Chapter Summaries

Xiao Fan faced Mo Bass and Yan Ci’s objections to his relationship with You Ruo by agreeing to meet their conditions. He proved he was a Sixth-Tier Alchemist, and Yin Shi stopped Mo Bass from continuing the challenge.

• Xiao Fan challenged Mo Bass and Yan Ci to accept his relationship with You Ruo if he met their conditions, promising to leave if he failed.
• Xiao Fan explained to You Ruo that he wanted to earn the Snake-People Tribe’s acceptance by proving himself.
• Xiao Fan put on an Alchemist Robe, and Mo Bass mocked him for its fourth-tier emblem.
• Xiao Fan revealed a Heavenly Flame and said he was a Sixth-Tier Alchemist; You Ruo confirmed his rank from the throne.
• Yin Shi interrupted Mo Bass and told him to end the matter, recognizing Xiao Fan’s value to the Snake-People Tribe.

Xiao Fan revealed that he was a Dou Emperor and used invisible flames to remove the unstable energy from Yan Ci’s Dou Qi. After an hour of tempering, Yan Ci broke through from Peak Dou Wang and became a Dou Emperor.

• Xiao Fan unleashed his Dou Emperor aura, overwhelming Mo Bass and the other chiefs, while Yan Ci struggled to resist it.
• Xiao Fan noticed Yan Ci’s fire attribute Dou Qi and used invisible flames to burn away energy within his body as Yan Ci fought to extinguish them.
• You Ruo told the others not to disturb them, and Yin Shi guessed that Xiao Fan was helping Yan Ci break through.
• Xiao Fan explained that Yan Ci’s incomplete or unsuitable cultivation method had left unstable energy in his Dou Qi, affecting his temperament and cultivation.
• After Xiao Fan removed the energy and gave Yan Ci a pill, Yan Ci absorbed Dou Qi and broke through to become a Dou Emperor.

Yan Ci broke through to Dou Emperor with Xiao Fan’s help, winning the Snake-People chiefs’ respect and easing their objections to him. You Ruo began planning the tribe’s future while Hua She’er escorted Xiao Fan around the territory.

• Yan Ci stabilized his new Dou Emperor aura, thanked You Ruo and Xiao Fan, and the chiefs accepted Xiao Fan after witnessing his abilities.
• Mo Bass apologized to Xiao Fan, and You Ruo turned to discuss the Snake-People Tribe’s future with the chiefs.
• You Ruo planned to use the tribe’s increased strength to pressure the Jia Ma Empire for a new homeland without provoking neighboring countries to intervene.
• You Ruo sent Hua She’er to escort Xiao Fan outside, and he openly studied her as they left.

Xiao Fan explored the Snake-People Tribe, then discovered an Air-Sealing Formation on the island where he had first met You Ruo. After learning why formations were rare on the Dou Qi Continent, he began planning to use them to strengthen himself and ambush future opponents.

• Xiao Fan left the gathered Snake-People behind and asked Hua She'er to take him to You Ruo's bedchamber, but she refused and later made the queen's personal guards undergo extra training.
• Xiao Fan wandered to the island where he had first met You Ruo and found that its plants had grown back since the Heavenly Flames had burned it.
• Xiao Fan used his soul power to inspect the Air-Sealing Formation around the island, then withdrew it when the formation resisted his probing.
• Xiao Fan asked the system why formations on the Dou Qi Continent required so many people to activate, and learned that the formation lineage had withered because people favored Dou Qi and Dou Techniques.
• Xiao Fan considered using formations to ambush powerful opponents, toyed with the giant python from the lake, and left the island satisfied.

After leaving the Tagor Desert, Xiao Fan learned that Yun Yun was to marry Gu He and suspected Yun Shan had forced her into it. He decided he would have to go to the Misty Cloud Sect to learn the truth.

• Xiao Fan left the Snake-People Tribe and flew toward the edge of the Tagor Desert while You Ruo stayed behind to oversee preparations for her people's relocation.
• A wounded mercenary band discussed how the Iron Cavalry Mercenary Group had seized their desert mandrake and caused several of their members' deaths.
• Xiao Si reported that desert mandrake was being gathered as a wedding gift for Yun Yun, whose marriage to Gu He had become widely known.
• The bearded mercenary leader rallied his men to demand an explanation from the Iron Cavalry Mercenary Group for breaking the rules between mercenaries.
• Xiao Fan approached the mercenaries, heard about Yun Yun and Gu He's wedding, and suspected Yun Shan had forced her into it.
• Xiao Fan resolved to go to the Misty Cloud Sect and find out what had happened to Yun Yun.

The Misty Cloud Sect’s wedding between Yun Yun and Gu He alarmed the Jia Ma Imperial Family and drew Xiao Yan toward the sect. Yun Yun remained imprisoned and opposed to the marriage, while Yun Shan refused to explain why he was forcing it.

• Jia Xingtian and Yao Ye found no useful intelligence about Yun Yun and Gu He's wedding, so Jia Xingtian planned to contact Fa Ma and Hai Bodong.
• Xiao Yan heard about the wedding near the empire’s border, and Yao Lao urged him to go because Xiao Fan would likely be there; Zi Yan chose to join him.
• Gu He visited the sealed Yun Yun, confessed his feelings, and said he had accepted the marriage terms to join the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Yun Shan interrupted them, ordered Gu He to leave, and told Yun Yun to prepare for the wedding.
• Yun Yun asked Yun Shan why he was forcing her to marry Gu He, but he gave no reason and vanished, leaving her weeping.

At Yun Yun and Gu He’s wedding, Jia Xingtian and the other guests watched the Misty Cloud Sect warily while Xiao Yan searched for Xiao Fan. As Yun Yun and Gu He appeared, a familiar voice condemned the forced marriage, and its owner arrived at the plaza.

• Jia Xingtian sent a man to prepare the Imperial Army, while Hai Bodong told Mittel Tengshan to ready the Mittel Family to respond and evacuate selected people if trouble began.
• Xiao Yan and Zi Yan watched the crowd in disguise as Xiao Yan asked Yao Lao whether Xiao Fan had arrived.
• Yun Leng welcomed the guests and introduced the bride and groom as a dragon and phoenix formed from Dou Qi appeared overhead.
• Gu He and a veiled Yun Yun emerged from the Misty Cloud Sect Hall, and the guests offered their blessings as Yun Yun silently wept.
• A familiar voice challenged the wedding, accused the Misty Cloud Sect of forcing Yun Yun into marriage, and appeared near the plaza after Gu He demanded to know who it was.

Xiao Fan arrived at the Misty Cloud Sect wedding and revealed that Yun Yun had been restrained to force her marriage to Gu He. He rescued her after drawing Yun Shan out of hiding, and Yun Shan confronted him with the full pressure of a Dou Zong.

• Xiao Fan struck Yun Leng down and stopped the Misty Cloud Sect disciples from activating the Cloud Smoke Covering Sun Formation.
• Xiao Fan identified himself as a member of the Xiao Clan and called for Yun Shan, exposing that the former sect master had returned from seclusion.
• Yun Shan appeared and attacked the Fire Lotus Xiao Fan sent toward the Misty Cloud Sect disciples.
• Xiao Fan used Yun Shan's distraction to suppress Gu He, free Yun Yun from her restraints, and return with her to the square.
• Yun Yun cried in Xiao Fan's arms as Yun Shan released his Dou Zong pressure and demanded to know why Xiao Fan had challenged him alone.

Xiao Fan rescued Yun Yun from her forced wedding to Gu He, but Yun Shan’s power and insistence on the marriage brought them into conflict. Yun Yun chose to defend Xiao Fan, while Gu He questioned her and learned that Xiao Fan was Xiao Yan’s senior brother.

• Yun Shan revealed his Dou Zong strength and said he had arranged Yun Yun’s marriage to Gu He for the Misty Cloud Sect, refusing to explain further.
• Yun Yun asked Yun Shan to cancel the wedding, but he insisted she had no choice and prepared to confront Xiao Fan.
• Yun Yun drew her sword and stood between Yun Shan and Xiao Fan, vowing that Yun Shan would have to step over her corpse to reach him.
• Gu He stopped Yun Shan and asked Yun Yun whether she refused to marry him because of Xiao Fan; Yun Yun said she had always regarded Gu He only as a friend.
• Gu He asked Xiao Fan his name, and Xiao Fan revealed that Xiao Yan of the Three-Year Agreement was his junior brother.

Xiao Fan confronted Yun Shan at the Misty Cloud Sect and helped Yun Yun escape while the two powerful fighters battled. Xiao Yan joined the pursuit of Yun Leng, as Xiao Fan and Yun Shan’s clash devastated the sect’s mountaintop.

• Xiao Fan identified Xiao Yan as his junior brother and challenged Yun Shan, while the crowd mocked the Xiao Clan’s prospects against the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Fan urged Yun Yun to flee, then raised his strength to Peak Dou Emperor with Nine Solar Transformations so he could hold Yun Shan back.
• Yun Yun flew toward the sect’s edge as Yun Shan ordered Yun Leng and the other elders to pursue her; Xiao Fan told Xiao Yan that Yun Leng had masterminded the attack on the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Yan disappeared into the crowd with Zi Yan to join the fight against Yun Leng, while Xiao Fan charged Yun Shan with his Thousand-Flame Spear.
• Xiao Fan broke through Yun Shan’s claw imprint with the help of his heavenly flame, and the pair exchanged attacks that damaged the mountaintop.
• Fa Ma watched in shock as Xiao Fan held his own against Yun Shan, while Jia Xingtian worried that the Misty Cloud Sect’s new Dou Zong strength would threaten the empire.

As Xiao Fan fought Yun Shan, Jia Xingtian saw an opportunity for the Imperial Family to benefit from the conflict between Yun Shan and Yun Yun. Xiao Fan then combined two heavenly flames, prompting Fa Ma to approach Hai Bodong to ask about the mysterious teacher behind Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan.

• Jia Xingtian reflected on Yun Shan’s threat to the Jia Ma Empire and decided he could place his bet on Xiao Fan and his allies.
• Xiao Fan used the force of Yun Shan’s strike to retreat, then brought out a green heavenly flame and the white bone spirit cold flame.
• Hai Bodong sent the Mittel Family members away from the battlefield and flew to safety, while Jia Xingtian and Fa Ma moved their own followers farther back.
• Fa Ma recognized that Xiao Fan possessed two heavenly flames and realized the danger as Xiao Fan began drawing the flames together.
• Fa Ma joined Hai Bodong at a distance and asked whether he knew the teacher behind Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan, hoping to learn about heavenly flames.

Xiao Fan escaped Yun Shan after unleashing a fused Heavenly Flame attack, while Yun Shan ordered a hunt for him and the Xiao Clan faced growing danger from the Misty Cloud Sect. Xiao Fan headed to the Magical Beast Mountain Range, deciding the Mittel Family was the Xiao Clan’s best hope for help.

• Fa Ma asked Hai Bodong to introduce him to Xiao Fan’s mysterious master, but Hai Bodong said he had no way to arrange it.
• Xiao Fan fused two Heavenly Flames into a Fire Lotus and hurled it at Yun Shan, who contained the explosion to protect the Misty Cloud Sect’s disciples.
• Yun Shan ordered a warrant for Xiao Fan and offered an inner-disciple position to anyone who reported him, prompting the Misty Cloud Sect’s allies to target the Xiao Clan.
• Yun Yun apologized to Xiao Yan for Yun Leng’s attack on the Xiao Clan, and Xiao Yan reassured her that Xiao Fan could escape Yun Shan before they traveled toward the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• Xiao Fan left the Misty Cloud Sect and decided to seek the Mittel Family’s aid against the sect’s expected reprisals.

Xiao Yan and Zi Yan followed Yun Yun through her hidden retreat in the Magical Beast Mountain Range while Xiao Fan traveled there to meet her. Xiao Fan arrived at the secluded valley and found Yun Yun waiting for him.

• Yun Yun opened an illusion formation and led Xiao Yan and Zi Yan to a lake where she had once stayed with Xiao Fan.
• Xiao Yan thought about Xiao Fan's relationships and wondered how Xun'er was doing, while Yao Lao urged him to grow stronger.
• Xiao Fan flew past Qingshan Town, remembered Xiao Yi Xian, and decided to find her after dealing with the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Fan reached the valley, noticed its hidden formation, and followed the revealed path to Yun Yun.

Xiao Fan reunited with Yun Yun, then bribed Zi Yan with pills to keep her from reporting his actions to You Ruo. He warned Xiao Yan that the Xiao Clan was at risk from the Misty Cloud Sect and proposed seeking the Jia Ma Imperial Family's protection.

• Xiao Fan embraced Yun Yun, and they shared a kiss after she had calmed down and made herself presentable.
• You Ruo felt uneasy through her contract with Xiao Fan, ordered Yue Mei to begin the tribe's relocation plan, and asked her to investigate events in the Jia Ma Empire.
• Zi Yan scolded Xiao Fan for leaving her behind, but accepted his pills and agreed not to tell You Ruo about him and Yun Yun.
• Xiao Fan told Xiao Yan that the Misty Cloud Sect might target the Xiao Clan and that other clans could follow its lead.
• Xiao Fan proposed turning to the Jia Ma Imperial Family, and Xiao Yan recognized that it would oppose the Misty Cloud Sect's growing power.

Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan planned to secure the Xiao Clan’s safety by seeking help from Hai Bodong and the Jia Ma Imperial Family. After learning how to heal the Nether Sea Flood Dragon Beast, they returned with their companions to Wutan City to move the clan somewhere safe.

• Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan decided that Hai Bodong and the Mittel Family could shelter the Xiao Clan, and Yun Yun explained that the Jia Ma Imperial Family might also help if they healed its Nether Sea Flood Dragon Beast.
• Xiao Yan asked Yao Lao for advice, and Yao Lao revealed that a Primordial Bone-Shaping Pill or Xiao Fan’s heavenly flame could heal the beast’s accumulated injuries.
• Xiao Yan shared the healing methods with the others, and Xiao Fan realized his Dou Huang strength could let him solve some problems by force.
• Xiao Fan, Xiao Yan, and their companions decided to return to the Xiao Clan before the Misty Cloud Sect could attack it.
• The group arrived at the Xiao Clan’s main gates in Wutan City, where the guards welcomed them and word spread that the clan’s powerful backers had come.

After Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan reported the events at the Misty Cloud Sect, the Xiao Clan rallied to prepare for the sect’s retaliation. Xiao Fan helped Yun Yun come to terms with leaving the sect, reached Seven-Star Dou Huang, and invited her to travel with him; the chapter ended with You Ruo learning he had stolen the bride from Yun Shan.

• The Three Elders praised Xiao Fan for humiliating the Misty Cloud Sect and agreed to Xiao Yan’s plan to seek help from the Mittel Family.
• Xiao Fan found Yun Yun troubled by her ties to the Misty Cloud Sect and promised they could confront Yun Shan when it was safer.
• Yun Yun accepted that she needed to move on, completing Xiao Fan’s mission and earning him Dou Qi points and Source Coins.
• Xiao Fan broke through to Seven-Star Dou Huang, and Yun Yun agreed to travel the continent with him.
• Hua She'er told You Ruo that Xiao Fan had provoked Yun Shan by stealing the bride.

After Yun Yun fled with Xiao Fan, Yun Shan returned to seclusion while the wedding scandal spread across the Jia Ma Empire. You Ruo appeared at the Misty Cloud Sect and confronted Yun Shan, who mistook her hostility and remark about his apparent death for proof that she cared for him.

• Yun Shan ordered Xiao Fan's arrest, then left the wedding cleanup to the Misty Cloud Sect's elders as Jia Xingtian, Hai Bodong, and the other guests departed.
• News of the wedding spread through the Jia Ma Empire, and factions sought favor with the Misty Cloud Sect while Xiao Fan's presence deterred them from targeting the Xiao Clan.
• You Ruo called Yun Shan out at the Misty Cloud Sect, and Yun Leng flew out to challenge the unseen intruder.
• You Ruo appeared in the air and attacked Yun Leng with a Seven-Colored Energy Beam, but Yun Shan arrived and blocked it.
• Yun Shan recognized You Ruo as Medusa, admitted his past fascination with her, and interpreted her comment that she thought he was dead as evidence that she had feelings for him.

You Ruo confronted Yun Shan at the Misty Cloud Sect and demanded that he end the hunt for Xiao Fan and protect the Xiao Clan. After revealing that she had reached Three-Star Dou Zong, she forced Yun Shan to agree and turned to punish Yun Leng for insulting her.

• Yun Shan mistook You Ruo's arrival for a visit and invited her into the Misty Cloud Sect, but she demanded that he cancel the hunt for Xiao Fan and keep his people away from the Xiao Clan.
• Yun Shan refused to spare Xiao Fan, so You Ruo and Yun Shan fought while Yun Leng moved the disciples into the sect-protecting formation.
• You Ruo effortlessly dispelled Yun Shan's attacks, restrained him with Formless Wave, and revealed that she was a Three-Star Dou Zong.
• You Ruo struck Yun Shan into the mountain, then repeated her demands; Yun Shan agreed to cancel the hunt and protect the Xiao Clan.
• You Ruo attacked Yun Leng for insulting her, and Yun Leng twisted his body at the last instant to evade the beam of seven-colored light.

After defeating the Misty Cloud Sect, You Ruo confronted the Jia Ma Empire’s leaders and arranged for the Snake-People Tribe to migrate to the Magical Beast Mountain Range. Jia Xingtian agreed to cooperate, and You Ruo departed, leaving the migration to proceed without conflict.

• You Ruo severed Yun Leng’s arm before leaving the Misty Cloud Sect, and Yun Shan warned Yun Leng not to endanger the sect by retaliating against the Xiao Clan.
• Experts in the Imperial Capital learned that You Ruo had defeated Yun Shan, while Jia Xingtian, Fa Ma, and Hai Bodong discussed the threat her strength posed.
• You Ruo appeared above the Imperial Capital and stopped Hai Bodong from fleeing, then learned that he had broken Medusa’s seal.
• You Ruo told Jia Xingtian that the Snake-People Tribe would migrate to the Magical Beast Mountain Range and asked the Jia Ma Empire to keep its people in line.
• Jia Xingtian agreed to cooperate, and You Ruo left after explaining that she had chosen the mountain range to avoid trouble and bloodshed.

After Queen Medusa’s intervention freed the Xiao Clan from the Misty Cloud Sect’s threat, Xiao Fan tried to appease Yun Yun over his closeness with You Ruo. As the Snake-People Tribe migrated toward the Magical Beast Mountain Range, Xiao Fan set out to visit them with Yun Yun and Zi Yan.

• The Jia Ma Imperial Family announced that the Snake-People Tribe could cross the empire without obstruction on its way to the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• Xiao Fan realized You Ruo’s intervention had exposed his relationship with Yun Yun, who confronted him after he called You Ruo by name.
• Xiao Yan told the Three Elders that Xiao Fan and Medusa shared a friendship, easing the Xiao Clan’s concerns about remaining in Wutan City.
• After the Snake-People Tribe’s migration began, Xiao Fan asked Yun Yun to accompany him to visit You Ruo, and she agreed.
• Xiao Fan, Yun Yun, and Zi Yan flew to the migrating procession while You Ruo oversaw the tribe’s long journey.