• Xiao Yan revealed that he knew Hai Bodong’s identity and claimed he could undo the seal, but Hai Bodong demanded to know how he had learned the truth.
• Xiao Yan attacked Hai Bodong, overwhelmed him with his strength and Purple Flame, and knocked him unconscious with the Giant Ruler.
• Xiao Yan carried Hai Bodong back into the shop and woke him, and Hai Bodong opened his eyes to Xiao Yan’s innocent smile.

Xiao Yan defeated Hai Bodong, freed him from his seal, and secured three years of service from him and the Mittel Family. He reunited with his brothers at the Desert Iron Mercenary Group and revealed that he had reached Da Dou Shi.

• Hai Bodong surrendered the map fragment and agreed that he and the Mittel Family would serve Xiao Yan unconditionally for three years in exchange for the seal being removed.
• Xiao Yan planted a mark in Hai Bodong's soul, then used the Horse Talisman to heal him and break his seal, restoring his strength to Five-Star Dou Emperor.
• A snake-woman in the Snake-People Temple sensed that her own seal had been broken.
• Xiao Yan and Hai Bodong reached Stone Desert City and went to the Desert Iron Mercenary Group's headquarters to find Xiao Ding and Xiao Li.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li welcomed Xiao Yan, learned that Hai Bodong was a Dou Emperor and an ally of the Xiao Clan, then asked Xiao Yan about his cultivation.
• Xiao Yan told his brothers that he had recently broken through to Da Dou Shi.

Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li and persuaded them to return to Wutan City. In Stone Desert City, he found Qing Lin and her dying mother, saved her, and brought them to the Desert Iron Mercenary Group; he then turned his attention to obtaining the Heavenly Flame.

• Xiao Yan told Xiao Ding and Xiao Li about the Xiao Clan’s progress and persuaded them to return to Wutan City.
• Xiao Yan asked Yao Lao to search Stone Desert City for Qing Lin, and Yao Lao sensed that her mother was near death.
• Xiao Yan rushed to Qing Lin’s home and used the Horse and Dog Talismans to save her mother, Qing Mian.
• Qing Mian explained that villagers had shunned and driven her and Qing Lin away because Qing Lin was a human and Snake-People hybrid.
• Xiao Yan brought Qing Lin and Qing Mian to the Desert Iron Mercenary Group and asked Xiao Ding to arrange their lodging and care.
• Xiao Yan settled in for the night and planned to seek the Heavenly Flame next.

Xiao Yan taught Qing Lin and Qing Mian to cultivate, then followed Hai Bodong to a hidden Underground Magma World in search of the Green Lotus Core Flame. After defeating a Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, he guided Qing Lin as she began using her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to control it.

• Xiao Yan reassured Qing Mian that Qing Lin could cultivate and began teaching both mother and daughter to sense and cultivate Dou Qi.
• Qing Lin quickly sensed Dou Qi, while Xiao Yan gave his eldest and second brothers cultivation methods, combat skills, and pills.
• Hai Bodong reported finding a location matching Xiao Yan's description, and Xiao Yan set off with him and Qing Lin for the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Hai Bodong struck open a hidden entrance, and the three entered an Underground Magma World where a Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake attacked Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan pinned and subdued the snake, then urged Qing Lin to control it with her eyes; a strange light from her eyes enveloped the creature.

Qing Lin subdued the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, allowing Xiao Yan to retrieve the Green Lotus Core Flame from beneath the magma. When Queen Medusa attacked Hai Bodong and confronted Xiao Yan over the Heavenly Flame, Yao Lao lent Xiao Yan enough power to rise to the Dou Zong realm, leaving him facing Medusa with the advantage.

• Qing Lin subdued the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, then Xiao Yan used the Talisman to restore her and heal the snake.
• Xiao Yan rode the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake through the magma, found the Green Lotus Core Flame, and collected it along with the Earth Fire Lotus Seeds and Green Lotus Platform.
• Yao Lao warned Xiao Yan that a Peak Dou Emperor from the Snake-People Tribe had arrived, and Xiao Yan hurried back to Qing Lin and Hai Bodong.
• Queen Medusa defeated Hai Bodong and demanded the Heavenly Flame from Xiao Yan, while Qing Lin hid unharmed behind a boulder.
• Yao Lao lent Xiao Yan his power, raising him from Da Dou Shi to Dou Zong, and Xiao Yan challenged Medusa's arrogance.

Xiao Yan defeated Medusa, sealed away her Dou Qi, and carried her back to the Desert Iron Mercenary Group. He brought her alone to his quarters, where she feared what he would do next.

• Xiao Yan used Spatial Power to pin Medusa down, then sealed away her Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yan checked on Qing Lin and healed Hai Bodong's injuries with the Horse Talisman's power.
• Xiao Yan carried Medusa back to the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, where Xiao Ding and Xiao Li mistook her for a maid he had picked up.
• Xiao Yan brought Medusa to his quarters and left her frightened as he approached her.

Xiao Yan persuaded Queen Medusa to serve him in exchange for help reaching Dou Zong, then devoured the Green Lotus Core Flame and advanced to One-Star Dou Ling. The chapter ended as two Snake-People Tribe Dou Emperors approached to search for the missing queen.

• Xiao Yan offered to help Queen Medusa reach Dou Zong if she obeyed him, and she agreed to evolve using the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Queen Medusa served as Xiao Yan’s maid for several days, enduring his teasing and learning to call him Master.
• Xiao Yan devoured the Green Lotus Core Flame, rose from Two-Star Great Dou Master to One-Star Dou Ling, and advanced the Flame Mantra to High Xuan Tier.
• The Four Great Elders learned Queen Medusa had disappeared; two stayed to guard the tribe while two pursued her.
• Yao Lao warned Xiao Yan that two Dou Emperors from the Snake-People Tribe were heading toward them as Queen Medusa fed him.

Xiao Yan left Stone Desert City with Medusa to return to the Snake-People Tribe and help awaken her bloodline. Two of the tribe's elders found them and learned that Medusa had declared Xiao Yan an honored guest, leaving them curious and concerned about their queen's closeness to him.

• Xiao Yan told Hai Bodong he was visiting the Snake-People Tribe and instructed him to protect Qing Lin, her mother, and Xiao Yan's two elder brothers.
• Medusa changed out of her maid's outfit, and Xiao Yan released the seal on her Dou Qi before they left Stone Desert City together.
• Xiao Yan explained the bloodline awakening to Medusa, who agreed and grew excited about it.
• Two of the Snake-People Tribe's Four Great Elders arrived and confirmed Medusa was unharmed.
• When the Fourth Elder insulted Xiao Yan, Medusa reprimanded her and declared Xiao Yan an honored guest who was to be treated with the same respect as the queen.
• The two Elders obeyed Medusa, but privately wondered about Xiao Yan's relationship with her and worried about the situation.

Xiao Yan silenced the First Elder’s challenge to Medusa by overpowering and crippling her, clearing the way for Medusa to prepare for her evolution. After thanking Xiao Yan and leaving him to rest, Medusa entered a hidden Secret Chamber and approached an ice coffin.

• Medusa and Xiao Yan returned to the Snake-People Holy City, where the First Elder challenged the queen’s decision to honor Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan borrowed Yao Lao’s power to reach the Dou Zong Realm, seized the First Elder, placed a Soul Imprint on her, and crippled one of her arms.
• Medusa let Xiao Yan’s punishment stand, then ordered the Snake-People Tribe to begin preparations for her evolution.
• Medusa thanked Xiao Yan, who told her she could repay him later, and she left him in his room.
• Medusa entered a hidden, freezing Secret Chamber and approached the ice coffin at its center.

Xiao Yan explored the Sheep Talisman's powers and discovered that his soul could leave his body undetected and pass through solid barriers. He found Medusa grieving beside her apparently living, comatose sister, entered her sister's body, and arrived inside her dream.

• Xiao Yan explained that the Sheep Talisman had strengthened his Soul Power and let him block Yao Lao's Soul Perception.
• Xiao Yan used the talisman to separate his soul from his body, then tested its ability to pass unseen through walls and Restrictions.
• Xiao Yan's soul entered Medusa's adjoining chambers but found her missing, then discovered a hidden passage to a frigid Secret Chamber.
• Xiao Yan found Medusa sitting beside an ice coffin and recognized the Snake-Person inside as her sister, who seemed to be breathing despite remaining unconscious.
• Xiao Yan entered Medusa's sister's body with the Sheep Talisman's power and found himself in the Snake-People Holy City, inside her dream.

Xiao Yan witnessed memories of Medusa and her sister, from their carefree childhood to the moment the younger sister vanished while pursuing her own dream of freedom. In the desert, a mysterious man in black appeared carrying her wounded body, and Xiao Yan recognized something familiar about him before the man revealed his face.

• Xiao Yan followed the young Medusa and her sister through the Snake-People Holy City, watching them play and enjoy their childhood.
• As the sisters grew older, Snake-People traffickers abducted the younger sister, and the older sister rescued her at great cost.
• The older sister vowed to train and protect the Snake-People Tribe, while the younger sister began training to support her.
• In the temple, the younger sister chose freedom and disappeared in a surge of energy rather than fight her sister for the throne.
• Xiao Yan found himself in the desert as a man in black emerged from a spatial rift carrying the blood-soaked younger sister.
• The man in black noticed Xiao Yan, pulled back his hood, and showed him his face, making Xiao Yan's pupils contract.

Xiao Yan realized he had to intervene in his sister-in-law’s dream to save her, then used the Sheep Talisman to enter it and escape the Snake-People Temple with her. Snake-People pursuers closed in as he fled with only the strength of a Dou Ling.

• Black-Robed Xiao Yan healed the younger sister with the Horse Talisman, but left her asleep and vanished from the memory.
• The dream reset twice, and Xiao Yan decided he had to act himself to save his sister-in-law.
• At the Snake-People Temple, Xiao Yan used the Sheep Talisman to become solid and grabbed the younger sister before she could activate her secret art.
• Xiao Yan pulled the younger sister out of the temple as the three Elders ordered the Snake-People Tribe to catch them.
• Three Dou Wang caught up and attacked Xiao Yan from behind while he worried about his limited strength.

Xiao Yan used the Sheep Talisman to become a Dou Di within the dream and saved Medusa’s younger sister as the dream collapsed. In the real world, the younger sister awakened in the ice coffin and recognized Medusa as her sister.

• Xiao Yan’s sister-in-law shielded him from the Snake-People Tribe elders, and Medusa joined them to protect her younger sister.
• Xiao Yan used the Sheep Talisman to raise his power first to Dou Zong and then to Dou Di.
• Xiao Yan’s gaze turned the three elders to ash, and he led Medusa’s younger sister toward the real world as the dream collapsed.
• Medusa’s dream figure faded away, while her younger sister’s body began to revive inside the ice coffin.
• Medusa’s younger sister opened her eyes, saw Medusa beside her, and asked whether she was her sister.