Chapter Summaries

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.

Medusa's younger sister awakened from her dream after Xiao Yan rescued her, and the sisters reunited. The younger sister recognized Xiao Yan, embraced him, and thanked him by calling him “brother-in-law.”

• Medusa reunited with her awakened younger sister in the Secret Chamber and held her close.
• The younger sister explained that a young man had rescued her from the dream, and Medusa realized it was Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan returned to his quarters, where Yao Lao remarked that something about his cultivation had seemed strange.
• The Medusa sisters visited Xiao Yan, and the younger sister recognized him and hugged him tightly.
• Medusa thanked Xiao Yan for saving her sister and promised to serve him, but Xiao Yan stopped the sisters from bowing.
• The younger sister playfully thanked Xiao Yan as her “brother-in-law.”

Xiao Yan named Medusa and her younger sister Cai Lin and Cai Die, then persuaded them to undergo bloodline evolution together. The ceremony preparations were completed, and Xiao Yan reached the chamber where the two sisters awaited him.

• Medusa's younger sister called Xiao Yan her brother-in-law, and Medusa hurriedly pulled her away while Xiao Yan accepted the title.
• Xiao Yan spent the following days cultivating and refining medicine while growing closer to the two sisters.
• After learning that neither sister had a name, Xiao Yan named the elder Cai Lin and the younger Cai Die.
• Xiao Yan proposed helping both sisters evolve their bloodlines, and Cai Lin agreed after he assured her he could protect them.
• The Four Great Elders escorted Xiao Yan to the evolution chamber, bowed, and entrusted Cai Lin and Cai Die to his care.

Xiao Yan prepared to help Cai Lin and Cai Die evolve with the Green Lotus Core Flame, protecting them as they endured its excruciating heat. Their lives began to fade, and thunderclouds gathered over the Snake-People Tribe’s temple as the evolution reached its critical moment.

• Xiao Yan sealed Yao Lao’s senses inside the Bone Flame Ring, then flew to the island where Cai Lin and Cai Die waited.
• Xiao Yan reassured the nervous sisters and summoned the Green Lotus Core Flame while they prepared for their evolution.
• Cai Lin and Cai Die transformed into their Purple Nether Flame Snake forms, and Xiao Yan used the Dog Talisman to protect their lives.
• The sisters entered the Green Lotus Core Flame and screamed in agony as Xiao Yan held the fire steady and kept watch over them.
• As the sisters’ life force dwindled, thunderclouds gathered above the Snake-People Tribe’s temple, and the Second Elder prayed for their success.

Xiao Yan watched the two sisters complete their evolution into Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Pythons and reassured the Four Great Elders that they were safe. Before leaving, he healed the Elders and strengthened their bodies so they could protect the Snake-People Tribe.

• Xiao Yan saw the sisters emerge from their charred shells as tiny Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Pythons, and they curled around his wrists after drinking Companion Amethyst Source.
• Xiao Yan released Yao Lao, who recognized the pythons and congratulated him on gaining two of them.
• Xiao Yan left the secret chamber and told the anxious Four Great Elders that both queens had completed their evolution and were safe.
• Xiao Yan healed the Four Great Elders' injuries and extended their lifespans, restoring them to their peak condition.
• The Four Great Elders knelt and accepted Xiao Yan's command to protect the Snake-People Tribe as he departed.

Xiao Yan returned safely to Stone Desert City and prepared to take his family and companions back to Wutan City. After meeting his brothers and their close friend Xue Lan, he departed with everyone aboard a Flying Magical Beast.

• Xiao Yan returned to the Desert Iron Mercenary Group's headquarters, where Hai Bodong confirmed that everything had remained peaceful during his absence.
• Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, met Xue Lan, and realized she and Xiao Ding were close.
• Xiao Yan visited Qing Lin and Qing Mian, learning that Qing Lin had begun cultivating Dou Qi and Qing Mian practiced diligently.
• Xiao Yan and Hai Bodong arranged transport, and Xiao Ding organized the group's boarding for their journey back to Wutan City.
• Xiao Yan led everyone aboard a Flying Magical Beast, which took off toward Wutan City.

Ya Fei and the Xiao Clan had prospered during Xiao Yan’s year away, while Xun’er learned of his latest romantic entanglements and grew upset. Xiao Yan returned to Wutan City, where an unexplained chill made him suspect Hai Bodong had farted.

• Ya Fei soaked in a bath and complained that Xiao Yan had left without writing, though she had diligently managed the Xiao Clan’s affairs for him.
• The Xiao Clan expanded its business, gained protection from Xiao Zhan and Little Purple, and trained its younger members at the Training Ground.
• Xun’er told Xiao Yi Xian that Ling Ying had reported Xiao Yan was traveling with a mother and daughter and a Snake-People maid.
• Xun’er and Xiao Yi Xian saw a huge Flying Magical Beast approaching the Training Ground and realized Xiao Yan had returned.
• Xiao Yan looked down at Wutan City, felt a chill up his back, and asked Hai Bodong if he had farted.

Xiao Yan returned to the Xiao Clan with Hai Bodong, Qing Lin, and Qing Mian, and reunited with his family and girlfriends. After settling Qing Lin and her mother in the clan, he took Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian aside to tell them about his travels.

• Xiao Yan arrived at the Xiao Clan, where Xiao Zhan and the clan members welcomed him home.
• Xiao Yan reunited Xiao Zhan with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, and the family entered the estate together.
• Xiao Yan introduced Hai Bodong, Qing Lin, and Qing Mian, and Xiao Zhan arranged rooms and attendants for them.
• Xiao Yan reassured Qing Mian that the Xiao Clan would be home for her and Qing Lin, while Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian grew jealous of his attention to them.
• Xiao Yan left Xiao Zhan with his brothers and took Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian to a pavilion, where he began to tell them about his travels.

Xiao Yan brought Xun'er, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Qing Lin's mother to meet his family, where they shared a warm reunion and dinner. Afterward, Xiao Yan vowed to protect the family and friends he had gathered and prevent the tragedies from the original story.

• Xiao Yan told Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian about Qing Lin and her mother's hardships and Medusa and her sisters' troubles, then cheered the girls up by taking them shopping.
• Xiao Yan brought Xun'er, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Qing Lin's mother to Xiao Zhan and Su Wan's courtyard, where Su Wan warmly welcomed them.
• Xiao Li teased Xiao Yan about arriving with several girls, and the brothers chased each other around the table while their guests watched.
• Xiao Zhan and the family shared dinner, and Xiao Yan saved a place for Yao Lao, moving the teacher to tears.
• The two Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Pythons woke during dinner, drank Companion Amethyst Source, and returned to sleep in Xiao Yan's sleeves.
• After dinner, Xiao Yan vowed to protect his loved ones and prevent the tragedies of the original story.

Xiao Yan visited the Mittel Auction House with Hai Bodong and revealed Hai Bodong’s identity and loyalty to him, astonishing Ya Fei. He sent Hai Bodong to gather ingredients for an Emperor's Extreme Pill and planned to strengthen the Xiao Clan while waiting for Jia Nan Academy’s recruitment.

• Xiao Yan and Hai Bodong went to the Mittel Auction House, where Ya Fei eagerly prepared to meet Xiao Yan after hearing he had returned.
• Xiao Yan introduced Hai Bodong to Ya Fei as a Dou Huang expert, and Hai Bodong praised her management of the auction house.
• Xiao Yan revealed that Hai Bodong was the Mittel Family’s Supreme Elder and his servant, and Hai Bodong said Xiao Yan’s orders would take precedence throughout the family.
• Xiao Yan gave Hai Bodong a medicinal herb list and promised to refine an Emperor's Extreme Pill for him once the ingredients were gathered.
• Hai Bodong left to prepare for the task, while Xiao Yan decided to help the Xiao Clan grow stronger and hoped Little Purple could reach Dou Zong before he enrolled at Jia Nan Academy.

Xiao Yan left the Mittel Auction House after reassuring Ya Fei about their family alliance, then returned to the Xiao Clan and encountered Xiao Yu. He realized she was worried about advancing to Dou Zhe and offered her Qi Gathering Powder, leaving her blushing over what he might expect in return.

• Ya Fei understood that her connection to Xiao Yan could protect her from a marriage alliance and help her rise within the Mittel Family.
• Xiao Yan teased Ya Fei, heard about the families' cooperation, and hurried away from the auction house.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Xiao Clan and teased Xiao Yu about her legs, catching her ankle when she kicked at him.
• Xiao Yan learned that Xiao Yu had reached the Ninth Stage of Dou Qi and was worried about a risky breakthrough to Dou Zhe.
• Xiao Yan offered Xiao Yu Qi Gathering Powder and told her to come to his place the next day to collect it.
• Xiao Yu accepted his offer in surprise, then blushed as she wondered whether Xiao Yan had ulterior motives.

Xiao Yan refined several pills, including a Sect Breaking Pill for Little Purple, while settling into life with the Xiao Clan. After his alchemy breakthrough, he gave Hai Bodong the Emperor's Extreme Pill and brought Little Purple the pill meant to help her reach Dou Zong.

• Xiao Yan refined several Qi Gathering Powders and gave one to Xiao Yu, who shyly asked him to touch her leg before fleeing after he did.
• Xiao Yan spent the following days cultivating, refining medicine, and visiting the Mittel Auction House while Hai Bodong arranged herbs and resources for him.
• Xiao Yan entered seclusion and emerged several days later as a thirteen-year-old Sixth-Grade Alchemist with several pills.
• Xiao Yan gave Hai Bodong the Emperor's Extreme Pill and then visited Little Purple at her cave in the Xiao Clan Back Mountain.
• Xiao Yan handed Little Purple the Sect Breaking Pill, saying it should help her break through to Dou Zong.

Xiao Yan gave Little Purple a Sect Breaking Pill and prepared to leave for Jia Nan Academy, reassuring Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian that he would return soon. At the academy’s recruitment, he passed the entrance test with Xiao Yu and knocked out an older student who tried to make them wait under the sun.

• Xiao Yan gave Little Purple a Sect Breaking Pill to help her break through to Dou Zong and asked her to watch over the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Yan told Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian he planned to attend Jia Nan Academy, and he comforted them when they grew upset about his departure.
• Xiao Yan encountered Xiao Yu on the way to the recruitment site and told her to stay close to him because the academy liked to intimidate new students.
• Xiao Yan released his aura to clear a path through the long queue, and he and Xiao Yu passed the registration test.
• An older student ordered Xiao Yan and Xiao Yu to stand in the sun, but Xiao Yan flicked him away and knocked him unconscious.

Xiao Yan stunned Instructor Ruo Lin and the students by revealing that he was a thirteen-year-old Five-Star Dou Ling, then accepted Ruo Lin’s promises and said he wanted to enter the Inner Academy. He and Xiao Yu returned to the Xiao Clan, where Xiao Yan spent the next two days with Xiao Yi Xian and Xun'er before leaving for the academy.

• Xiao Yan defeated Lu Guan with a single finger and entered the tent with Xiao Yu, impressing the senior students.
• Instructor Ruo Lin arrived, welcomed Xiao Yan, and asked the students about their strength.
• Xiao Yan declared that he was thirteen years old and a Five-Star Dou Ling, astonishing everyone in the tent.
• Ruo Lin eagerly promised Xiao Yan academy benefits, and Xiao Yan told her he wanted to enter the Inner Academy.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yu returned to the Xiao Clan, with Ruo Lin following them to keep him from slipping away.
• Xiao Yan spent the next two days wandering Wutan City with Xiao Yi Xian and Xun'er.

Xiao Yan said farewell to his family and friends before leaving Wutan City with Ruo Lin and Xiao Yu for Jia Nan Academy. After their journey, they arrived at the academy, where Ruo Lin offered to show Xiao Yan to his private residence and Xiao Yu decided to go with them.

• Xiao Yan visited his family, Little Purple, Qing Lin and her mother, and Xiao Yi Xian before leaving, making sure they had what they needed and stabilizing Xiao Yi Xian's Poison Body.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Xun'er each kissed Xiao Yan goodbye, while Ya Fei held him in a close embrace at the Mittel Auction House.
• Xiao Yan met Ruo Lin at the Jia Nan Academy camp and boarded the Flying Magical Beast with Xiao Yu.
• Xiao Yan reassured the homesick Xiao Yu during the flight, and their laughter eased her sadness about leaving Wutan City.
• Several days later, Xiao Yan, Xiao Yu, and the other new students arrived at Jia Nan Academy, where Ruo Lin offered to show Xiao Yan his residence and he invited Xiao Yu along.

Xiao Yan settled into a spacious Jia Nan Academy residence with Xiao Yu while rumors of his talent spread, and Xiao Yu befriended Xue Ni. Xiao Yan then left the academy for the Black-Corner Region to sharpen his skills and proposed killing Han Feng.

• Ruo Lin showed Xiao Yan and Xiao Yu his spacious residence, and Xiao Yan asked her to call him by name.
• Xiao Yu moved in with Xiao Yan, cooked for him, and grew flustered over the feeling that they were living together.
• Ruo Lin reported Xiao Yan's strength, prompting instructors, Elders, and students to spread praise and rumors about him.
• Xiao Yu told her friend Xue Ni that Xiao Yan was her younger cousin, and Xue Ni teased her about living and eating with him.
• Xiao Yan left Jia Nan Academy alone for the Black-Corner Region and asked his teacher whether they should kill Han Feng.