Recaps

Xiao Yu reunited with Ya Fei at the Mittel and asked her to gather medicinal ingredients and Dou Wang-level treasures for his teacher. Their conversation was interrupted when Lei Le barged in and challenged Ya Fei’s authority, leaving her furious as he threatened her position.

• Ya Fei recognized Xiao Yu at the Mittel, brought him upstairs, and chatted with him about his travels and her return to the Imperial Capital.
• Ya Fei explained that she had become the acting supervisory elder and credited Xiao Yu’s pills for helping her return early.
• Xiao Yu gave Ya Fei a list of medicinal ingredients and asked her to find rare treasures that could increase a Dou Wang’s strength for his teacher.
• After Ya Fei left to handle the request, Lei Le kicked open the door, confronted Xiao Yu, and accused Ya Fei of bringing an outsider into the private quarters.
• Ya Fei returned, found Lei Le threatening Xiao Yu, and angrily demanded to know what he was doing.
• Lei Le leered at Ya Fei and threatened that she would lose her acting supervisory elder position for bringing Xiao Yu inside.

Xiao Yu defended Ya Fei from Lei Le, forced him to his knees, and kicked him out of the room. Afterward, Ya Fei worried about the trouble Xiao Yu might face, then learned he had advanced to Dou Shi and become an Alchemist.

• Lei Le insulted Ya Fei and Xiao Yu, so Xiao Yu insulted him and forced him to kneel with an oppressive force.
• Xiao Yu kicked Lei Le out of the room, and Ya Fei closed the door after laughing.
• Ya Fei worried that Lei Ou would retaliate, but Xiao Yu said he had powerful backing.
• Ya Fei asked about Xiao Yu's strength, and he claimed he had advanced to Dou Shi over the past year and a half.
• A maid delivered some of Xiao Yu's requested medicinal ingredients, and Ya Fei noticed his high-grade Storage Ring.
• Xiao Yu told Ya Fei that he had become an Alchemist and recently refined a medicinal pill, astonishing her.

Xiao Yu displayed his Third-Rank Alchemist badge to stop Lei Ou from retaliating for Lei Le, then left the Mittel Auction House after Ya Fei discovered his rank. Two days later, he prepared to attend the celebration banquet Fa Ma had arranged at the Alchemist Guild, wearing his disguised middle-aged appearance and sixth-rank badge.

• Ya Fei tried to send Xiao Yu away before Lei Ou arrived, but Lei Ou entered with Lei Le and accused her and Xiao Yu of wrongdoing.
• Lei Ou threatened Xiao Yu over Lei Le's injuries, but Xiao Yu revealed his Third-Rank Alchemist badge, causing Lei Ou to withdraw with his attendants.
• Ya Fei was shocked to learn Xiao Yu was a Third-Rank Alchemist, and Xiao Yu left the Mittel Auction House after promising to visit again.
• Xiao Yu returned to the inn, considered his medicinal ingredients and plans to ask Fa Ma for annotated texts, then waited for the banquet two days later.
• Xiao Yu disguised himself as a middle-aged man, pinned on his sixth-rank badge, and set out for the Alchemist Guild's celebration banquet.

Xiao Yu attended a banquet as Elder Zhou, where he reunited with Ya Fei and arranged for her to host an auction of his Nine Lotus Pill. After the banquet, he obtained two sets of ingredients for refining a Dou Ling Pill from the Alchemist Guild.

• Fa Ma welcomed Xiao Yu to a banquet attended by the Jia Ma Empire’s leading figures and their younger relatives.
• Ya Fei noticed Xiao Yu seemed familiar, and Xiao Yu revealed that they had met in Wutan City while he was teaching his disciple.
• Xiao Yu gave the Nine Lotus Pill to Mittel Tengshan to auction and specifically requested that Ya Fei host the sale.
• After the guests departed, Xiao Yu asked Fa Ma for medicinal ingredients and bought two sets of Dou Ling Pill ingredients at a discounted price.

Xiao Yu refined Dou Ling Pills and used one to advance to Two-Star Dou Wang, but quickly developed resistance and could not rely on more pills for rapid growth. He considered recruiting outside help against the Misty Cloud Sect and resolved to capture the Amethyst Winged Lion King, while worrying that Protector Wu might seize Xiao Zhan.

• Xiao Yu refined two Dou Ling Pills in seclusion while an Earth-Rank Auction featuring a rumored Sixth-Grade Pill drew crowds to the Jia Ma Imperial Capital.
• After restoring his Dou Qi, Xiao Yu swallowed a Dou Ling Pill and used Returning-to-Truth Lightning and the five qi thunder to stabilize the energy as he cultivated.
• Xiao Yu broke through to Two-Star Dou Wang, then discovered he had developed resistance to the pill and could not advance by taking another.
• Xiao Yu considered relying on outside forces against the Misty Cloud Sect and decided the Amethyst Winged Lion King could join his side as a sixth-rank magical beast.
• Xiao Yu worried that Protector Wu might capture Xiao Zhan and reflected on the torture Xiao Zhan had endured for more than ten years in the Soul Palace.

Xiao Yu declined Gu He's invitation to pursue the Heavenly Flame and traveled to the Magical Beast Mountain Range to confront the Amethyst Winged Lion King. The chapter ended as Xiao Yu announced that he had come to settle their debt, intending to make the Lion King his mount.

• Ya Fei delivered the requested items to Xiao Yu and asked why the younger Xiao Yu was absent; Xiao Yu told her she could visit him when he returned.
• Gu He invited Xiao Yu to join an expedition to negotiate with Queen Medusa for the Heavenly Flames, but Xiao Yu declined because he had other plans.
• After Gu He left, Xiao Yu prepared to travel to the Magical Beast Mountain Range and subdue the Amethyst Winged Lion King.
• Xiao Yu reached the mountain range and deliberately called out the Lion King, who flew from its cave and demanded an explanation.
• Xiao Yu told the enraged Lion King that he had come to settle their karmic debt.

Xiao Yu confronted the Amethyst Winged Lion King over their past conflict and tried to force him to become his mount. The battle left the Lion King trapped in Xiao Yu’s Five Qi Thunder, but he continued to resist.

• Xiao Yu revealed his true appearance and reminded the Amethyst Winged Lion King of their earlier encounter by displaying Blue-Silver Cold Lightning and Extreme-Breaking Ice Flame.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King refused to spare Xiao Yu, and Xiao Yu declared that he had come to make the Lion King his mount.
• Xiao Yu attacked first, and the Lion King countered with purple flames after recognizing Xiao Yu’s formidable combat strength.
• Xiao Yu used Golden Light Dao Flame to block the Lion King’s attacks, then turned the golden barrier into a rope that briefly bound him.
• Xiao Yu struck the retreating Lion King with Five Qi Thunder, engulfing him in yin and yang lightning.
• The Lion King roared that he would never submit, and purple light began shining from within the lightning surrounding him.

Xiao Yu defeated the Amethyst Winged Lion King in a battle inside his Illusory World Thunderflame, then used the Heart Puppet Thunder Flame to bind the wounded beast to him. After restoring the surrounding area, Xiao Yu left the Lion King to heal.

• The Amethyst Winged Lion King broke free of Xiao Yu’s restraint, transformed into Lion King True Form, and attacked with the Violet Extreme Ray and Amethyst Seal.
• Xiao Yu fused his flames and lightning into a Blue Ice Thunderflame greatsword, badly wounded the Lion King, and suffered only minor injuries despite having his strength sealed by one star.
• Xiao Yu used the Heart Puppet Thunder Flame on the fallen Lion King, establishing a master-servant pact that let him sense the beast’s thoughts and punish disloyalty with heart flame.
• Xiao Yu fed the Lion King healing pills and told him to stop pretending to be dead and recover.
• Xiao Yu withdrew the Illusory World Thunderflame, causing its battle world to collapse and revealing the untouched mountain range.

After subduing the Amethyst Winged Lion King, Xiao Yu claimed its treasure hoard and began refining pills to heal their injuries. He emerged three days later and gave the Lion King a Sixth-Grade Nine Lotus Pill, which began healing it.

• The Amethyst Winged Lion King accepted that resistance would mean death and began to consider that serving Xiao Yu might not be so bad.
• Xiao Yu recovered from the battle, then entered the Lion King's cave and collected its medicinal ingredients, treasures, Cultivation Methods, and Combat Skills.
• Xiao Yu showed the Lion King his Transformation Pill Formula and sixth-rank alchemist badge, persuading it that following him could bring rewards.
• The Lion King led Xiao Yu to a secluded cave and guarded him while he refined pills for three days, then summoned its child and the Fourth-Order Magical Beast back.
• Xiao Yu emerged and gave the injured Lion King a Sixth-Grade Nine Lotus Pill, which began healing its wounds.

Xiao Yu studied Dou Techniques, accepted the recovering Amethyst Winged Lion King as his subordinate and named him Little Purple, then broke the Amethyst Seal and gained enough energy to near Three-Star Dou Wang. He concluded that protecting the Xiao Clan depended on reaching the Misty Cloud Sect before Ling Ying appeared, while preparing for the possibility that his theory about Protector Wu was wrong.

• Xiao Yu studied fire- and lightning-attribute Dou Techniques to improve how he used Origin Flame and Divine Thunder.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King addressed Xiao Yu as Master, agreed to keep ruling the Magical Beast Mountain Range, and reluctantly accepted the name Little Purple.
• Xiao Yu ordered the Lion King to guard him while he used Origin Flame to dissolve the Amethyst Seal, absorbing its energy and nearing Three-Star Dou Wang.
• Xiao Yu rejected plans to move or conceal the Xiao Clan because they would not reliably protect them from Protector Wu or the Soul Palace.
• Xiao Yu reasoned that Ling Ying's appearance could reveal the Xiao Clan's ancestry to Protector Wu, so he planned to bring Xiao Yan safely down from the Misty Cloud Sect before Ling Ying appeared.
• Xiao Yu resolved to strengthen himself and seek outside help in case he had to face Protector Wu directly.

Xiao Yu tested Dou Techniques infused with Origin Flames and Divine Thunder, advanced to Three-Star Dou Wang, and rescued a badly wounded woman who remained unconscious after he stabilized her. He continued treating and caring for her in a cave in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

• Xiao Yu used the Explosive Thunder Origin Spear in his Thunderflame Illusory World and found that channeling his Origin Flames and Divine Thunder through Dou Techniques greatly increased their power.
• Xiao Yu reflected on his month of training, reached Three-Star Dou Wang, and decided to stay in the Magical Beast Mountain Range to improve his combat strength.
• Xiao Yu spotted an unconscious woman falling from the sky, caught her, and recognized her as someone he knew.
• Xiao Yu examined the woman's severe injuries, gave her a Fifth-Rank Healing Pill, and used his Dou Qi to stabilize and treat her.
• After a day and a second Fifth-Rank Healing Pill, Xiao Yu pulled the woman back from the brink of death, but she remained unconscious, so he continued nourishing her and hunted for food.

Xiao Yu cared for the badly wounded Yun Yun until she woke, then learned that a strange energy in her chest wound could not be removed by ordinary healing. He agreed to examine it despite the awkwardness, leaving Yun Yun covered with his robe as he turned away.

• Xiao Yu continued tending Yun Yun’s injuries and wondered who had wounded the three-star Dou Emperor.
• Yun Yun woke, thanked Xiao Yu for saving her, and confirmed that her chest wound still hurt.
• Xiao Yu offered Yun Yun healing pills and began to leave, but she asked him to examine the strange energy in her wound because she could not use her Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yu agreed to help after asking Yun Yun to keep the matter secret, then gave her his robe and turned around so she could remove her inner armor in private.

Xiao Yu treated Yun Yun’s chest wound and discovered that Queen Medusa had inflicted it with a force that blocked healing. As he used his Extreme-Breaking Ice Flame to remove the force, Yun Yun recognized him as the boy who had helped her in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

• Unable to remove her clothes because of her injuries, Yun Yun let Xiao Yu uncover her wound and remove her inner armor.
• Xiao Yu found that a strange red energy in Yun Yun’s wound was preventing her body and medicine from healing it, and Yun Yun said Queen Medusa had wounded her.
• Xiao Yu used his Dou Qi to examine the wound, while Yun Yun endured the pain and tried not to moan.
• When Xiao Yu’s ice-blue flames appeared, Yun Yun recognized him as the boy who had lured the Lion King away in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yu used the Extreme-Breaking Ice Flame to refine the obstructing energy, completing the treatment after an hour.

Xiao Yu treated Yun Yun's wound, fed her, and learned that Queen Medusa's seal had blocked her Dou Qi. Yun Yun agreed to let Xiao Yu use his Origin Flame to try to remove the seal, and they planned to begin the next day.

• Xiao Yu bandaged Yun Yun's wound and prepared another rabbit after the first one burned.
• Yun Yun tried to circulate her Dou Qi, then asked Xiao Yu how long she had been unconscious and how he had fed her.
• Xiao Yu admitted that he had pried Yun Yun's mouth open to feed her, and he fled when she questioned him with a dangerous smile.
• Xiao Yu returned at night, and Yun Yun explained that Queen Medusa's Sealing Technique had sealed her Dou Qi and caused the lingering energy in her wound.
• Yun Yun gave her name as Yun Zhi and asked Xiao Yu to use his Origin Flame to help remove the seal in exchange for a reward.
• Xiao Yu and Yun Yun agreed to begin the next day, then settled down to rest.

Xiao Yu and Yun Yun grew close during the days he spent refining her seal, while his strength rose from absorbing its energy. As Yun Yun approached a full recovery, Xiao Yu realized that events had diverged from the established story and worried about what the changes might mean.

• Xiao Yu refined Yun Yun's seal each day, absorbing its energy and steadily nearing Four-Star Dou Wang.
• Xiao Yu and Yun Yun settled into a quiet routine and grew from wary acquaintances into close, teasing friends.
• Yun Yun's strength recovered to One-Star Dou Emperor, and Xiao Yu said one more session would remove the rest of her seal.
• Yun Yun attacked Xiao Yu in playful anger after he teased her, then the two sat together and talked.
• Xiao Yu learned Yun Yun's armor was the Heart of the Sea Armor and concluded she had never met Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yu wondered whether his interference had changed the Dou Qi Continent's storyline, then declined Yun Yun's offer of similar armor.

Xiao Yu removed Yun Yun’s seal, helping her recover her three-star Dou Emperor strength, then advanced to four-star Dou Wang. His breakthrough drew Queen Medusa, who recognized the aura of the Dou Wang she had been searching for and confronted him in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

• Xiao Yu refined away the last of Yun Yun’s seal, restoring her three-star Dou Emperor strength, then left her to recover.
• Xiao Yu used the energy refined from the seal to break through to four-star Dou Wang outside the cave.
• Queen Medusa searched for the Dou Wang whose unusual flames and lightning could help her evolve after her heavenly flame was stolen.
• Queen Medusa blamed Gu He and his companions for the theft, attacked them, and Yun Yun was injured and sealed while helping them escape.
• Queen Medusa sensed Xiao Yu’s breakthrough aura and recognized it as belonging to the Dou Wang she had been seeking.
• Xiao Yu realized Queen Medusa had found him and considered fleeing, unaware that he could no longer escape her notice.

Xiao Yu tried to lure Queen Medusa away from the recovering Yun Yun, but Medusa saw through him and confronted him. After explaining that she had come for help recovering the vanished Heavenly Flame, she asked to borrow Xiao Yu’s flame and lightning in exchange for a reward from the Snake-People Tribe.

• Xiao Yu used his Thunderclap Twin Wings to draw Medusa away from Yun Yun, but she stopped to search the area with her spiritual power.
• Medusa sensed Yun Yun nearby and flew toward her, so Xiao Yu blocked Medusa’s path and admitted that she had recognized him as the human Dou Wang.
• Medusa told Xiao Yu that she had injured Yun Yun after the Heavenly Flame vanished during Gu He’s visit to the desert.
• Xiao Yu suspected Little Yanzi had taken the Heavenly Flame and realized Medusa might want to use his Origin Flame to evolve.
• Medusa asked to borrow Xiao Yu’s miraculous flame and lightning, offering anything from the Snake-People Tribe’s collection and her future help.

Xiao Yu agreed to help Medusa evolve in exchange for her assistance against people he would face months later, then traveled with her toward the Tagor Desert. Yun Yun woke to find him gone, searched for him, and confronted the Amethyst Winged Lion King, while Xiao Yu and Medusa continued discussing their deal.

• Medusa offered to overlook Xiao Yu's earlier actions if he helped her, and Xiao Yu agreed in exchange for her help against several people months later.
• Medusa and Xiao Yu left for the desert, and Xiao Yu decided not to say goodbye to Yun Yun.
• Yun Yun woke after breaking her seal, found Xiao Yu missing, and waited for him until noon.
• Yun Yun suspected Xiao Yu had gone to capture the Amethyst Winged Lion King and searched the surrounding area for him.
• Yun Yun flew to the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cave and demanded that it hand over Xiao Yu.
• Medusa and Xiao Yu approached Desert City, where they discussed whether she would keep her word and what she planned to do with his flames and lightning.

Xiao Yu arrived at the Snake-People Holy City, where Medusa explained how Snake-People evolved and why she needed his help to awaken her companion Snake Spirit. After he revealed all ten of his origin flames and divine thunder, Medusa was stunned and saw him as a powerful potential ally.

• Xiao Yu and Medusa flew into the Holy City and entered the Divine Hall, where Medusa invited him to sit.
• Medusa explained that Snake-People fused with serpent souls, and that their companion beasts' tier usually limited their advancement.
• Medusa revealed that her Peak Sixth Tier Purple Nether Flame Snake had kept her from advancing beyond Peak Dou Emperor, and that a heavenly flame might awaken its bloodline.
• Medusa told Xiao Yu that his flames and lightning had stirred her bloodline and asked him to release them so she could sense them.
• Xiao Yu summoned all five origin flames and five divine thunder, astonishing Medusa and strengthening her desire to befriend him.

Medusa identified the Myriad Transformation Flame, Returning-to-Truth Lightning, and Purple Extreme Astral Thunder as the wonders that could trigger her evolution. Xiao Yu discovered his divine wonders had rudimentary intelligence, gave Medusa a child flame and two seed thunders, and was sent to rest while she went to the Snake-People Tribe's treasury to repay his help.

• Medusa's bloodline and soul reacted strongly to three of Xiao Yu's divine wonders, and she confirmed that they were the ones she needed to evolve.
• Xiao Yu learned that his origin flames and divine thunders possessed rudimentary intelligence and could produce child flames and seed thunders without lasting harm to their sources.
• Xiao Yu separated a child flame and two seed thunders, then gave them to Medusa and replenished the depleted sources with most of his Dou Qi.
• Medusa saw Xiao Yu's pale, exhausted appearance and ordered a maid to take him somewhere to rest.
• Medusa went to the Snake-People Tribe's treasury to find compensation for Xiao Yu and protect their relationship.

Xiao Yu recovered in the Snake-People Tribe and cultivated with rare fire- and lightning-aligned ingredients while Medusa prepared to evolve. When her divine treasures failed to trigger her transformation, Xiao Yu realized she needed the fused Illusory World Thunderflame and offered it to her.

• Xiao Yu replenished his Dou Qi, and Medusa brought him Heavenly Thunder Spirit Grass and an Earthfire Origin Flower.
• Xiao Yu cultivated with the ingredients for two days and reached the peak of Four-Star Dou Wang.
• A Snake-People maid led Xiao Yu to a hidden valley where Medusa explained that the Myriad Transformation Flame and Returning-to-Truth Lightning had not changed her bloodline.
• Medusa said she had sensed the treasures' potential after fighting Xiao Yu in the desert, and Xiao Yu realized their fusion had stirred her bloodline.
• Xiao Yu fused the Myriad Transformation Flame Child Flame with the Returning-to-Truth Lightning Seed Thunder and offered Medusa the Illusory World Thunderflame.

Medusa began her dangerous ancestral evolution with Xiao Yu watching, and the destructive trial transformed her into the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python. The newly evolved snake sought Xiao Yu’s Purple Extreme Astral Thunder, then turned into a crimson-mist-shrouded woman who confronted him about touching her.

• Medusa confirmed that the Illusory World Thunderflame could meet her bloodline’s needs and asked Xiao Yu to watch over her evolution.
• Medusa cut her wrist and began the ritual, transforming into the Purple Nether Flame Snake as Xiao Yu’s Five Qi Thunder sharpened his vision.
• The Purple Extreme Seed Thunder battered the snake until her body crumbled, and a massive lightning bolt struck the place where she vanished.
• A seven-colored serpent phantom appeared, followed by a small white snake, revealing that Medusa had evolved into the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python.
• The little snake asked for Xiao Yu’s Purple Extreme Astral Thunder, swallowed it, and then appeared inside a crimson mist as a woman who asked whether he had enjoyed touching her.

Medusa explained that the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python’s evolution had only prepared her body for a second, far more dangerous evolution of her Snake-People bloodline, which she attempted despite having less than a ten percent chance of survival. Xiao Yu urged her not to risk it, but she began the evolution with the Illusory World Thunderflame, unleashing a devastating blast that hurled him away.

• Medusa returned to her original form after the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python evolved, and she warned Xiao Yu not to interfere with her again.
• Medusa explained that the purple divine thunder had evolved her Snake Spirit, while the Illusory World Thunderflame could trigger an ancestral evolution of her Snake-People bloodline.
• Medusa said her bloodline evolution had less than a ten percent chance of success, but she chose to attempt it to gain the power to protect her tribe.
• After hearing Medusa explain her duty and dream, Xiao Yu accepted her resolve and let her proceed.
• Medusa grasped the Illusory World Thunderflame, which engulfed her in agony and triggered a massive shock wave that destroyed the valley and hurled Xiao Yu hundreds of meters away.

Medusa endured the Illusory World Thunderflame’s assault while Xiao Yu tried to keep her alive without violating her choice to continue. The Eight Leaders arrived at the Secret Grounds, where Xiao Yu knocked Yan Ci away and drew a boundary to keep the others from interfering.

• The Eight Leaders traced the serpent’s roar to the Secret Grounds and realized Medusa was using the recovered heavenly flame to evolve.
• Medusa’s body was reduced to a head by the thunderflame, but she refused Xiao Yu’s offer to intervene.
• Yan Ci arrived, saw Medusa’s condition, and charged toward her despite Xiao Yu’s warning.
• Xiao Yu stopped Yan Ci and sent him crashing through rocky outcrops with two kicks.
• The other seven leaders arrived, and Mo Bass prepared to attack Xiao Yu until Yin Shi urgently stopped him.

Xiao Yu guarded Medusa as the Eight Leaders mistook her apparent death for the end of her evolution and attacked him with their combined formation. He countered their venomous python and struck its head with a thunder-charged fist.

• Yan Ci warned Yin Shi that the queen was in danger, and the Eight Leaders saw ashes where Medusa had been.
• Xiao Yu sensed that Medusa was still evolving and decided to protect the power lingering at the center.
• Yin Shi ordered the Eight Leaders to form the Venomous Snake Execution Seal, which summoned a giant green python.
• Xiao Yu unleashed his Origin Flames and Divine Thunders, then used his greatsword to cleave through the python's head.
• The python reappeared behind Xiao Yu and lashed at him, but he used Thunder Soaring Flash to reach its head and punch it with Purple Extreme Astral Thunder.