Recaps

Xiao Yu defeated the eight Snake-People leaders and guarded the clearing while the queen underwent evolution. Hidden elders watched and decided to wait, while Yin Shi stopped challenging Xiao Yu after hearing the elders’ instructions.

• Xiao Yu destroyed the giant python with his Explosive Thunder Origin Spear, breaking the formation and defeating the eight Snake-People leaders.
• Four elderly Snake-People women watched from the shadows and agreed that the queen was still evolving and that they must not make an enemy of Xiao Yu.
• Xiao Yu withdrew his Origin Flame and Divine Thunder but kept his Thunderflame Illusory World active as he stood guard over the clearing.
• Yin Shi asked Xiao Yu what he had done to the queen, and Xiao Yu warned him not to interfere with her evolution.
• An Elder told Yin Shi to stop fighting and wait, so Yin Shi sat down to tend his injuries.

Medusa successfully evolved from the Dou Emperor realm to the Dou Zong realm, giving the Snake-People Tribe new hope. After Xiao Yu left, Medusa considered the mysteries surrounding his powers and summoned the Four Elder Women.

• The aura of creation surged through the valley, and Medusa emerged from the light with a human form and the strength of a Dou Zong.
• Medusa ordered the Eight Chieftains to spend a month facing the wall for entering the forbidden grounds, partly to defend Xiao Yu’s honor.
• Medusa told Xiao Yu that her evolution had succeeded, and he asked her to accompany him to the Jia Ma Imperial Capital after she finished her duties.
• Xiao Yu left the valley, while Medusa wondered whether his Illusory World Thunderflame and Primordial Creation Bloodline were connected to the Snake-People Tribe’s origins.
• Medusa called the Four Elder Women out of hiding, and they appeared before her with unusual reverence.

Xiao Yu spent a month training in the desert, mastering an Earth-tier Dou Technique and preparing a devastating trump card. He asked Queen Medusa to help him face the Misty Cloud Sect, warning her that two Dou Zong experts might put her life at risk.

• Xiao Yu used Burning Flame Annihilation to freeze a thousand meters of desert while filling its fissures with scorching flames.
• Xiao Yu recalled reaching six-star Dou Wang and developing a destructive technique he planned to reserve as a trump card.
• Queen Medusa emerged through space and praised Xiao Yu's combat strength.
• Xiao Yu explained that he expected to confront the Misty Cloud Sect because Yun Shan had reached Dou Zong and another Dou Zong was on Misty Cloud Mountain.
• Xiao Yu asked Queen Medusa to consider the danger before joining him, warning that her life could be at risk.

After returning to the Imperial Capital, Xiao Yu declined Nalan Su’s invitation but sent his disciple to represent him at the Nalan Family’s celebration. He went to the banquet himself to see how Xiao Yan was faring and arrived at the brightly lit hall as the gathering began.

• Xiao Yu left the Tagor Desert after agreeing on a time with Medusa and flew back to the Imperial Capital.
• Xiao Yu resumed his middle-aged alchemist disguise and settled into his former inn room, where he cultivated and read while news of his return spread.
• Nalan Su visited Xiao Yu and invited him to a gathering celebrating the Nalan patriarch’s recovery from poison, which a young alchemist with a heavenly flame had treated.
• Xiao Yu declined the invitation but offered to send his disciple in his place, intending to see how Xiao Yan was doing.
• That evening, Xiao Yu changed into his alchemist robes and went to the Nalan Mansion, where a maid ushered him toward the banquet hall.

Xiao Yu attended a gathering at the Mittel Family and reunited with the masked alchemist Yan Xiao, while Ya Fei brought him to meet Mittel Tengshan. The chapter ended with Tengshan asking how Xiao Yu and Yan Xiao knew each other.

• Xiao Yu entered the gathering and spotted the masked Second-Grade Alchemist Yan Xiao seated beside Mittel Tengshan.
• Ya Fei noticed Xiao Yu, greeted him warmly, and persuaded him to meet Mittel Tengshan.
• Ya Fei introduced Xiao Yu to Mittel Tengshan, who praised him as Elder Zhou's disciple.
• Yan Xiao recognized Xiao Yu with delighted surprise, and the two exchanged greetings after Xiao Yu sat beside him.
• Mittel Tengshan asked Xiao Yu whether he knew Yan Xiao.

Xiao Yu learned that Xiao Yan had reached eight-star Dou Shi strength and reflected on relying on him to reach Dou Di in the future. As Xiao Yu prepared to leave the Nalan residence, a fierce young man arrived, setting the stage for an impending encounter.

• Xiao Yu and Xiao Yu's cousin Yan Xiao pretended to be close friends while Nalan Jie wondered who Xiao Yu was.
• Nalan Yanran and Nalan Su identified Xiao Yu as Elder Zhou's disciple, while Nalan Jie lamented that the Mittel Family might win him over.
• Liu Ling and Yao Yue discussed Xiao Yu, and Yao Yue hinted that something interesting would happen that night.
• A fierce young man in green rode to the Nalan residence and entered the mansion.
• Xiao Yu checked Xiao Yan's strength, found that he had reached eight-star Dou Shi, and decided to rely on his cousin's future advancement toward Dou Di.

Xiao Yu stopped Mu Zhan’s murderous ambush and gravely injured him, then left the Nalan Family Hall with Ya Fei and Xiao Yan. Nalan Jie treated Mu Zhan while the elders learned that Xiao Yu had acted in self-defense and that Elder Zhou’s backing made revenge difficult for the Mu Family.

• Xiao Yu, Xiao Yan, and Ya Fei prepared to leave the banquet together, but Mu Zhan attacked Xiao Yu at the hall entrance.
• Xiao Yu blocked Mu Zhan’s strike and hurled him into a wall, leaving him unconscious with a broken arm and serious injuries.
• Xiao Yu told the others to direct any demand for revenge to his teacher, then left the hall with Ya Fei as Xiao Yan followed.
• Nalan Jie discovered the injured Mu Zhan, and Nalan Yanran identified Xiao Yu as the one who had defeated him.
• Nalan Jie gave Mu Zhan a pill to stabilize his injuries, while Mittel Tengshan and the other elders concluded that the Mu Family was unlikely to seek revenge.

Xiao Yu and Xiao Yan caught up after a long separation, then Xiao Yu left Ya Fei with his robe and returned to her side of the river. Ya Fei reflected on how he had changed her prospects and admitted that she might accept him.

• Xiao Yu and Xiao Yan talked about their experiences, including Xiao Yan’s search for Heavenly Flames and Xiao Yu’s upcoming task from his teacher.
• Xiao Yu encouraged Xiao Yan to train hard for the Alchemist Grand Meeting and the three-year agreement, then left the pavilion.
• Xiao Yan resolved to work harder after comparing his progress with Xiao Yu’s.
• Xiao Yu found Ya Fei sitting beside the river and gave her his robe before heading home.
• Ya Fei recalled how Xiao Yu had helped her escape an unwanted marriage alliance and realized her feelings for him had grown.

Xiao Yu realized that the purity of his earlier Dou Ling Pills had prevented him from taking more than one, so he tried refining one with Origin Flame and Divine Thunder. Despite his Medicine Cauldron shattering during the process, he finished the pill in his palm and produced a Sixth-grade Dou Ling Pill.

• Xiao Yu ignored the Alchemist Competition and continued studying medicinal ingredients while seeking another way to strengthen himself.
• Xiao Yu concluded that his earlier Dou Ling Pills had not reached the sixth grade because he had refined them with ordinary lightning instead of Divine Thunder.
• Xiao Yu used the Myriad Transformation Flame and Returning-to-Truth Lightning to refine a new Dou Ling Pill, but the Five-Mouth Cauldron cracked under their power.
• Xiao Yu protected the fusing medicinal liquids, shattered the cauldron, and completed the pill’s refinement in his palm.
• Xiao Yu produced a Sixth-grade Dou Ling Pill surrounded by an extraordinary phenomenon.

Xiao Yu consumed a sixth-grade Dou Ling Pill to advance his cultivation while Xiao Yan and Jia Ma’s leaders watched the rival alchemist Yan Li. In the Snake-People Tribe’s territory, Medusa decided that helping Xiao Yu against the Misty Cloud Sect was worth the risk, despite her Elder’s concerns.

• Xiao Yu swallowed the sixth-grade Dou Ling Pill and used his flames, thunder, and Five Qi Thunder to stabilize his rapidly rising strength as he neared seven-star Dou Wang.
• Xiao Yan, Jia Xingtian, Fa Ma, and Hai Bodong secretly watched Yan Li, whose likely victory threatened the Jia Ma Empire Alchemist Guild’s reputation.
• Medusa’s Elder questioned whether the Snake-People Tribe should help Xiao Yu oppose the Misty Cloud Sect, given the danger from neighboring empires.
• Medusa argued that Xiao Yu’s extraordinary potential, the favor he owed her, and her need for his help perfecting her new bloodline made the alliance worthwhile.
• Medusa resolved to take the gamble, while her conservative Elder remained hesitant.

Medusa reflected on the primordial creation bloodline she had awakened and her need to rely on Xiao Yu to complete it. Meanwhile, Xiao Yu finished cultivating to eight-star Dou Wang and left the inn to see whether he could still watch Xiao Yan at the Alchemist Tournament.

• Medusa dismissed the elder's concerns and accepted that the elders should support her leadership of the Snake-People Tribe.
• Medusa recalled that Xiao Yu's Illusory World Thunderflame had awakened her incomplete primordial creation bloodline and that she needed his help to develop it further.
• Xiao Yu refined the Sixth-grade Dou Ling Pill's energy and advanced from peak six-star Dou Wang to eight-star Dou Wang.
• Xiao Yu assessed his increased strength, concluding that he could last longer against Medusa and had greater confidence in the upcoming three-year agreement.
• Xiao Yu checked out of the inn and headed to the Alchemist Tournament to see whether he could still watch Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yu arrived at the Royal Plaza for the Alchemist Grand Competition finals and joined the VIP spectators. He watched Xiao Yan and the other finalists refine pills, leaving the outcome undecided.

• Xiao Yu flew to the Royal Plaza and was recognized by the commander as Elder Zhou, so the commander escorted him toward the VIP seats.
• Xiao Yu watched the finalists refine pills on a raised platform before joining Fa Ma, Jia Xingtian, and Hai Bodong.
• Jia Xingtian invited Xiao Yu to call him Brother Jia, but Fa Ma drew Xiao Yu to the seat beside him.
• Fa Ma introduced Hai Bodong to Xiao Yu, and the group turned their attention to Xiao Yan’s difficult pill refinement.

Xiao Yan overcame his exploding cauldron to win the Alchemist Tournament, and Xiao Yu exposed Yan Li’s disguised identity after the result was announced. Jia Xingtian and Hai Bodong flew to confront Yan Li while Fa Ma called for him to be left alive.

• Mu Chen warned Mu Zhan not to provoke Xiao Yu again or pursue Ya Fei through improper means.
• Fa Ma told Xiao Yu that Yan Li was a Fourth-grade Alchemist and vice president of the Chu Yun Empire’s guild, secretly competing under a disguise to damage the Jia Ma Empire’s reputation.
• Xiao Yan’s cauldron exploded, but he used the bone spirit cold flame to preserve his pill and continue refining.
• Xiao Yan completed a Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill, and Fa Ma announced him as the tournament champion.
• Xiao Yu struck Yan Li with a concealed technique that stripped away his disguise, revealing his true appearance.
• Jia Xingtian and Hai Bodong flew toward Yan Li, while Fa Ma urged them to leave him alive so he could be punished after the tournament.

After leaving the alchemist competition, Xiao Yu met Queen Medusa outside Jia Ma Holy City and brought her into the city to wait before their trip to the Misty Cloud Sect. While Medusa rested, Xiao Yu continued studying Dou Techniques and the ways to adapt them to his origin flame divine thunder.

• Xiao Yu declined Fa Ma’s invitation to meet the competition’s champion and left the grounds.
• Xiao Yu found Medusa outside the city a day earlier than they had agreed and invited her to stay in the city.
• Xiao Yu warned Medusa to hide her aura and face, then led her through the streets as he restrained her from killing men who stared at her.
• Xiao Yu booked Medusa a room at the inn, and she decided to rest until their trip to the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Yu practiced Dou Techniques and reflected on how adapting their circulation pathways let him use them with origin flame divine thunder.

Xiao Yu sensed Yao Lao’s powerful soul fluctuation in Jia Ma Holy City and later told Medusa that the awakened expert was an ally. On the third day, Xiao Yu flew to the Misty Cloud Sect alone to attend the Three-Year Agreement, hoping the dispute could be resolved without a fight.

• Yao Lao detected Xiao Yu in the city, and Xiao Yu recognized his soul fluctuation before Yao Lao returned to his hiding place.
• An Eagle-Nosed Masked figure cursed Yao Lao for striking him despite his peaceful intent, then vanished into the darkness.
• Medusa entered Xiao Yu’s room to investigate the soul power, and Xiao Yu told her it belonged to an ally.
• Xiao Yu told Medusa to wait at the inn while he went to the Misty Cloud Sect, asking her to join only if a Dou Zong-level battle began.
• Xiao Yu flew to Misty Cloud Mountain and arrived at the sect’s spectacular floating headquarters.

Xiao Yu arrived at the Misty Cloud Sect to watch the three-year agreement and examined the sect's powerful Cloud Smoke Covering Sun Formation. While he waited for Xiao Yan, Ya Fei noticed Xiao Yu's Storage Ring on the disguised Elder Zhou and began to suspect that they were the same person.

• Xiao Yu observed the Misty Cloud Sect disciples' formation and met Yun Leng, who directed him to the stands.
• Jia Xingtian, Fa Ma, and the other guests greeted Xiao Yu as he joined them to wait for Xiao Yan.
• Ya Fei approached Xiao Yu and asked why Xiao Yu had not come to watch Xiao Yan fulfill the agreement.
• Xiao Yu claimed that Xiao Yu still had things to finish, and Ya Fei showed disappointment at his absence.
• Ya Fei recognized Xiao Yu's distinctive Storage Ring on Elder Zhou and grew horrified as she suspected his identity.

Xiao Yu revealed that he was Xiao Yan’s older cousin and had come to watch the Three-Year Agreement, while Ya Fei began suspecting that Xiao Yu and Mister Zhou were the same person. Xiao Yan arrived at Misty Cloud Mountain to face Nalan Yanran, and Xiao Yu prepared to see the duel through while worrying about the threats awaiting his family.

• Ya Fei privately noticed similarities between Mister Zhou and Yu, and the gathered experts overheard her connect Yu to Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yu told Jia Xingtian and Fa Ma that he was Xiao Yan’s master and older cousin, and that he had come to help if Xiao Yan faced trouble.
• Nalan Jie regretted that his poisoning had prevented him from stopping Nalan Yanran from breaking her engagement to Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan arrived at the square, and he and Nalan Yanran formally announced themselves before the Three-Year Agreement duel.
• Jia Xingtian and Fa Ma found Xiao Yan familiar, while Xiao Yu resolved to protect him and worried that Yun Leng or Protector Wu might threaten the Xiao Clan.

Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran began their Three-Year Agreement duel, and both revealed strength at the Two-Star Great Dou Master level. As Xiao Yu watched the fight, Gu He arrived in the stands, giving Xiao Yu a chance to ask about Yun Yun, who had still not returned to the sect.

• Yun Leng announced the rules, but Xiao Yan demanded a life-or-death fight with Nalan Yanran.
• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran clashed with the Black Ruler and longsword as Jia Xingtian, Fa Ma, and Nalan Jie watched.
• Nalan Yanran revealed herself as a Two-Star Great Dou Master, and Xiao Yan matched her by forming his own Dou Qi Armor.
• Xiao Yu realized the Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill had accelerated Xiao Yan's growth and felt reassured that he had not disrupted Xiao Yan's path.
• Gu He arrived and exchanged greetings with Xiao Yu and the other guests.
• Xiao Yu worried that Yun Yun had not returned to the sect and considered asking Gu He where she was.

Xiao Yu learned that Yun Yun had not yet returned, while Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran brought their Three-Year Agreement duel to its climax. Xiao Yan revealed his identity and unleashed a cyan-and-red Buddha’s Fury Fire Lotus against Nalan Yanran’s ultimate technique, leaving the battlefield engulfed in a massive explosion.

• Gu He told Xiao Yu that Yun Yun had stayed behind in the desert and had sent word that she was safe but delayed.
• Nalan Yanran gathered energy for her ultimate attack as Xiao Yan prepared his own trump card.
• Xiao Yan revealed a red beast flame and a cyan flame, exposing himself as Yan Xiao and shocking the spectators, especially Nalan Yanran.
• Yun Leng ordered the Misty Cloud Sect disciples to form a Dou Qi Shield as Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran launched their attacks.
• Xiao Yan’s Buddha’s Fury Fire Lotus collided with Nalan Yanran’s Extreme Wind, Setting Sun Radiance, shattering the shield and engulfing the square in an explosion.

Xiao Yan defeated Nalan Yanran and ended their Three-Year Agreement, but Yun Leng accused him of killing Mo Cheng and tried to detain him. Hai Bodong intervened to save Xiao Yan, and Yun Leng moved to capture him as the Misty Cloud Sect sealed off the square.

• Xiao Yan overwhelmed Nalan Yanran, caught her as she fell, and burned the letter ending their engagement after stopping her from taking her own life.
• Xiao Yan prepared to leave, but Yun Leng demanded that he stay while the Misty Cloud Sect investigated Mo Cheng's death, with Ge Ye accusing Xiao Yan of killing him.
• Xiao Yan fought off the Misty Cloud Sect Enforcers and tried to escape, but three Dou Wang elders trapped him in their Wind-Fire-Wood Barrier.
• Hai Bodong appeared, froze and shattered the barrier, and blasted the three elders away from Xiao Yan.
• Yun Leng ordered the Misty Cloud Formation to seal the square, sent the three elders to occupy Hai Bodong, and pursued Xiao Yan himself.

Xiao Yu intervened to help Xiao Yan escape Yun Leng, while Hai Bodong restrained the Misty Cloud Sect elders and briefly created an opening for a peaceful resolution. Yun Leng refused to let Xiao Yan leave despite Xiao Yu's offer, leaving Xiao Yu prepared to fight rather than risk Xiao Yan being discovered by Protector Wu.

• Xiao Yu appeared between Yun Leng and Xiao Yan, asking Yun Leng to let Xiao Yan leave because they had ties.
• Hai Bodong used Mysterious Ice Dragon Soar to pin down three Misty Cloud Sect elders, and they stopped fighting while Yun Leng considered what to do.
• Xiao Yan recovered his Dou Qi and guessed that Xiao Yu was his cousin's teacher, feeling more hopeful with Xiao Yu and Hai Bodong there to help.
• Yun Leng refused to release Xiao Yan, insisting that he stay for an investigation despite Xiao Yu offering to refine a Sixth-Grade Pill.
• Xiao Yu decided he could not let Yun Leng detain Xiao Yan because Protector Wu might discover Yao Lao or Xiao Yan's connection to the Xiao Clan.

Xiao Yu fought Yun Leng to protect Xiao Yan, badly wounding the Misty Cloud Sect elder despite offering compensation and a chance to end the conflict. After Yun Leng refused and demanded Xiao Yu's death, Xiao Yu turned toward the Misty Cloud Formation barrier to help Xiao Yan escape.

• Yun Leng ordered the Misty Cloud Sect Elders to hold Hai Bodong off and sent the stewards and Law Enforcement Disciples after Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yu met Yun Leng's stone-sword strike with his extreme-breaking ice flame and evaded to land a powerful kick to Yun Leng's waist.
• Xiao Yu's kick hurled Yun Leng into the mountainside, leaving him badly injured and frozen along one side of his body.
• Xiao Yu offered to cover the Misty Cloud Sect's losses and provide a Sixth-Grade Pill if Yun Leng let Xiao Yan leave, but Yun Leng refused and vowed to kill him.
• Xiao Yu ignored Yun Leng and flew toward the Misty Cloud Formation barrier so Xiao Yan could escape.

Xiao Yu and Hai Bodong attacked the Misty Cloud Formation while Xiao Yan fought to escape the Misty Cloud Sect’s pursuers. Xiao Yu broke the formation, but Xiao Yan was left facing a concealed steward’s sword poised at his neck.

• Xiao Yu and Hai Bodong joined forces to crack the Misty Cloud Formation, but Gu He intervened and fought Hai Bodong alongside three Misty Cloud Sect elders.
• Xiao Yu struck the weakened barrier with another punch and shattered the formation.
• Xiao Yan, injured and running low on Dou Qi, evaded the pursuing Misty Cloud Sect stewards and Law-Enforcement Disciples.
• A concealed steward ambushed Xiao Yan with Thousand Wind Gale, and Xiao Yan fought back with Fire-Blowing Palm and his Black Ruler.
• Yun Leng’s secretly recruited steward appeared behind Xiao Yan and aimed his sword at the back of his neck.

Xiao Yu helped Xiao Yan escape the Misty Cloud Sect and fought to cover Hai Bodong’s retreat, but Yun Leng activated the Cloud Smoke Covering Sun Formation and attacked Xiao Yan. A purple magical beast appeared after the blast, leaving Xiao Yan’s fate unresolved.

• Xiao Yu shattered the middle-aged deacon’s sword, drove back the Misty Cloud Sect’s fighters, and sent Xiao Yan away from the square.
• Xiao Yu joined Hai Bodong’s battle and told him to escape while he held Gu He back.
• Xiao Yu explained to Gu He why he would protect Xiao Yan, and Gu He prepared to fight him on behalf of the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Yun Leng ordered the disciples to form the Cloud Smoke Covering Sun Formation and launched a powerful attack at Xiao Yan.
• A purple figure rushed past as Yun Leng’s attack exploded, and a massive purple-crystal magical beast emerged from the smoke.

Xiao Yu’s side prepared to leave after the Amethyst Winged Lion King arrived, but Yun Leng summoned the Misty Cloud Sect’s former leader, Yun Shan, whose aura had reached Dou Zong rank. The chapter ended with the sect’s disciples and elders greeting Yun Shan as he arrived.

• The Amethyst Winged Lion King appeared and protected Xiao Yan from a fatal attack, then Xiao Yu revealed that the beast was his companion, Little Purple.
• Xiao Yu asked Yun Leng whether he still intended to detain them, but Yun Leng refused to back down and insisted the Misty Cloud Sect could not let them leave without consequence.
• Xiao Yu told his group to leave, and Hai Bodong broke away from the fight to join them.
• Yun Leng played a cloud-green flute, summoning the Misty Cloud Sect’s former leader, Yun Shan, whose aura surpassed Dou Emperor rank.
• Hai Bodong identified Yun Shan as a Dou Zong, and the Misty Cloud Sect’s disciples and elders bowed to welcome him.