Chapter Summaries

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.

Hun Xuzi and Hun Qianmo tried to distract the Flame Realm while Hun Miesheng baited the Lei Clan, as the Hun Clan pursued Ancient Jade from the weakened clans. Gu Yuan learned a Hun Clan spy had stolen two pieces of Ancient Jade from the Gu Clan and ordered a purge to uncover further infiltrators.

• Hun Xuzi and Hun Qianmo approached the Flame Realm, where Fairy Fire Spirit refused to leave the protective formation and watched for a Hun Clan ambush.
• Hun Xuzi told Hun Qianmo that Hun Tu and the others had been revived but were not fully awakened, while they waited for Hun Tiandi and the nihility devouring flame to arrive.
• Hun Miesheng provoked Lei Zhen outside the Thunder Realm, but Lei Zhen recognized the attempt to lure the Lei Clan leaders away and stayed at the formation's core.
• Gu Yuan confronted Gu Lie and learned that Gu Yang had been exposed as a Hun Clan spy who stole two pieces of Ancient Jade, while Hun Yaoyao helped the theft succeed.
• Gu Yuan ordered Gu Lie to gather every Gu Clan member at Dou Zong or above for inspection, fearing the Hun Clan had planted more spies.

Fan Tian met with Yao Ye at the Jia Ma Imperial Family palace, where she served him and explained that her sister Yao Yue was hosting a banquet for the Alchemist Competition champion. The chapter ended with Fan Tian ordering Yao Ye to summon Nalan Yanran to the palace.

• Yao Ye entertained Fan Tian and said Jia Xingtian had instructed her to treat him respectfully and meet his requests.
• Fan Tian embraced Yao Ye and asked why Yao Yue had not come to meet him; Yao Ye said her sister was hosting a banquet for the Alchemist Competition champion, Yao Yan.
• Yao Ye told Fan Tian that the Nalan Family had not yet invited Yao Yan because Nalan Jie was afflicted with Brand Poison.
• Fan Tian ordered Yao Ye to summon Nalan Yanran to the palace in the Imperial Family's name.

Fan Tian ordered Yao Ye to summon Nalan Yanran so he could influence her upcoming Three-Year Agreement with Xiao Yan. Meanwhile, Yun Shan learned Yun Yun’s account of the Snake-People Temple and urged her to quietly side with the mysterious young man if necessary, as the chapter ended with the Pill Tower leaders gathering to discuss the Three Thousand Burning Flame and an alliance.

• Fan Tian told Yao Ye that Xiao Yan had grown too strong for Nalan Yanran and ordered her to summon Nalan Yanran in the Imperial Family’s name.
• Yun Shan recalled the mysterious Dou Zong who had given him a Sect Breaking Pill and suspected that he was targeting the powerful presence in the Snake-People Temple.
• Yun Yun told Yun Shan that a powerful young man had captured and confined her, and that he appeared to support the Snake-People Tribe.
• Yun Shan revealed that a mysterious Dou Zong had demanded the Misty Cloud Sect unite Jia Ma’s forces and attack the Snake-People Tribe, then advised Yun Yun to side with the young man if the conflict became unavoidable.
• Yun Yun flew to Jia Ma Holy City to quietly explain Yun Shan’s position to Jia Xingtian and Fa Ma.
• The Pill Tower’s three leaders met with the Ancestor, who called them to discuss possession of the Three Thousand Burning Flame and an alliance.

The Pill Tower Ancestor gave the Three Thousand Burning Flame to Xuan Kongzi and proposed uniting Central Plains forces as the Pill Alliance. In the Ancient Realm, Gu Yuan searched for Hun Clan infiltrators and ordered the allied clans confined while he investigated.

• The Pill Tower Ancestor defeated the Three Thousand Burning Flame and gave its origin to Xuan Kongzi to refine.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor proposed an alliance of Central Plains forces, excluding the Hall of Souls and the Wind Lightning Pavilion, and named it the Pill Alliance.
• Gu Yuan inspected the Gu Clan members for infiltrators after discovering that Gu Yang had evaded his emperor realm soul.
• Gu Yuan revealed that the box brought into the Ancient Realm did not contain the Ancient Jade and ordered the Gu Clan to claim publicly that the Yao Clan's jade remained in its possession.
• Gu Yuan forbade people from leaving the Ancient Realm and ordered the Spirit Clan, Stone Clan, and Yao Clan group to undergo inspection.

Fan Tian heard Jia Xingtian and Fa Ma explain why they had accepted pills and pledged loyalty, then removed hidden golden flames planted in their bodies. After the two elders left, Yao Ye joined Fan Tian in the hall.

• Jia Xingtian and Fa Ma told Fan Tian that a mysterious Dou Zong had offered pills in exchange for an assault on the Snake-People Tribe and Queen Medusa.
• Jia Xingtian explained that he suspected Fan Tian was the real target and that Hai Bodong had urged them to follow Fan Tian.
• Fan Tian accepted their allegiance and devoured golden flames hidden in Jia Xingtian and Fa Ma, saving them from the pills' concealed danger.
• Jia Xingtian and Fa Ma thanked Fan Tian, then left the hall while exchanging teasing remarks.
• Yao Ye entered, sat on Fan Tian's lap, and flirted with him as Jia Xingtian and Fa Ma departed.

Fan Tian secured Yao Ye’s cooperation as she asked him to protect the Jia Ma Imperial Family, while Yun Yun traveled toward the capital and the Mittel Family elevated Ya Fei. The chapter ended with Hai Bodong urging the family to prepare for a major battle at the Misty Cloud Sect.

• Yao Ye told Fan Tian that Nalan Yanran would arrive at high noon the next day, then asked him to protect her Imperial Family.
• Fan Tian took Yao Ye for himself as she submitted to him and pleaded for her family’s safety.
• Yun Yun flew toward Jia Ma Imperial City while the young man remained on her mind.
• Mittel Tengshan promoted Ya Fei to Supervisory Elder, giving her authority over the Shadow Guards and the Mittel Auction House.
• Hai Bodong advised Ya Fei to keep serving Fan Tian and warned that the Imperial Family’s two princesses would be her rivals.
• Hai Bodong told Mittel Tengshan to consume Fan Tian’s pills and prepare the Mittel Family for a coming battle atop the Misty Cloud Sect.

After the Hall of Souls collapsed, Venerable Qing Hai and Venerable Qin Tian brought surviving subordinates to the Northwest Continent to lie low while weighing their options. Meanwhile, Gu He plotted with neighboring empires to take over the Misty Cloud Sect and then the Jia Ma Empire.

• Venerable Qing Hai and Venerable Qin Tian arrived in the Northwest Continent with Protector Wu and discussed hiding from the aftermath of the Ancient Clans’ war.
• Venerable Qin Tian mentioned the Pill Alliance, while Venerable Qing Hai argued that they should follow whichever side won.
• Protector Wu revealed that Xiao Clan survivors might be living near the Jia Ma Empire, and Venerable Qingtian agreed to investigate after they plundered local factions’ resources.
• Gu He promised an envoy from the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect that he would help seize control of the Misty Cloud Sect and send Yun Yun to serve Sect Master Xie.
• Gu He told the envoy that he intended to control the entire Jia Ma Empire and would consider the interests of the Chu Yun, Mulan, and Golden Goose Empires.
• After the envoy left, Gu He reflected that Yun Shan was too old and unfit to lead the Misty Cloud Sect.

Fan Tian was caught with Eldest Princess Yao Ye when Zi Yan stormed in and attacked her, prompting a chaotic confrontation in the palace. Hai Bodong arrived with Ya Fei, setting up another clash as Zi Yan demanded to know who the newcomer was.

• Fan Tian and Yao Ye spent the night together, but Zi Yan tracked him to the imperial palace and confronted them.
• Zi Yan accused Fan Tian of sneaking around and grabbed Yao Ye by the hair while Fan Tian tried to protect her.
• Jia Xingtian brought Yao Yue to help her sister, and Fan Tian promised Zi Yan a place among his top three women and marriage after affairs in the Jia Ma Empire were settled.
• Hai Bodong arrived with Ya Fei, and Zi Yan angrily asked who the new woman was.

Ya Fei warned the Imperial Family that powerful outsiders had gathered on Misty Cloud Mountain, while Jia Xingtian and Fa Ma questioned whether Yun Shan was behind it. Yun Yun arrived with a warning from her teacher that two forces were maneuvering in the Jia Ma Empire, and she left the hall tense after recognizing Fan Tian.

• Ya Fei reported that scouts had seen Dou Emperors from other empires on Misty Cloud Mountain, and Hai Bodong identified the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect among them.
• Jia Xingtian and Fa Ma said Yun Shan would not betray the Jia Ma Empire, while Fan Tian wondered what the Misty Cloud Sect was planning.
• Fan Tian sensed Yun Yun approaching, and she arrived at the Imperial Family on her teacher's orders to discuss an important matter.
• Yun Yun recognized Fan Tian and reacted with fear and agitation as he reminded her of their meeting at the Snake-People Temple.
• Yun Yun warned Jia Xingtian and Fa Ma that two forces were playing against the Jia Ma Empire and that the factions could be destroyed by a misstep.

Fan Tian warned the Jia Ma Empire’s leaders that Xiao Yan’s Three-Year Agreement with Nalan Yanran could spark a conflict involving powerful forces, then demanded they choose whether to follow him. Jia Xingtian, Fa Ma, Hai Bodong, Yao Ye, Yao Yue, and Ya Fei pledged themselves to him, while Yun Yun remained undecided as Fan Tian confronted her.

• Yun Yun said her teacher wanted her to stand on Fan Tian’s side, and Fan Tian explained that Yun Shan was hedging between him and Xiao Yan’s girlfriend.
• Fan Tian revealed that Xiao Yan’s match with Nalan Yanran would become a fuse and that Yan Xiao, the Alchemist Competition champion, was Xiao Yan’s alias and an Eight-Star Great Dou Master.
• Fan Tian raised his Peak Dou Zong aura and gave everyone a chance to follow him or leave.
• Hai Bodong, Jia Xingtian, and Fa Ma knelt and pledged loyalty to Fan Tian, while Jia Xingtian offered Yao Ye and Yao Yue as handmaidens.
• Yao Ye and Yao Yue massaged Fan Tian’s shoulders, and Ya Fei served him tea as Yun Yun watched.
• Fan Tian asked Yun Yun whether she would submit willingly or be made to submit.

Fan Tian dealt with Yun Yun privately while the others pursued their own plans, then received Nalan Yanran, who asked him to help defeat Xiao Yan. He agreed after she offered Yun Yun’s thanks, leaving his motives unclear.

• Fan Tian sent everyone out of the hall, while Fa Ma took Zi Yan to the Alchemist Guild and Jia Xingtian and Hai Bodong took the princesses and Ya Fei away.
• Fan Tian confronted Yun Yun about her resentment and treated her harshly while keeping her alone with him.
• Four hours later, Yao Ye reported that Nalan Yanran had arrived, and Fan Tian told her to enter.
• Nalan Yanran asked Fan Tian to help her defeat Xiao Yan and offered the thanks of her teacher, Yun Yun, as payment.
• Fan Tian agreed to help Nalan Yanran and studied her with interest.

Nalan Yanran asked Fan Tian to heal her grandfather, Nalan Jie, and help with her agreement with Xiao Yan, but refused when he demanded she become his maid. Yun Yun pleaded with Fan Tian to save Nalan Jie for her sake, and he agreed; Yanran returned home furious and puzzled by a familiar scent.

• Nalan Yanran offered Fan Tian the seven illusory azure spirit saliva in exchange for healing Nalan Jie, but he rejected it as insufficient payment.
• Fan Tian offered to help Yanran with her three-year agreement with Xiao Yan and heal Nalan Jie if she became his maid, and Yanran angrily refused and left.
• Yun Yun asked Fan Tian to save Nalan Jie for her sake, and he agreed to treat him as soon as possible.
• Nalan Yanran shut herself in her room at the Nalan Family, complained about Fan Tian's demand, and wondered why she had smelled her master's fragrance in the hall.

Yun Yun secured Fan Tian’s promise to cure Nalan Jie and protect Nalan Yanran, while Fan Tian asked Yun Yun to leave the Jia Ma Empire with him. The next day, they arrived at the Nalan estate to treat Nalan Jie, where Nalan Yanran was startled to find Fan Tian there.

• Fan Tian promised Yun Yun he would cure Nalan Jie and leave Nalan Yanran alone for now, then asked Yun Yun to come with him when he left the Jia Ma Empire.
• Yun Yun refused to follow Fan Tian because he had too many extraordinary women, but became distressed when he said he might never return.
• Fan Tian, Yun Yun, and Eldest Princess Yao Ye visited the Nalan Family estate, where Nalan Su welcomed them and knelt to ask Fan Tian to save Nalan Jie.
• Yun Yun told Nalan Su that they would resolve the Brand Poison in Nalan Jie’s body that day.
• Nalan Yanran arrived late, greeted Yun Yun and Yao Ye, and froze when she saw Fan Tian.

Fan Tian asked Yun Yun to leave the Jia Ma Empire with him, and she responded by taking the initiative with him. The next day, they arrived at the Nalan Family to treat Nalan Jie, where Nalan Yanran was surprised to find Fan Tian there.

• Fan Tian promised Yun Yun he would cure Nalan Jie and leave Nalan Yanran alone, then said he wanted Yun Yun to come with him when he left the Jia Ma Empire.
• Yun Yun said she would not follow Fan Tian because of his other women, but grew shaken when he said he might never return; she then pushed him beneath her and said she wanted to be on top that night.
• The next day, Fan Tian arrived at the Nalan Family with Yun Yun and Eldest Princess Yao Ye, and Nalan Su knelt to ask him to save Nalan Jie.
• Yun Yun told Nalan Su they would resolve Nalan Jie's Brand Poison that day, then Nalan Yanran arrived and discovered Fan Tian was there.

Fan Tian cured Nalan Jie’s Brand Poison at the Nalan Mansion, then Yun Yun chose to deepen their relationship. Nalan Yanran witnessed their intimacy and renewed her resolve to defeat Xiao Yan in the Three-Year Agreement, with only three days remaining.

• Nalan Yanran apologized to Fan Tian and asked him to treat her grandfather’s Brand Poison.
• Fan Tian absorbed the Brand Poison and restored Nalan Jie’s health.
• The Nalan Family honored Fan Tian at a banquet, while Nalan Yanran watched Yun Yun with growing confusion.
• Yun Yun visited Fan Tian at night, asked what place she would have in his life, and kissed him willingly.
• Nalan Yanran saw Yun Yun kissing Fan Tian and returned to her room in distress.
• Nalan Yanran thought of Xiao Yan and vowed to become the nightmare he could never escape before their Three-Year Agreement.