Chapter Summaries

Xiao Fan and Yun Yun met Sikou Thirteen, the Chu Yun Imperial Family’s poisoned prince, who asked them to help oppose the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect. Xiao Fan accepted after hearing about Mo Qiancheng’s covert mission, while Sikou Thirteen began arranging to recover the agent’s body.

• A middle-aged attendant led Xiao Fan and Yun Yun to the seventh floor, where Sikou Thirteen introduced himself as the Heavenly Fragrance House’s proprietor.
• Sikou Thirteen revealed that he wanted to make a deal and asked Xiao Fan what he thought of the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect.
• Xiao Fan told Sikou Thirteen that Mo Qiancheng had been a covert agent for the Chu Yun emperor and explained the sect’s plans before reporting Mo Qiancheng’s death.
• Sikou Thirteen thanked Xiao Fan and Yun Yun, vowed to send men to recover Mo Qiancheng’s body, and recognized that the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect was preparing to ignite another war.
• Sikou Thirteen asked Xiao Fan to help the Chu Yun Imperial Family oppose the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect, and Xiao Fan accepted after choosing the mission option against the sect.

Xiao Fan agreed to secretly help Sikou Thirteen oppose the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect and learned that the Heavenly Poison Woman had cooperated with the Sikou Family. Sikou Thirteen could not reveal her whereabouts, so Xiao Fan left to seek information through Sikou Ning.

• Xiao Fan agreed to assist Sikou Thirteen against the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect while remaining in the shadows.
• Sikou Thirteen said he had no direct information about the Heavenly Poison Woman, but explained that she had helped the Sikou Family kill three Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect elders.
• Sikou Thirteen revealed that the Heavenly Poison Woman communicated through his Imperial Elder Sister, Sikou Ning, and that the family had faked news of her poisoning to conceal their movements.
• Xiao Fan realized he would need to contact Sikou Ning for information about the Heavenly Poison Woman.
• Sikou Thirteen warned that meeting outside would attract attention, and Xiao Fan left the Heavenly Fragrance House with Yun Yun.

Xiao Fan and Yun Yun headed to the Chu Yun Empire’s imperial palace, but Xiao Fan spotted and bought a foul-smelling wooden hairpin that he identified as the rare Hundred-Foot Fragrance. They left the shop with the treasure and continued toward their meeting with the empire’s sixth princess.

• Xiao Fan told Yun Yun he had agreed to help the Chu Yun Empire’s Imperial Family oppose the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect, and guessed Xiao Yi Xian was nearing the Dou Zong realm.
• Xiao Fan and Yun Yun walked through Tianrong City toward the imperial palace and heard people discussing the news from the Heavenly Fragrance House.
• Xiao Fan doubled back to a quiet shop and asked the assistant to bring out a sealed wooden hairpin.
• The assistant opened the container, releasing a powerful stench that woke the shopkeeper and made the assistant retch.
• Xiao Fan bought the hairpin from the shopkeeper for five gold coins and told Yun Yun it was Hundred-Foot Fragrance, a treasure that could aid breakthroughs and cleanse the meridians and marrow.

Xiao Fan revealed the essence of the hundred-foot fragrance and placed it in Yun Yun’s hair before they entered the palace to meet Sikou Ning. Sikou Ning thanked them for offering to oppose the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect, while Xiao Fan made clear he would not risk his life if the fight became impossible.

• Xiao Fan explained how to safely remove the hundred-foot fragrance’s shell and extracted its glowing blue essence.
• Xiao Fan placed the hundred-foot fragrance in Yun Yun’s hair as a hairpin.
• Xiao Fan and Yun Yun entered the palace using Old Wan’s waist token and were escorted by Chunlai to Sikou Ning.
• Sikou Ning introduced herself and asked why they were willing to help the Sikou Family oppose the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect.
• Xiao Fan said he opposed the sect’s atrocities but would retreat rather than throw his life away, and Sikou Ning thanked him.

Xiao Fan learned about the Heavenly Poison Woman’s past dealings with the Sikou Family and left a message for her through Sikou Thirteen, deciding to look for her in Dinggu City. After leaving the palace with Yun Yun, they evaded a black-clad follower and chose to find an inn for the night.

• Sikou Ning told Xiao Fan that she had met the Heavenly Poison Woman in Dinggu City, where she treated injured mercenaries and later cooperated with the Sikou Family in exchange for potent poisonous ingredients.
• Sikou Ning refused to reveal why the Heavenly Poison Woman had gained her title, but Sikou Thirteen suggested Xiao Fan search for her in Dinggu City.
• Xiao Fan asked Sikou Ning to pass on the message, “Qingshan, unforgotten; a promise beneath the stars,” if the Heavenly Poison Woman contacted her again.
• After Xiao Fan and Yun Yun left the palace, Sikou Ning scolded Sikou Thirteen for revealing the Dinggu City lead, while he privately considered Xiao Fan an asset to their side.
• Xiao Fan and Yun Yun noticed a black-clad man following them, vanished from his sight, and decided to stay at an inn before traveling to Dinggu City.

Emperor Sikou Qingtian learned that Sikou Ning had met with Xiao Fan and Yun Yun, while privately recalling a debt to the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect. After Sikou Shisan warned Xiao Fan that the sect planned to poison a city and provoke war, Xiao Fan received a five-day mission and decided to investigate the sect's branch in Tianrong City.

• Sikou Qingtian questioned Black Feather about Sikou Ning's meeting with Xiao Fan and Yun Yun, then murmured that the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect had debts to settle.
• An attendant summoned Xiao Fan and Yun Yun to the Heavenly Fragrance House, where Sikou Shisan revealed that the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect was preparing to poison a city and blame the Jia Ma Empire.
• Xiao Fan asked Sikou Shisan where the attack would happen, but Sikou Shisan said he had no information about the target.
• The system gave Xiao Fan a five-day mission to stop the massacre, but offered no hints about the sect's target.
• Xiao Fan asked whether any high-ranking Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect members were in Tianrong City, and Sikou Shisan confirmed that an elder was stationed at its local branch.

Xiao Fan and Yun Yun confronted Sha Qing, a Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect elder, to learn which city the sect planned to sacrifice. Xiao Fan revealed his overwhelming strength and threatened to extract the secret, but Sha Qing still refused to talk.

• Xiao Fan and Yun Yun went to Sha Qing’s mansion after Sikou Thirteen revealed his address.
• Xiao Fan noticed Sha Qing’s Seven-Colored Toad had detected their arrival, and Sha Qing emerged from his room.
• Sha Qing tried to intimidate the pair with his Seven-Star Dou Wang pressure, but Xiao Fan suppressed him and revealed he was a Dou Emperor.
• Xiao Fan asked whether the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect planned to start a war with the Jia Ma Empire and which city it would target for a sacrificial massacre.
• Sha Qing refused to reveal the target city, so Xiao Fan warned that his Sixth-Tier Alchemist soul strength could uncover the secret by force.

Xiao Fan and Yun Yun forced Sha Qing to reveal that the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect planned to attack Zhanyun City, where it could frame the Jia Ma Empire and destroy a hostile family. After the system confirmed the target, they flew toward the city, while a masked figure killed Sha Qing and took his venomous snake.

• Sha Qing admitted he knew little about the sacrifice plan, then recalled that sect members had been sent to the southwest.
• Sha Qing identified Zhanyun City as the likely target and explained its proximity to the Jia Ma Empire and the Zhan Family's opposition to the sect.
• The system confirmed that Zhanyun City was the sacrificial site, and Xiao Fan and Yun Yun departed for it.
• A black-clad figure in a crimson mask appeared and killed Sha Qing, whose body dissolved into bloody liquid.
• The masked figure beckoned a venomous snake from Sha Qing's clothes and let it coil around his hand.

Xiao Fan and Yun Yun rushed to Zhanyun City to stop the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect from sacrificing its people. After entering the city, they discovered that the city lord’s residence was controlled by the sect, while the poison source had not yet arrived.

• Xiao Fan and Yun Yun learned about Zhanyun City from Sha Qing, reported to Sikou Thirteen, and hurried toward the city.
• Xiao Fan let Yun Yun rest outside Zhanyun City before they entered under cover of night.
• Xiao Fan and Yun Yun decided to investigate the Zhan Family because the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect’s forces should have been noticed by the city’s rulers.
• Xiao Fan detected many Dou Ling and two Dou Wangs inside the city lord’s residence but found no poison source.
• Xiao Fan concluded that the poison source had not yet arrived and that the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect had likely taken control of the Zhan Family.

Xiao Fan and Yun Yun watched Zhantai Su seal Zhanyun City as the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect prepared to act, but they still did not know the poison source. At the Misty Cloud Sect, violent fluctuations from the Gate of Life and Death heralded the emergence of Yun Yun's disciple.

• Xiao Fan and Yun Yun learned that Zhantai Su had taken charge of Zhanyun City while Zhantai Ling was in seclusion and Zhan Ziang was away.
• Zhantai Su posted an order sealing Zhanyun City for three days, and a guard refused to let a merchant pay for an exception.
• Xiao Fan and Yun Yun suspected the lockdown meant the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect was about to begin its operation and decided to keep watch.
• At the Misty Cloud Sect, powerful fluctuations came from the Gate of Life and Death, drawing Yun Shan, the elders, and disciples to see who was emerging.
• A blurry figure slowly stepped out of the Gate of Life and Death.

Xiao Fan and Yun Yun confronted Xie Shan as the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect prepared to unleash a corrosive scorpion swarm on Zhanyun City. Elsewhere, Yao Lao urged Xiao Yan to absorb Han Feng’s Sea Heart Flame, which could advance his Flame Mantra to Earth Tier.

• Xiao Fan and Yun Yun flew out of Zhanyun City and discovered a vast swarm of poisonous scorpions approaching it.
• Zhantai Su learned that Elder Su and the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect had used him to keep the city’s people unsuspecting, and he despaired as the swarm arrived.
• Xie Shan appeared with his Four-Winged Sky Demon Scorpion and called for the hidden visitors to reveal themselves.
• Xiao Fan and Yun Yun appeared before Xie Shan, who offered them the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect’s support in exchange for keeping its plans secret.
• Outside Wutan City, Xiao Yan sealed Han Feng’s soul in a jade bottle and comforted Yao Lao over his former disciple’s betrayal.
• Yao Lao gave Xiao Yan the materials to absorb Han Feng’s Sea Heart Flame and explained that it could raise the Flame Mantra to Earth Tier.

Xiao Fan and Yun Yun confronted Xie Shan to stop the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect from sacrificing Zhanyun City's people, and rejected his offer of an alliance. The battle began, and Xiao Fan's chaos flame started cracking the Four-Winged Sky Demon Scorpion's supposedly impenetrable pincer.

• Xie Shan used the Four-Winged Sky Demon Scorpion to drive the demon scorpion swarm toward Zhanyun City, while Xiao Fan burned some of the creatures with green lotus core flame.
• Xie Shan attacked Xiao Fan, and Xiao Fan and Yun Yun fought back as the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect's disciples retreated into the city and captured Zhantai Su.
• Xie Shan recognized Yun Yun and Xiao Fan, then offered them an alliance if they left; Xiao Fan and Yun Yun refused to let the sect sacrifice the city's people.
• Xie Shan enlarged the Four-Winged Sky Demon Scorpion and sent it against them, so Xiao Fan engaged the beast while Yun Yun fought Xie Shan.
• Xiao Fan's first punch failed to harm the scorpion, but his Thousand-Flame Spear, coated in chaos flame, struck its pincer and began cracking it.

Xiao Fan fought the Four-Winged Sky Demon Scorpion while Yun Yun kept Xie Shan occupied, as the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect’s swarm and disciples surrounded Zhanyun City. Xiao Fan struck the scorpion down with Cloud Crane Shadow, leaving Xie Shan enraged and the sect’s hidden plan to seize both empires at risk.

• Xiao Fan burned holes through the Four-Winged Sky Demon Scorpion’s pincers with his chaos flame, forcing it to attack while Xie Shan fought Yun Yun.
• The demonic scorpion swarm reached Zhanyun City, and Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect disciples blocked the residents’ escape routes.
• The Four-Winged Sky Demon Scorpion grew stronger and charged Xiao Fan, who evaded its pincers and stinger with Cloud Crane Shadow.
• Xiao Fan’s black-flame crane struck the scorpion’s back and hurled it into the swarm, destroying many scorpions and badly cracking its carapace.
• Xie Shan abandoned his fight with Yun Yun to rush to the injured scorpion, then roared at Xiao Fan.
• The chapter revealed that the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect’s operation aimed to help Xie Shan and the Four-Winged Sky Demon Scorpion reach Dou Zong so the sect could take control of the Chu Yun Empire and the Jia Ma Empire.

Xiao Fan and Yun Yun rejected Xie Shan’s plan to sacrifice Zhanyun City, so Xie Shan fused with the Four-Winged Sky Demon Scorpion and the demon scorpions to pursue a breakthrough. After Xiao Fan killed the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect disciples in the city, the fusion barrier burst open and revealed an enormous creature.

• Xiao Fan refused Xie Shan’s demand to let the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect continue its plan, and Yun Yun stood with him.
• Xie Shan revealed that sacrificing Zhanyun City would help the Four-Winged Sky Demon Scorpion evolve and let him break through to Dou Zong.
• Xie Shan began fusing with the Four-Winged Sky Demon Scorpion and declared that he would devour the city’s people, Xiao Fan, and Yun Yun.
• The demon scorpions swarmed into the pale purple barrier while Xiao Fan stopped Yun Yun from wasting strength on them.
• Xiao Fan entered Zhanyun City and killed the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect disciples and elders stationed there.
• The barrier contracted and burst apart, revealing an enormous creature to Xiao Fan and Yun Yun.

Xiao Fan used the Nine Solar Transformations to reach the Dou Zong realm and overpower Xie Shan, who fled toward Zhanyun City to stabilize his strength by devouring its inhabitants. As Xiao Fan pursued him, a mysterious golden figure appeared at the Misty Cloud Sect.

• Xie Shan fused with the Four-Winged Sky Demon Scorpion and gained Dou Zong strength, then attacked Xiao Fan and Yun Yun.
• Xiao Fan activated the first four Nine Solar Transformations, reached the Dou Zong realm, and broke Xie Shan's tail while striking him down.
• Xie Shan realized his cultivation was unstable and fled toward Zhanyun City to devour living creatures and stabilize his strength.
• Xiao Fan understood Xie Shan's plan and used Three Thousand Lightning Movement to chase after him.
• Yun Leng looked toward the sky as a powerful golden figure landed at the Misty Cloud Sect.

Xiao Fan lured Xie Shan away from Zhanyun City, then unleashed a Three-Colored Fire Lotus after Xie Shan raised his cultivation to Two-Star Dou Zong. The explosion left Xie Shan unconscious and badly injured, while Yun Yun found Xiao Fan exhausted but safe.

• Xiao Fan intercepted Xie Shan and beat him back into the ground with the Thousand-Flame Spear.
• Xie Shan burned through the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect's accumulated power, raising his cultivation to Two-Star Dou Zong.
• Xiao Fan feigned weakness and let Xie Shan drive him farther from Zhanyun City.
• Xiao Fan revealed and threw a Three-Colored Fire Lotus, which exploded and rocked Zhanyun City from afar.
• Yun Yun joined Xiao Fan, and they saw Xie Shan lying unconscious in a crater with his shell shattered and body severely burned.

After defeating Xie Shan, Xiao Fan implanted a chaos flame seed in the Four-Winged Sky Demon Scorpion and considered how to handle Xie Shan. Meanwhile, a gold-robed stranger met Yun Shan and revealed that Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan had Venerable Yao behind them.

• Xiao Fan used the chaos flame seed to gain control over the unconscious Four-Winged Sky Demon Scorpion.
• Yun Yun advised Xiao Fan that Xie Shan could be killed while they kept Xie Biyan appeased and used the scorpion as leverage.
• Xiao Fan woke the scorpion, which acted submissively toward him.
• A gold-robed old man arrived at the Misty Cloud Sect and asked Yun Leng to bring him to Yun Shan.
• The gold-robed old man challenged Yun Shan's dismissal of Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan by revealing that Venerable Yao stood behind them.

Gold Elder told Yun Shan and Vulture Protector about the upheaval in the Black-Corner Region, prompting them to plan an attack on the Xiao Clan with Hall of Souls support. Meanwhile, You Ruo learned she was pregnant, and Xiao Yan absorbed the Sea Heart Flame and advanced to Three-Star Dou Wang.

• Gold Elder revealed his identity and recounted how Xiao Fan and Jia Nan Academy defeated Han Feng’s allies and destroyed the Eight Gates and Earth Flame Sect.
• Vulture Protector identified Yao Chen as a valuable target and urged Yun Shan to prepare the Misty Cloud Sect for war, promising to raise its Dou Wang elders to Dou Emperor.
• You Ruo learned from the Snake-People Tribe elders that she was pregnant, and the First Elder said the child would need a long period of careful nurturing.
• Xiao Yan refined and absorbed the Sea Heart Flame, advancing from Peak Dou Ling to Three-Star Dou Wang, and Yao Lao urged him to check the Flame Mantra’s evolution.

Xiao Yan evolved the Flame Mantra to Earth Tier Low Grade after devouring the sea heart flame and believed his soul power had advanced enough for Sixth-Tier alchemy. Meanwhile, Xiao Fan stopped the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect’s attack on Zhanyun City, and after rescuing its city lord, asked what the Zhan Family knew about the sect.

• Xiao Yan sensed that the Flame Mantra had reached Earth Tier Low Grade and told Yao Lao that his soul power might now let him refine a Sixth-Grade Pill.
• Xie Shan departed Zhanyun City with the Four-Winged Sky Demon Scorpion, while Xiao Fan received his mission rewards and broke through to Eight-Star Dou Emperor.
• Zhantai Ling recovered from the Poison Pill with Ling Feng’s help and ordered troops to gather and seal Zhanyun City’s gates.
• Xiao Fan and Yun Yun appeared before Zhantai Ling, who thanked them for saving the city and recognized Yun Yun as the former sect leader of the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Fan asked Zhantai Ling what the Zhan Family knew about the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect, and Zhantai Ling surveyed their surroundings before answering.

Xiao Fan and Yun Yun questioned Zhantai Ling about the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect and learned that the Chu Yun Empire had secretly planned to destroy the sect. Zhantai Ling then recalled a warning from his grandfather about the sect, but had not yet revealed what it was.

• Zhantai Ling led Xiao Fan and Yun Yun toward his study, where Zhan Ziyu and Ling Feng joined them; Ling Feng apologized after learning they had saved Zhanyun City.
• Xiao Fan recognized that Ling Feng had tested whether Zhantai Ling was being coerced, and Zhantai Ling explained that Ling Feng was loyal and protective of the Zhan Family.
• In his study, Zhantai Ling asked how Xiao Fan and Yun Yun would deal with the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect, and Xiao Fan said they could not coexist peacefully after thwarting its plan to sacrifice the city.
• Zhantai Ling revealed that the Imperial Family had sent the Zhan Family to Zhanyun City as part of a plan to overthrow the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect, and hinted that his son Zhan Ziang had a role in it.
• Xiao Fan clarified that he wanted information about the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect's hidden methods, and Zhantai Ling remembered something his grandfather had once told his father.