Recaps

Gu Lie refused to shelter the Spirit and Stone Clans unless they surrendered resources, while Queen Medusa and Hai Bodong chose to fight Ling Ying in the Tagor Desert. Ling Ying crushed a Spatial Jade Slip as Medusa and Hai Bodong attacked him.

• Gu Lie told Ling Ya and Shi Pan that the Gu Clan could not house their clanspeople unless they offered resources as the Xiao Clan once had.
• A black-robed woman sensed Fan Tian was in danger in the Tagor Desert and hurried to his aid.
• Medusa confronted Ling Ying while Hai Bodong held Zi Yan and refused to flee.
• Medusa urged Hai Bodong not to harm Xiao Yan, and the two attacked Ling Ying together.
• Ling Ying retreated, crushed a Spatial Jade Slip, and promised to show them something remarkable.

Ling Ying's Spatial Jade Slips failed to summon the Gu Clan experts, leaving him stunned as Medusa and Hai Bodong watched the spatial passages collapse. A second, more powerful passage also shattered, and Medusa suspected the expert meant to answer the summons was already dead.

• Ling Ying crushed a Spatial Jade Slip, opening a spatial passage that frightened Hai Bodong and Medusa but brought no Gu Clan expert.
• The first passage cracked apart and vanished, prompting Ling Ying to crush his second Spatial Jade Slip in desperation.
• Gu Xun'er continued fighting Fan Tian, whose resilient body and strange effect on her bloodline frustrated her.
• The second, more powerful spatial passage shattered as well, and Medusa told Hai Bodong that the summoning expert might already be dead.

Medusa and Hai Bodong took advantage of the failed spatial passage to overwhelm Ling Ying while Fan Tian kept Gu Xun'er occupied. Medusa brought the unconscious Xiao Yan toward Fan Tian, who threatened to kill him as Gu Xun'er faced the fight without reinforcements.

• Medusa realized no one had come through the shattered passage and ordered Hai Bodong to attack Ling Ying.
• Hai Bodong and Medusa struck Ling Ying while he fought desperately to reach Gu Xun'er, leaving him bloodied and near death.
• Medusa picked up Zi Yan and retrieved the unconscious Xiao Yan from the desert.
• Fan Tian taunted Gu Xun'er and held her attention while waiting for her secret art to end.
• Gu Xun'er admitted she would let the conflict go if Fan Tian stopped, but Fan Tian threatened to kill Xiao Yan when he saw Medusa approaching with him.

Fan Tian held Xiao Yan and Ling Ying hostage to force Gu Xun'er to answer for her attack, then offered her Yao Chen’s soul in exchange for keeping the peace. The chapter ended with Gu Xun’er receiving Yao Chen while Fan Tian claimed the Bone Spirit Cold Flame.

• Hai Bodong and Medusa returned to Fan Tian with the unconscious Ling Ying, and Fan Tian thanked Medusa for helping him.
• Fan Tian threatened Medusa into addressing her as Your Majesty, then treated Zi Yan and seized the unconscious Xiao Yan to demand an explanation from Gu Xun'er.
• Gu Xun'er threatened Fan Tian, but he tightened his grip on Xiao Yan and warned that he would kill him unless she answered him.
• Fan Tian shattered the Bone Spirit Ring, captured Yao Chen’s fleeing soul, and took the Bone Spirit Cold Flame from it.
• Fan Tian gave Yao Chen’s soul to Gu Xun'er and kept the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, while Xiao Yan urged her to save his teacher.

Gu Xun'er accused Yao Chen of spying for the Hun Clan and plotting to possess Xiao Yan, then burned his soul despite Xiao Yan's protests. Afterward, she gave Fan Tian two heaven-tier techniques as compensation and demanded that he release Ling Ying and Xiao Yan.

• Gu Xun'er questioned Yao Chen about his ties to the Yao Clan, the Hall of Souls, and Xiao Yan, while Yao Chen insisted he had never joined the Hun Clan.
• Yao Chen claimed he had secretly watched Xiao Yan since childhood, and Gu Xun'er grew suspicious that he had witnessed her private encounters with Xiao Yan.
• Gu Xun'er accused Yao Chen of deceiving Xiao Yan with the Flame Mantra and burned him with golden flames as he admitted the technique's risks were untested.
• Gu Xun'er incinerated Yao Chen's soul, leaving Xiao Yan stunned and grieving.
• Gu Xun'er gave Fan Tian a low heaven tier cultivation technique and a Low Heaven Tier Dou Technique, then demanded that he release Ling Ying and Xiao Yan or die.

After Gu Xun'er sent Xiao Yan away, she turned on Fan Tian and his companions rather than let them leave with the promised techniques. Fan Tian revealed his powerful bloodline, but the clash was interrupted when the Blue-Haired Girl arrived and attacked Gu Xun'er.

• Gu Xun'er gave Xiao Yan and Ling Ying medicinal pills, then ordered Ling Ying to escort Xiao Yan back to the Xiao Clan.
• Fan Tian introduced himself as Ye Tian and refused Gu Xun'er's invitation to join the Gu Clan, while Hai Bodong, Zi Yan, and Medusa also declined.
• Gu Xun'er revealed her Five-Star Dou Zun aura and unleashed the Heaven-Rank Dou Technique Ancient Emperor Finger against Fan Tian and his companions.
• Fan Tian activated the Spirit Devouring Origin, reaching Six-Star Dou Zun and causing Gu Xun'er's bloodline to tremble before his power suddenly subsided.
• The Blue-Haired Girl appeared, raised her cultivation to Three-Star Dou Zun, and launched the Heaven-Rank Dou Technique Medicine Emperor Palm at Gu Xun'er.

Yao Ling fought Gu Xun'er in the Tagor Desert, and Fan Tian secretly collected their blood before Gu Xun'er withdrew. Later, in the Snake-People Temple, Yao Ling reunited with Fan Tian and clung to him after surviving the Yao Clan's destruction.

• Yao Ling struck Gu Xun'er with a soul-powered medicinal cauldron, injuring her, while both women were hurt by their clash.
• Fan Tian secretly absorbed the blood that Yao Ling and Gu Xun'er had spat out.
• Yao Ling rejected Gu Xun'er's offer of alliance, and Gu Xun'er left after threatening the Snake-People Tribe over the Xiao Clan.
• Fan Tian threatened to destroy the Xiao Clan if anything happened to the Snake-People Tribe, and Gu Xun'er vanished through a spatial fissure.
• At the Snake-People Temple, Yao Ling told Fan Tian that the Yao Clan had been destroyed and sought comfort in his arms.
• Fan Tian promised to stay with Yao Ling, who then asked him to love her, and he teased her by asking her to clean him up.

Gu Lie took control of the Gu Clan and planned to use living sacrifices to activate the Eight-Origin Soul-Sealing Formation. In Wutan City, Gu Xun'er tried to win Xiao Yan's trust with powerful cultivation resources, while Fan Tian comforted Yao Ling and asked her to explain the Yao Clan's destruction.

• Gu Yuan entered secluded cultivation, and Gu Lie became acting Clan Leader after most of the Gu Clan's warriors died in the Soul Realm.
• Gu Feng told Gu Lie that the Eight-Origin Soul-Sealing Formation required rare materials and living sacrifices, and Gu Lie ordered him to take materials from the Spirit Clan and Stone Clan.
• Gu Xun'er told Xiao Yan that his teacher had betrayed the Yao Clan and intended to take over his body, but Xiao Yan rejected her explanation.
• Gu Xun'er offered Xiao Yan an Earth Tier cultivation technique, matching Dou Techniques, and high-tier medicinal pills, promising to take him to meet her father after the Three-Year Agreement.
• Fan Tian teased Yao Ling when she questioned him about other women, then comforted her as she mourned the Yao Clan and asked what had happened to it.

Jia Xingtian worried over the powerful young man he had encountered, while Gu He rejected Yun Yun after accusing her of losing her purity and proposed offering her as payment to recruit Dou Zong experts. Yun Yun fled the hall, and Yun Shan was left confronting Gu He’s demand as the Misty Cloud Sect faced danger.

• Jia Xingtian asked Yao Ye and Yao Yue whether they would sacrifice themselves to save the Jia Ma Imperial Family.
• Gu He told Yun Shan that his new status as a high-grade sixth-rank alchemist might let him recruit Dou Zong experts to protect the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Yun Shan proposed that Gu He marry Yun Yun, but Gu He refused and accused her of no longer being pure.
• Yun Yun broke down in tears and fled after Gu He challenged her to explain what happened in the secret chamber.
• Gu He suggested that Yun Shan offer Yun Yun to Dou Zong experts in exchange for their help, then left the hall when Yun Shan objected.

Three months later, Xiao Yan trained with Gu Xun'er while she prepared the Jia Ma Empire to confront the Snake-People Tribe before leaving the Xiao Clan. At Misty Cloud Mountain, Gu He harassed Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran, and Nalan Yanran finally asked her teacher whether his claims about Yun Yun were true.

• Xiao Yan demonstrated his progress with the Ancient Lion Flame Burst, and Gu Xun'er praised his talent and promised to help him reach Dou Zun.
• Gu Xun'er learned from Ling Ying that he had delivered pills to Yun Shan, Jia Xingtian, and Fa Ma so they could strengthen the Jia Ma Empire against the Snake-People Tribe.
• Gu Xun'er planned to leave the Xiao Clan after Xiao Yan's Three-Year Agreement and admitted she could not contact the Gu Clan for reinforcements.
• Gu He continued taunting Yun Yun and had Liu Ling harass Nalan Yanran while rumors spread that Yun Yun had been violated in the Snake-People Temple.
• Yun Yun urged Nalan Yanran to prepare for her Three-Year Agreement, and Nalan Yanran asked whether Gu He's claims were true.

Yun Yun confronted Gu He over rumors that he had spread to undermine her claim to the Misty Cloud Sect leadership, and the two began fighting. Meanwhile, the Hun Clan prepared attacks on three clans, and Xuan Yi privately longed for Fan Tian.

• Nalan Yanran told Yun Yun that rumors claimed she had been forced by the Snake-People Tribe and might be pregnant with a Snake-People Tribe child.
• Yun Yun reassured Nalan Yanran that the rumors were false and accused Gu He of spreading them to seize the Misty Cloud Sect Master position.
• Yun Yun confronted Gu He before the sect and attacked him, starting a battle above Misty Cloud Mountain.
• Hun Tiandi and Void agreed to attack the Gu Clan, Lei Clan, and Yan Clan to seize the jade.
• Xuan Yi recalled her time with Fan Tian and privately indulged in fantasies about him.

Fan Tian considered his next moves while preparing to send Qing Lin to the Heavenly Snake Mansion so she could develop her abilities. Qing Lin agreed to go after Fan Tian told her that becoming stronger was the only way to remain at his side.

• Fan Tian reviewed the Yao Clan's Ancient Jade and the contents of Xiao Yan and Yao Chen's Storage Rings, including the Flame Mantra and a map fragment of the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame.
• Fan Tian considered searching for Xiao Yi Xian before her Woeful Poison Body erupted and killed her.
• Fan Tian told Qing Lin he planned to take her to the Heavenly Snake Mansion to maximize her potential.
• Qing Lin protested that she wanted to stay with Fan Tian, but he insisted she needed to grow stronger to help him.
• Qing Lin accepted the plan and said she would go to the Heavenly Snake Mansion to become stronger.

Fan Tian confronted Medusa about the Snake-People Tribe’s relocation and her reluctance to accept his help, then used his power to overpower her. Medusa secretly welcomed his desire while plotting how to win him without yielding too easily.

• Fan Tian asked Medusa whether she had found a suitable home for the Snake-People Tribe, and she described a location threatened by the Chu Yun Empire.
• Fan Tian offered to help the tribe and said he would accompany Medusa to take revenge on the Misty Cloud Sect in three days.
• Medusa insisted she wanted to handle the tribe’s affairs herself, so Fan Tian sent Zi Yan away and immobilized Medusa with spatial power.
• Fan Tian tore Medusa’s clothes and fondled her, while Zi Yan secretly watched from nearby.
• Medusa reflected on Fan Tian’s other powerful women and resolved to join forces with Zi Yan, make him pursue her, and never submit too easily.

Fan Tian and Medusa challenged each other to a contest over who would be the master, while Xiao Yan prepared to enter the Pill Gathering and planned to confront the Misty Cloud Sect. On Misty Cloud Mountain, Gu He and Yun Yun fought to a draw.

• Fan Tian and Medusa argued over their contest, with the loser to call the winner “master,” and agreed to settle it after affairs in the Jia Ma Empire were resolved.
• Xiao Yan arrived alone in Jia Ma Holy City under the alias Yan Xiao to enter the Pill Gathering, while Gu Xun'er left Ling Ying to protect him.
• At eighteen, Xiao Yan had reached Eight-Star Great Dou Master and planned to win the Pill Gathering before challenging Nalan Yanran and the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Gu He and Yun Yun fought on Misty Cloud Mountain, and their battle ended in a draw.

Xiao Yan reunited with Ya Fei at the Mittel Auction House, then learned Nalan Jie was near death from Brand Poison. After Xiao Yan left, Lei Le and Lei Ou attacked Ya Fei, but Fan Tian and Hai Bodong arrived as she was about to take her own life.

• Xiao Yan met Ya Fei at the Mittel Auction House and learned that Lei Le's grandfather, Lei Ou, was a powerful Dou Ling.
• Ya Fei told Xiao Yan that Nalan Jie was dying from Brand Poison, and Xiao Yan left after hearing the news.
• Lei Le and Lei Ou confronted Ya Fei over her unauthorized discount, and Lei Le beat and dragged her before ordering the guards to strip her.
• Ya Fei held a knife to her neck and threatened to kill herself if anyone approached.
• Fan Tian kicked open the door with Hai Bodong behind him, questioned Ya Fei, and reacted when she gave her name.

Fan Tian and Hai Bodong intervened in the Mittel Family, while Ya Fei tried to win Fan Tian’s favor. The chapter left Ya Fei offering to serve him as he remained unmoved.

• Hai Bodong froze Lei Ou and the guards after Lei Ou ordered them to attack Fan Tian and Ya Fei.
• Yao Ling watched Gu Xun'er cultivate across the void while Zi Yan kept Ling Ying occupied.
• Hai Bodong rebuked Mittel Tengshan, and Lei Ou and his family were expelled from the Mittel Family.
• Ya Fei dressed and brought chicken soup to Fan Tian, hoping to improve her standing with him.
• Ya Fei offered to serve Fan Tian, but he ignored her advances and asked for the third thing she had to say.

Mittel Tengshan urged Hai Bodong to secure the Mittel Family’s loyalty to Lady Ling, while Ya Fei tried to win Fan Tian’s favor by offering a provocative dance. The chapter ended with Ya Fei performing on the table, one leg resting on Fan Tian’s shoulder.

• Mittel Tengshan pressed Hai Bodong to help the Mittel Family pledge itself to Lady Ling.
• Mittel Tengshan worried that Fan Tian might favor Ya Fei and anger Lady Ling.
• Ya Fei feared her chance to change her fortunes would disappear if she failed to interest Fan Tian.
• Fan Tian told Ya Fei to show him her talent, and Ya Fei undressed and announced she would dance.
• Ya Fei danced atop Fan Tian’s table and rested one leg on his shoulder.

Ya Fei tried to please Fan Tian with an elaborate display, while the surviving ancient clans struggled to recover from the Soul Clan’s attack. The chapter ended as Hun Tiandi and the Nihility Devouring Flame appeared in the Ancient Realm, confronting Gu Yuan and the Gu Clan.

• Ya Fei performed a difficult standing split for Fan Tian, then lost her balance and fell into his arms.
• Yan Jin secluded himself to pursue a breakthrough, while Fairy Fire Spirit managed the battered Yan Clan.
• Lei Ying entered seclusion to pursue a breakthrough as the weakened Lei Clan maintained its protective formation.
• Gu Lie grew uneasy despite finding the Ancient Realm’s defenses and ancient jade secure.
• Gu Yuan sensed Hun Tiandi’s presence and ordered the Gu Clan to form its array.
• Hun Tiandi and the Nihility Devouring Flame emerged from a spatial passage and declared that the Gu Clan had no other allies.

Hun Tiandi and the Nihility Devouring Flame attacked the Ancient Realm to demand the Xiao Clan’s Ancient Jade, while Gu Yuan and the Gu Clan defended their home. The attackers repeatedly withdrew and struck again, forcing Gu Yuan to leave the realm as the Nihility Devouring Flame assaulted its formation.

• Hun Tiandi confronted Gu Yuan at the Ancient Realm’s entrance and demanded the Xiao Clan’s Ancient Jade, threatening to kill Gu Clan members who left.
• Gu Yuan challenged Hun Tiandi in the void and left Gu Lie to defend the Ancient Realm, while Gu Lie fought the Nihility Devouring Flame and was driven back.
• The Gu Clan’s formation withstood the Nihility Devouring Flame until Hun Tiandi struck it from above, prompting Gu Yuan to return and drive both attackers away.
• Hun Tiandi and the Nihility Devouring Flame launched repeated attacks from a distance, drawing Gu Yuan out to fight while the Gu Clan reinforced its formation.
• The Nihility Devouring Flame enveloped half the Ancient Realm in black flame and began devouring the energy of heaven and earth.

Gu Lie and the Gu Clan struggled to defend the Ancient Realm as Nihility Devouring Flame battered their formation. They summoned the Ancient Emperor Remnant Soul, which pursued Nihility Devouring Flame into the void, while Hun Tiandi left his duel with Gu Yuan to intervene.

• Nihility Devouring Flame drained the energy around the Ancient Realm and repeatedly attacked its formation, while Gu Lie and the remaining Gu Clan experts struggled to hold it together.
• Gu Lie formed the Ancient Emperor's Mirror and launched it at Nihility Devouring Flame, but he evaded the attack and resumed his assault.
• Gu Lie ordered the Gu Clan to summon the Ancient Emperor, drawing on the blood and Dou Qi of the Ancient Realm's inhabitants to awaken the Ancient Emperor Remnant Soul.
• The Ancient Emperor Remnant Soul destroyed Nihility Devouring Flame's child flame with a single finger, then left the Ancient Realm to pursue his fleeing true body.
• Hun Tiandi tried to leave his fight with Gu Yuan to respond, but Gu Yuan stopped him; after the remnant soul departed, Hun Tiandi set off to support Nihility Devouring Flame, with Gu Yuan following.

The Ancient Emperor Remnant Soul and Gu Yuan pursued Hun Tiandi and the nihility devouring flame while the Gu Clan struggled to sustain the Ancient Emperor. Hun Yao shattered the Gu Clan’s formation, and Gu Yang revealed himself as a Hun Clan infiltrator who had attacked Gu Song and headed for the Ancient Jade.

• The Ancient Emperor Remnant Soul struck the nihility devouring flame from hiding, and Hun Tiandi arrived to rescue him as Gu Yuan joined the fight.
• Hun Tiandi and the nihility devouring flame combined their attacks with Gu Yuan and the Ancient Emperor Remnant Soul, then escaped while their pursuers gave chase.
• The Ancient Emperor Remnant Soul weakened as the Gu Clan continued feeding it Dou Qi, while Hun Yao broke the Ancient Realm’s formation and attacked Gu Lie and Gu Dao.
• Gu Lie ordered the Black Annihilation Army to focus on Hun Yao, who fought toward the place where the surviving Yao Clan members and their Ancient Jade were staying.
• Gu Yang used a Hun Clan Secret Talisman to ambush Gu Song, revealed that he had been a Hun Clan member all along, and went to take the Ancient Jade.

Hun Yao ravaged the Ancient Realm while Gu Yuan was away, and Gu Yang helped him secure the Gu Clan's and Xiao Clan's Ancient Jade. Gu Yuan abandoned his chance to finish Hun Tiandi and rushed back, but Hun Tiandi held him off as Hun Yao and Gu Yang escaped.

• Hun Yao slaughtered Gu Clan members, seized Yao Wangui, and took the Yao Clan's Ancient Jade.
• Gu Yuan and the Ancient Emperor Remnant Soul nearly defeated Hun Tiandi and the Nihility Devouring Flame, but the Remnant Soul vanished when Hun Yao succeeded in the Ancient Realm.
• Gu Yuan rushed toward the Ancient Realm, but Hun Tiandi stopped him by risking his life to keep him occupied.
• Hun Yao reunited with Gu Yang, who revealed that he had taken both the Gu Clan's and Xiao Clan's Ancient Jade, and they flew out of the Ancient Realm.
• Gu Lie learned that Gu Yang had betrayed the Gu Clan and escaped with both Ancient Jade pieces.

After the Alchemist Grand Competition, Xiao Yan savored his fame while the Mittel Family worried about Ya Fei’s week behind closed doors with Fan Tian. Fan Tian continued testing and training Ya Fei, who learned to balance noble composure with obedience as she sought his favor.

• Xiao Yan reflected on his championship, his growing reputation, and his ambitions for the Xiao Clan.
• Mittel Tengshan worried that Ya Fei could not endure Fan Tian’s treatment, but Hai Bodong assured him she was safe and acting wisely.
• Fan Tian examined and regulated Ya Fei’s meridians with his secret art, pushing her until she was exhausted.
• Fan Tian asked whether Ya Fei had come of her own accord, and she said she had while pleading for him to slow down.
• Ya Fei offered to continue using her feet, and Fan Tian told her to put on the white d’Orsay heels with proper decorum.
• Ya Fei carefully redid the task, realizing she needed to show dignity and resilience, while Fan Tian silently assessed her.

Hun Yao and Gu Yang raided the Ancient Realm, killed many Gu Clan experts, and escaped with the Gu Clan's and Xiao Clan's Ancient Jade while Gu Yuan was held off by Hun Tiandi. Hun Tiandi withdrew after learning the jade was secured, and nihility devouring flame headed for the Flame Realm, where Fairy Fire Spirit confronted two Hun Clan attackers.

• Hun Yao ambushed the Ancient Realm, destroyed its Protective Clan Formation, and slaughtered many Gu Clan elites while Gu Yang killed Gu Song and seized the Gu Clan's and Xiao Clan's Ancient Jade.
• Hun Yao and Gu Yang fled the Ancient Realm, and Gu Lie ordered the surviving experts to summon the Ancient Emperor Remnant Soul again.
• Gu Yuan and Hun Tiandi fought while recalling how Gu Yuan had once hesitated to help the Xiao Clan against Hun Tiandi.
• Gu Yuan condemned Hun Tiandi's ambitions and his clan's schemes, then vanished into the void as Hun Tiandi learned that Hun Yao had secured the jade.
• Hun Tiandi withdrew, and nihility devouring flame headed for the Flame Realm, where Fairy Fire Spirit confronted Hun Xuzi and Hun Qianmo.

Gu Xun'er tried to persuade Yao Ling to ally with the Gu Clan against the Hun Clan, but Yao Ling questioned whether the Gu Clan could be trusted. In the Mittel Family, Ya Fei asked Fan Tian to let her stay by his side, and he told her that her weakness made her a liability.

• Gu Xun'er urged Yao Ling to seek revenge on the Hun Clan alongside the Gu Clan, which needed allies.
• Yao Ling challenged Gu Xun'er over the Gu Clan's treatment of smaller clans and its former alliance with the Xiao Clan.
• Gu Xun'er admitted she could not answer Yao Ling's accusation but insisted that the Hun Clan was their common enemy and that Yao Ling needed strength.
• Fan Tian tended to Ya Fei when her foot cramped, then asked what she wanted from him.
• Ya Fei asked to remain by Fan Tian's side as a maid or dancer, but Fan Tian said her status as a Dou Zhe would make her a burden and a weakness.