Recaps

Long Xiao reunited with Xiao Huohuo and Elder Hai, warned them that a terrifying force deep in the desert was beyond even a Dou Zong to investigate, and invited them to the Chu Yun Empire to meet Bi Xieyan. After revealing his Dou Zong-level strength, he set off with the stunned pair and gave them Supreme Windwalk Pills to speed their journey.

• Long Xiao appeared before Xiao Huohuo and slapped him, then met Elder Hai as Xiao Huohuo introduced the two.
• Long Xiao told Xiao Huohuo and Elder Hai that a terrifying event in the desert was beyond their reach, even for a Dou Zong.
• Long Xiao invited Xiao Huohuo and Elder Hai to accompany him to the Chu Yun Empire to find Bi Xieyan, a renowned poison expert.
• Long Xiao walked through the air, revealing that he was a Dou Zong and leaving Xiao Huohuo and Elder Hai stunned.
• Long Xiao gave Xiao Huohuo and Elder Hai bottles of Supreme Windwalk Pills, and Xiao Huohuo took one to increase his speed.

Long Xiao attacked the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect to find Bi Xieyan, destroying much of the sect and overwhelming its fighters. Just as Xie Shan was about to lead him to Bi Xieyan, the supreme elder appeared, and Xie Shan realized Bi Xieyan had reached Dou Zong.

• Long Xiao rejected Elder Hai’s suggestion to sneak into the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect and destroyed its main hall with a palm strike.
• Xie Shan, the sect master, confronted Long Xiao and claimed Bi Xieyan was in seclusion, while Long Xiao identified the sect’s poison formation.
• Long Xiao shattered the sect’s defenses, defeated Xie Shan, and slaughtered the attackers with a Golden Dragon phantom.
• Long Xiao forced Xie Shan to reveal Bi Xieyan’s location, but Bi Xieyan appeared before Xie Shan could lead the way.
• Xie Shan recognized that Bi Xieyan had broken through to Dou Zong and believed he could defeat Long Xiao.

Long Xiao forced Bi Xieyan to reveal where he had found the formation diagram, then left to investigate the mysterious mountain. After Bi Xieyan plotted to follow him, Long Xiao struck down Bi Xieyan and Xie Shan and gave their Storage Rings to Xiao Huohuo and Elder Hai.

• Bi Xieyan recognized the formation diagram and asked Long Xiao how it was connected to Medusa, but Long Xiao demanded information about its origins.
• Bi Xieyan proposed they work together, and Long Xiao overwhelmed him with heavenly flames until he agreed to explain where he had found the diagram.
• Bi Xieyan told Long Xiao about a nearly indestructible mountain in a wild forest and revealed its location when Long Xiao pressed him.
• After Long Xiao left, Bi Xieyan secretly planned with Xie Shan to follow him, but Long Xiao overheard them and used soul power to kill Xie Shan and cripple Bi Xieyan.
• Long Xiao returned to Xiao Huohuo and Elder Hai and gave them the Storage Rings taken from Bi Xieyan and Xie Shan.

Long Xiao took Xiao Huohuo and Elder Hai to a hidden mountain, where he subdued a group of Soul Hall members blocking its entrance. He killed the Soul Envoys and bound Iron Protector with a Soul Seal, leaving the Four-Star Dou Zong as his subordinate.

• Long Xiao told Xiao Huohuo and Elder Hai about a potential opportunity and led them to a mountain that resisted his soul probing.
• At the mountain's entrance, Iron Protector and five Soul Envoys failed to move the boulder blocking their way.
• Long Xiao attacked the Soul Hall group with his Nine Dragons Heaven-Binding Chains, binding them and suppressing their Dou Qi.
• Xiao Huohuo and Elder Hai kicked the bound Iron Protector while Long Xiao burned the Soul Envoys to ashes.
• Long Xiao placed a Soul Seal on Iron Protector and released him, and Iron Protector rose and addressed Long Xiao as his master.

Long Xiao broke into a hidden mountain sanctuary and led Xiao Huohuo and the others inside, where a trap sealed them in. They found Xiao Yi Xian unconscious in a chamber filled with deadly poison, and Long Xiao recognized that her woeful poison body could be a powerful Dao physique.

• Long Xiao used the Golden Light Wandering Dragon Cauldron to smash open the mountain entrance, revealing a vast cavern lined with spirit stones.
• Long Xiao sent the Iron Protector ahead to check the passage, then led the group onward after he reported no danger.
• A boulder sealed the passage behind them, trapping the group inside the winding cave.
• Long Xiao opened a stone chamber, and purple poisonous mist forced the group back until Elder Hai and Long Xiao protected them.
• Xiao Huohuo recognized the sleeping woman in the chamber as Xiao Yi Xian and explained that she was his friend from the Jia Ma Empire.
• Long Xiao rejected the Iron Protector's grim view of Xiao Yi Xian's woeful poison body and judged it to be a powerful Dao physique.

Long Xiao saved Xiao Yi Xian from her poisoned state, and she explained how her Woeful Poison Body had killed the elderly couple who cared for her. The group followed her to a question-based test blocking the path onward, where Long Xiao solved the first riddle through a wordplay trick.

• Long Xiao used his Golden Dragon Heaven-Burning Flame to burn away the poisonous gas and wake Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Huohuo and Long Xiao that her Woeful Poison Body had erupted and killed the elderly couple who had sheltered her.
• Long Xiao promised Xiao Yi Xian he could resolve her Woeful Poison Body once they escaped, and she led the group toward the path onward.
• The group reached a stone door requiring them to answer three questions, and Xiao Huohuo tried to take the test.
• Long Xiao answered the first question, choosing the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python because its name was the longest.

Long Xiao and his companions passed the trial’s first two questions, then he smashed through a deliberately unanswerable third question. A golden soul attack struck as they entered the cave, and Long Xiao escaped with Xiao Yi Xian while Xiao Huohuo remained inside.

• Xiao Huohuo, Elder Hai, and Iron Protector proposed trick answers to the second question, but Long Xiao answered two and opened the way.
• Long Xiao shattered the stone door when the third question’s tangled relationship puzzle proved impossible to answer.
• Long Xiao explained that the third question was designed to provoke them, then led the group into the cave.
• A golden soul shock wave attacked the group; Yao Lao protected Xiao Huohuo while Long Xiao blocked the attack and carried Xiao Yi Xian outside.
• Long Xiao realized Xiao Huohuo had not escaped the cave.

Long Xiao met Evil Keyboard Immortal, the fallen patriarch of the Key Clan, who revealed how the Ancient God Clan’s betrayal let the Outer-Domain Evil Clan devastate the Primordial Star Domain. Evil Keyboard Immortal explained that he had perished fighting an Eighteen-Eyed Evil God and warned Long Xiao about a past invasion of the Great Thousand World.

• Long Xiao entered the cave to rescue Xiao Huohuo and was pulled into a chaotic space, where he met Evil Keyboard Immortal.
• Long Xiao used the Encyclopedia to learn about Evil Keyboard Immortal and the Key Clan, then discovered that the immortal knew his father, Long Jian.
• Evil Keyboard Immortal told Long Xiao that the Ancient God Clan had tricked him into staying in the Ancient God Realm while the Outer-Domain Evil Clan invaded the Primordial Star Domain.
• Evil Keyboard Immortal said he returned to find the Primordial Star Domain in ruins and was defeated by an Eighteen-Eyed Evil God and nearly ten seventeen-eyed evil gods.
• Evil Keyboard Immortal revealed that he used his Super Divine Artifact to create the Heaven-Sealing Earth-Quelling Grand Array and perished alongside the Eighteen-Eyed Evil God.
• Evil Keyboard Immortal warned Long Xiao that the Outer-Domain Evil Clan had also invaded the Great Thousand World, where someone surnamed Mu would eventually reach the Ruler Realm and stop Heavenly Evil God.

Long Xiao passed the Evil Keyboard Immortal’s legacy to Xiao Huohuo, who embraced a new path as the Keyboard Immortal’s successor. After demonstrating his bizarre insulting arts and testing his powers, Xiao Huohuo smashed the inherited keyboard, leaving his destiny changed from Flame Emperor to Keyboard Immortal.

• The Evil Keyboard Immortal chose Xiao Huohuo, the continent’s child of destiny, to inherit his legacy, and Long Xiao agreed to deliver it.
• Long Xiao summoned the Eternal Heaven and Earth Keyboard in the cave and presented it to Xiao Huohuo, who accepted it and entered cultivation.
• Xiao Huohuo emerged as the Keyboard Immortal’s successor with three supreme arts: the Great Insulting Technique, the Thirty-Six Heavenly Stems Keys, and the One Hundred and Eight Insulting Laws.
• Xiao Huohuo used the Great Insulting Technique on Yao Lao, then tested his keyboard’s attacks against Long Xiao, who knocked him back.
• Xiao Huohuo smashed the Eternal Heaven and Earth Keyboard and declared he would wield a keyboard to become an immortal, while Yao Lao lamented his weapon and called them freaks.

Long Xiao helped Xiao Yi Xian control her Poison Body, forming a Poison Pill that let her control its power and advance to Dou Wang. Their moment of relief ended when a messenger announced that Monster had captured Xiao Huohuo.

• Long Xiao used a Space Talisman to transport the group from the cave to the mountaintop, then sent Xiao Huohuo, Elder Hai, and Iron Protector away.
• Xiao Yi Xian chose to control her Poison Body rather than remove it, and Long Xiao comforted her as she confessed how lonely and exhausted she felt.
• Long Xiao sealed the area, blindfolded himself, and used golden spiritual energy and talismans to gather Xiao Yi Xian's poison in her dantian.
• Xiao Yi Xian formed a controllable Poison Pill, broke through to Dou Wang, and saw her hair turn purple.
• Long Xiao gave Xiao Yi Xian Bodhi Saliva to cleanse her body, but a messenger arrived and reported that Monster had captured Xiao Huohuo.

Long Xiao went to a brothel to rescue Xiao Huohuo and Elder Hai from Hua Qingcheng, the powerful and frighteningly unattractive sect master of the Desire Maiden Sect. Hua Qingcheng abandoned her captives when she heard that Long Xiao had arrived, and the chapter ended with her trying to charm him.

• Iron Protector told Long Xiao that Hua Qingcheng had defeated him and carried Xiao Huohuo and Elder Hai away.
• Long Xiao agreed to rescue them after Xiao Yi Xian worried about their safety.
• Xiao Huohuo and Elder Hai were tied up in Hua Qingcheng’s private room, where Xiao Huohuo tried to make Elder Hai go first.
• Hua Qingcheng left the captives when she heard that a handsome young gentleman had arrived downstairs.
• Hua Qingcheng approached Long Xiao, and he forced himself to greet her politely despite feeling disgusted.

Long Xiao rescued Xiao Huohuo and Elder Hai from the Brothel while Hua Qingcheng pursued him and professed her love. He left Iron Protector behind as her “compensation,” and Hua Qingcheng claimed Iron Protector for herself.

• Xiao Yi Xian tried to shield Long Xiao from Hua Qingcheng, so Long Xiao kicked Hua Qingcheng away and went upstairs with Xiao Yi Xian to find Xiao Huohuo.
• Iron Protector tried to stop Hua Qingcheng from following Long Xiao, but she broke his chain and beat him.
• Long Xiao found Xiao Huohuo and Elder Hai tied up in a room and freed them with golden fire.
• Xiao Huohuo learned that Xiao Yi Xian had gained control of her poison body and advanced to Dou Wang, while Long Xiao urged everyone to leave before Hua Qingcheng returned.
• Hua Qingcheng chased them into the room and clung to Long Xiao, so he transformed Iron Protector into a handsome man and handed him over as compensation.
• Hua Qingcheng claimed Iron Protector and kissed him as Long Xiao, Xiao Yi Xian, Xiao Huohuo, and Elder Hai left.

Long Xiao parted ways with Xiao Huohuo, Elder Hai, and Xiao Yi Xian before returning to the Snake-People Tribe and reuniting with Medusa. The chapter ended after Long Xiao and Medusa cultivated together, with Medusa absorbing energy while he admitted defeat.

• Xiao Huohuo and Elder Hai left for the imperial capital to fulfill Xiao Huohuo's three-year agreement, while Xiao Yi Xian planned to return to Qingshan Town and cultivate.
• Xiao Yi Xian explained Xiao Huohuo's engagement dispute with Nalan Yanran, and Long Xiao gave her Soul Jade Slips before departing for the Tagor Desert.
• Long Xiao returned to the Snake-People Tribe and found its reconstruction nearly complete, then went to Medusa's bedchamber.
• Medusa questioned Long Xiao about his trip and the woman's scent on him, so Long Xiao claimed an Eight-Star Dou Zong had tried to claim him and asked Medusa to comfort him.
• Long Xiao offered Medusa a Dragon Yang Pill, and they cultivated together until Medusa entered cultivation and Long Xiao conceded defeat.

Gu Xiu reported that the Evil Keyboard Immortal's legacy was likely on the Dou* Continent, and Gu Tianshen ordered the Nine Nether Hells to take it over secretly. The Nine Nether Emperor assigned Gui You, Ying Mei, and Kuang Mo to infiltrate the plane and prepare an invasion without collapsing its weak barrier.

• Gu Xiu told Gu Tianshen that the Evil Keyboard Immortal's ruins were likely on the Dou* Continent, and Gu Tianshen ordered him to send the Nine Nether Hells there without alerting the Outer-Domain Evil Clan.
• Gu Xiu asked the Nine Nether Emperor to secretly bring the Dou* Continent under control, explaining that its weak barrier could withstand only peak Saint Realm power.
• The Nine Nether Emperor summoned Gui You, Ying Mei, and Kuang Mo and ordered their peoples to carry out the mission.
• Ying Mei proposed finding a breach and building a passage while Gui You's people gathered intelligence, then sending Kuang Mo's Saint Realm army once the passage was ready.
• Gui You, Ying Mei, and Kuang Mo agreed on their assignments and went their separate ways.

Long Xiao invited Medusa on a date, and the two left the Snake-People Tribe for the Magical Beast Mountain Range. The chapter left them surveying the range after Long Xiao sensed no nearby threat.

• Medusa told Long Xiao she had advanced to seven-star Dou Zong, while he remained at five-star Dou Zong.
• Long Xiao invited Medusa on a date, and she accepted after he formally asked her to join him.
• Yue Mei encountered Long Xiao and Medusa as they left, and Long Xiao gave her pills to help her advance to Dou Emperor.
• Medusa asked Long Xiao if he had taken a fancy to Yue Mei, and he assured her that he only saw her as a friend.
• Long Xiao and Medusa flew to the Magical Beast Mountain Range, where Long Xiao surveyed the area with his soul power and found no dangerous aura nearby.

While searching for ingredients near the Magical Beast Mountain Range, Long Xiao came across the Blood Battle Mercenary Group being threatened by the Snake Nest Mercenary Group. He saved Ling'er and Ka Gang, and his thoughts turned to a woman from his past as Ling'er asked his name.

• Long Xiao went searching for a bovine magical beast to prepare hot pot for Medusa and discovered a battle near Qingshan Town.
• Ka Gang refused to surrender the Blood Bull, and the Snake Nest leader demanded both it and Ling'er in exchange for releasing the captured Blood Battle members.
• The Snake Nest leader ordered his men to attack, but Long Xiao appeared and killed the charging mercenaries instantly.
• Ka Gang thanked Long Xiao, who said he had intervened because of Ling'er's name and thought of a woman from his past.
• Ling'er asked Long Xiao to tell her his name.

Long Xiao gave the Blood Battle Mercenary Group a Blood Bull’s magic core and healing pills, then left with Medusa to make hot pot. Their meal was interrupted by the Amethyst Winged Lion King, whom Long Xiao struck with the cooking cauldron, leaving the beast stunned by their power.

• Long Xiao told Ling'er and Ka Gang that he was Xiao Huohuo’s older brother, then gave them the Blood Bull’s magic core and pills for the injured mercenaries.
• Ka Gang urged Ling'er to part ways with Long Xiao and Xiao Huohuo, warning her that their world was beyond her reach.
• Medusa dragged Long Xiao away, and he prepared spicy hot pot for them using the Blood Bull’s meat.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King approached the meal, and Long Xiao hit it on the head with the Golden Light Wandering Dragon Cauldron.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King recognized Long Xiao and Medusa as powerful Dou Zong experts and wondered why two such figures were in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

The Amethyst Winged Lion King discovered Long Xiao's delicious hot pot and began supplying him with magical beasts to cook. After feasting, the Lion King abandoned his throne and declared himself Long Xiao's follower, leaving the group together on friendly terms.

• The Amethyst Winged Lion King apologized to Medusa and Long Xiao, then ate the spilled Blood Bull meat and begged Long Xiao to cook more.
• The Lion King lured five Blood Bulls into his cave, seized them, and brought them to Long Xiao for hot pot.
• After Long Xiao mentioned other meats, the Lion King gathered magical beasts, killed their chiefs, and delivered a variety of ingredients for another feast.
• The Lion King ate his fill, gave up being king, and asked to follow Long Xiao whenever there was food.
• The Lion King called Medusa Long Xiao's sister-in-law to appease her, and Long Xiao helped smooth over the awkward remark.

Long Xiao accepted the Amethyst Winged Lion King as a follower and gave him a Transformation Pill, while thinking about his limited time before returning to the Myriad Heavens Academy. After the lion transformed, his attempt to rescue Long Xiao and Medusa from their barrier embarrassed them and angered Medusa.

• The Amethyst Winged Lion King begged Long Xiao to let him follow and asked for a Transformation Pill, and Long Xiao gave him one.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King swallowed the pill and left to transform while Long Xiao and Medusa rested together.
• Long Xiao thought about leaving the Dou Continent in a year, the dangers awaiting him at the Myriad Heavens Academy, and the need to secure Medusa's place with his clan.
• Long Xiao and Medusa spent two hours cultivating inside a barrier, which Medusa had forgotten to make soundproof.
• The transformed Amethyst Winged Lion King tried to break into the barrier because he thought Medusa's cries meant she was in danger, embarrassing her and prompting Long Xiao to calm her down.

Long Xiao, Medusa, and Curly traveled to Jia Ma Holy City, where Medusa introduced the empire’s major factions and Long Xiao showed her tender affection. They began exploring the city, with Long Xiao offering to pay for whatever Medusa wanted.

• Long Xiao named the Amethyst Winged Lion King Curly and agreed to bring him to the Imperial Capital, warning him not to cause trouble.
• Long Xiao and Medusa flew toward Jia Ma Holy City with Curly following, and Medusa described the city’s powerful factions.
• At the city gates, Long Xiao helped Medusa put on red high heels, and Curly jokingly asked him to put shoes on him too.
• Long Xiao found nothing worthwhile among the city’s goods, then offered to take Medusa shopping at his expense while Curly looked for food.

Long Xiao, Medusa, and Curly ate at a nearly empty restaurant, where Long Xiao paid their enormous bill with three supreme-quality Dou Ling Pills. After learning that the city was gathered for the Alchemist Tournament final featuring Xiao Yan, Long Xiao set out to watch, while Medusa concealed her identity with a veil.

• Curly ordered more than a hundred dishes, and Long Xiao admitted he had no gold coins while Medusa said she carried none either.
• After Curly ate his fill, Long Xiao offered three Dou Ling Pills to pay the 2,210,000-gold-coin bill.
• The proprietor recognized the pills as supreme quality and told Long Xiao that the Alchemist Tournament final between Xiao Yan and an alchemist from the Chu Yun Empire had drawn the crowds away.
• Long Xiao realized Xiao Yan was Xiao Huohuo and decided to attend the final, despite Curly's disinterest in alchemy.
• Medusa veiled her face to avoid recognition by powerful figures at the tournament, and the three headed to the plaza.

Long Xiao watched the Alchemist Tournament with Medusa and Curly, while Xiao Huohuo entered the finals under a hidden identity. As the contestants prepared to refine pills, Yan Li of the Chu Yun Empire provoked the Jia Ma Empire, and Xiao Huohuo focused on winning the championship.

• Long Xiao recognized Xiao Huohuo in the VIP Stand and learned from Medusa that the three officials on the Main Stage were Hai Bodong, Fa Ma, and Jia Xingtian.
• Fa Ma opened the finals, and Long Xiao said he expected Xiao Yan to win while Curly loudly cheered for him.
• Xiao Huohuo recognized Curly as the Amethyst Winged Lion King, but Yao Lao told him to ignore the disturbance and continue competing.
• Yao Lao advised Xiao Huohuo to refine a Dragon Strength Pill because he lacked the flames needed to make a stronger Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill.
• Yan Li mocked the Jia Ma Empire, while Xiao Huohuo dismissed his behavior and prepared to compete.

Xiao Huohuo unveiled the Black Demon Cauldron and Bone Spirit Cold Flame at the alchemy competition finals, then began refining a Dragon Strength Pill. As his opponent from the Chu Yun Empire neared completion with a peak fourth-grade pill, Xiao Huohuo still had to prove he could match him.

• The Chu Yun Empire contestant showed off his black flame and taunted Xiao Huohuo, who decided to reveal his strength after Yao Lao encouraged him.
• Xiao Huohuo summoned Yao Lao's Black Demon Cauldron, surprising Fa Ma, Jia Xingtian, Hai Bodong, and the Chu Yun contestant with its quality.
• Xiao Huohuo revealed the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, which overwhelmed the other contestants' flames and was recognized as a heavenly flame.
• Xiao Huohuo used the cauldron's runes and his soul power to refine the ingredients for a Dragon Strength Pill without Yao Lao's help.
• The Chu Yun contestant condensed his medicinal liquid into a pill with colored pill fragrance, prompting Fa Ma to say Xiao Huohuo would need a fifth-grade pill to win.

Xiao Huohuo overturned the alchemy competition by refining a fifth-grade pill, humiliating the Chu Yun Empire’s disguised vice president. After the contest, Nalan Yanran reflected on her growing interest in Xiao Huohuo as the Three-Year Agreement approached.

• Xiao Huohuo completed his refinement and produced a fifth-grade pill, stunning the arena and silencing the Chu Yun Empire’s boastful contestant.
• The Chu Yun contestant accused Xiao Huohuo of cheating, but Xiao Huohuo demanded evidence and dismissed the accusation.
• Nalan Yanran watched Xiao Huohuo from the stands while Nalan Xiao urged her to show him dignity if she won their upcoming agreement.
• Fa Ma called on the contestants to present their pills, while the Chu Yun contestant lamented losing despite his hard work and revealed his true identity as his empire’s Alchemist Guild vice president.

After Xiao Yan won the competition, Long Xiao and his companions were lured to the Alchemist Guild by Aoba, who wanted to seize their Dou Ling Pills. Meanwhile, Jia Xingtian sensed a Dou Emperor’s familiar aura near the Guild as Hai Bodong stood beside the frozen corpse of a Chu Yun Empire contestant.

• Long Xiao left the competition square with Curly and Medusa after Xiao Yan was declared champion.
• Aoba and Lei Le stopped Long Xiao’s group in an alley and tried to take their Dou Ling Pills, but Long Xiao agreed to go with Aoba to the Alchemist Guild.
• Lei Le returned to the Mittel Family and urged Lei Ou to hurry to the Guild to claim a share of the pills.
• At the Alchemist Guild, Long Xiao ordered Curly to smash Aoba’s grandfather’s door, and Curly slapped Aoba when he called for help.
• Hai Bodong and Jia Xingtian examined the frozen corpse of the Chu Yun Empire contestant, and Jia Xingtian sensed a familiar Dou Emperor aura near the Alchemist Guild.