Recaps

Chen Xuan sent Gu He to strengthen himself before traveling to Desert City, where Qing Lin was being bullied for her mixed human and Snake-People heritage. Xiao Ding brought her back safely to the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, while an unseen Hai Bodong intervened to stop the attackers.

• Chen Xuan gave Gu He an Emperor's Extreme Pill and ordered him to break through before accompanying her to Desert City.
• Human children and adults in Desert City harassed Qing Lin, and the children began beating her and striking at her with a stick.
• Hai Bodong unleashed a terrifying pressure that knocked the attacking children unconscious and then disappeared.
• Xiao Ding found Qing Lin, learned she did not know what had happened, and escorted her back to the Desert Iron Mercenary Group.
• Qing Lin returned to her room, grateful for the mercenary group's kindness and determined to grow stronger so she could repay them.

Gu He reached Three Stars Dou Emperor, and Chen Xuan traveled with him to Desert City to find the Three-Flowered Green Snake Child, Qing Lin. After saving her from Luo Bu, Chen Xuan left the mercenary groups facing the consequences of Xiao Li killing their commander.

• Gu He broke through to Three Stars Dou Emperor, and Chen Xuan entrusted Elder Black Mountain with governing the Snake-People Tribe before departing for Desert City with Gu He.
• In Desert City, Chen Xuan met Lu Man and Bai Ya, who abandoned their attempt to obtain the Three-Flowered Green Snake Child after he refused to trade her.
• Hai Bodong told Chen Xuan that Qing Lin was with the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, which was about to clash with the Sand Mercenary Group.
• Luo Bu overwhelmed Xiao Li and threatened Qing Lin, but Chen Xuan froze the battlefield, knocked Luo Bu unconscious, and stopped Qing Lin from being killed.
• After Hai Bodong drove away the Sand Mercenary Group, Xiao Li killed the unconscious Luo Bu with his spear.

Chen Xuan took Qing Lin from the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, rewarding Xiao Ding and Xiao Li before leaving Desert City. After witnessing Snake-People slaughter human mercenaries in defiance of his orders, he began investigating corruption and disobedience within his tribe.

• Gu He struck Xiao Li down after Xiao Li killed Luo Bu, and Chen Xuan revealed himself as Queen Medusa to the mercenary group.
• Chen Xuan recognized Qing Lin’s Three-Flowered Green Snake Child power and invited her to join him; Qing Lin agreed after Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, and the others urged her to go.
• Chen Xuan gave the Desert Iron Mercenary Group cultivation and combat technique scrolls and Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pills before departing with Qing Lin, Gu He, and Hai Bodong.
• Chen Xuan and his companions saw Snake-People kill and rob a human mercenary group in territory where they were forbidden to enter.
• Chen Xuan ordered Hai Bodong to kill the Snake-People responsible, then vowed to investigate and purge those who disobeyed the tribe’s rules.

Chen Xuan returned to the Snake-People Tribe, approved reforms to punish disobedient tribespeople, and removed the curse seal Yue Mei brought back from the Misty Cloud Sect. After learning that a Soul Hall expert was involved, he chose not to confront the sect yet, while Snake Ji and her companions arrived with a Black Emperor Sect elder to meet him.

• Chen Xuan returned to the Snake-People Holy City and asked Ya Fei to look after Qing Lin.
• Elder Black Mountain proposed executions for serious offenders, making cultivation resources dependent on merit, and forming a squad to enforce discipline; Chen Xuan approved, and over a hundred Snake-People were executed.
• Yue Mei reported that Yun Shan had reached the Dou Zong realm and that a mysterious Black-Robed Man had cursed her; Chen Xuan burned away the curse seal with the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Chen Xuan told Queen Medusa that the Black-Robed Man belonged to the Soul Hall and decided the Snake-People Tribe should avoid provoking him for now.
• The Black-Robed Man and Yun Shan realized the curse seal had been broken and suspected Queen Medusa had surpassed the strength they expected.
• Snake Ji, Gu Luo, and Ji Xuan arrived at the Snake-People Holy City with Che Cheng of the Black Emperor Sect, where Yan Ci revealed that the tribe's elders had received Transformation Grass.

Great Elder Snake Ji returned with Elder Che Cheng and reported that the Black Emperor Sect had agreed to take a city for the Snake-People Tribe, while Chen Xuan welcomed Che Cheng and rewarded the elders with rare treasures. Che Cheng left for his room increasingly alarmed by the tribe’s strength and resources, and he suspected its true power would become clearer at the evening banquet.

• Che Cheng toured Snake-People Holy City with Yan Ci and Great Elder Snake Ji, and was astonished by the number of powerful Snake-People soldiers and experts.
• Great Elder Snake Ji reported to Chen Xuan that the Black Emperor Sect had agreed to conquer a city for the Snake-People Tribe, and Che Cheng confirmed that the sect master had already led troops to take one.
• Chen Xuan gave Che Cheng a Sect Breaking Pill to inspect, then rewarded Snake Ji, Ji Xuan, and Gu Luo with transformation grass and promised more Sect Breaking Pills for the elders.
• Chen Xuan gave Snake Ji a Sect Breaking Pill and told Queen Medusa he had a way to improve the elders’ bloodlines, though he did not reveal his plan.
• Ya Fei escorted Che Cheng to his room, where he encountered the Amethyst Winged Lion Emperor cub and learned that it was the Amethyst Winged Lion King’s transformed child.
• After Ya Fei left, Che Cheng worried that allowing the Snake-People Tribe into the Black-Corner Region might be dangerous and suspected the tribe possessed another Dou Emperor.

At a banquet, Che Cheng witnessed the Snake-People Tribe’s formidable strength as Queen Medusa announced that the tribe would relocate to the Black-Corner Region in three months. When Che Cheng warned that their route crossed the territory of Demon Flame Valley and its Seven-Star Dou Zong leader, Queen Medusa declared that the tribe would claim the region’s overlordship.

• Ya Fei escorted Che Cheng into the Sacred Hall, where he saw Queen Medusa and the Snake-People Tribe’s powerful experts gathered for a banquet.
• Gu He, Hai Bodong, Yue Mei, and other elders arrived, and Che Cheng recognized their ranks, including several Dou Emperors and Gu He as a Sixth-Grade Alchemist.
• Purple Cloud arrived with her young Amethyst Winged Lion Emperor, which Queen Medusa allowed to eat from the banquet table.
• Queen Medusa announced that the Snake-People Tribe would move to the Black-Corner Region in three months, after the Black Emperor Sect secured a city for them.
• Che Cheng warned that the migration route passed through Demon Flame Valley’s territory and that its leader, Earth Demon Old Ghost, was a Seven-Star Dou Zong.
• Queen Medusa said she would show Earth Demon Old Ghost who the true overlord was, while Che Cheng resolved to report the tribe’s strength to the Black Emperor Sect.

Elder Che Cheng departed with the Sect Breaking Pill, while Jia Xingtian learned that Yun Shan had reached Dou Zong and feared for the Jia Ma Imperial Family. Chen Xuan offered Jia Xingtian a chance to break through, but warned that the price would be enormous.

• Elder Che Cheng left for the Black-Corner Region carrying the Sect Breaking Pill and encountered an unfamiliar Peak Dou Emperor in the sky.
• Jia Xingtian hurried to the Snake-People Holy City and asked Chen Xuan whether Yun Shan had broken through to Dou Zong.
• Chen Xuan confirmed Yun Shan's breakthrough and said the Snake-People Tribe would move to the Black-Corner Region in three months.
• Chen Xuan told Jia Xingtian that his only chance was to reach Dou Zong and offered him an opportunity at a great price.

Chen Xuan made the Jia Ma Imperial Family a vassal of the Snake-People Tribe in exchange for a Sect Breaking Pill, and Jia Xingtian used it to break through to Dou Zong. After a month of seclusion, Jia Xingtian prepared to return to the Jia Ma Empire under Chen Xuan’s authority.

• Jia Xingtian agreed to make the Jia Ma Imperial Family a vassal of the Snake-People Tribe and surrender half the empire’s proceeds in exchange for a Sect Breaking Pill.
• Chen Xuan gave Jia Xingtian the pill and revealed to Queen Medusa that he wanted to protect the secret of the Dou Saint Ruins beneath the Jia Ma Imperial Family.
• After a month of cultivation, Jia Xingtian broke through to Dou Zong, drawing the Snake-People leaders and elders to witness his new aura.
• Jia Xingtian credited Chen Xuan for his breakthrough and asked to return to the Jia Ma Empire.
• Chen Xuan entrusted the Jia Ma Empire to Jia Xingtian, who promised to obey him.

Jia Xingtian revealed that the Snake-People Tribe had given him a Sect Breaking Pill, allowing him to break through to Dou Zong and challenge Yun Shan. He left after warning Yun Shan to stay quiet, while Yun Shan grew furious and wondered whether more Dou Zong experts would join the Snake-People Tribe against the Misty Cloud Sect.

• Nalan Yanran asked Yun Yun whether Yun Shan would be all right as the two Dou Zong experts fought in the sky.
• Yun Shan confronted Jia Xingtian about his breakthrough, and Jia Xingtian admitted that he had used a Sect Breaking Pill.
• Jia Xingtian told Yun Shan that the Snake-People Tribe had supplied the pill, leaving Yun Shan and the disciples alarmed.
• Jia Xingtian warned Yun Shan to stay in the Misty Cloud Sect and said that next time he would not be the only Dou Zong who came.
• Yun Yun stopped Yun Leng from pursuing Jia Xingtian, while Yun Shan wondered how many Dou Zong experts the Snake-People Tribe could bring against him.

Jia Xingtian returned to the Jia Ma Imperial City after breaking through to Dou Zong, explaining that the empire had become dependent on the Snake-People Tribe. Meanwhile, Chen Xuan used four drops of Dou Sheng blood essence to transform a lake into a resource that could strengthen the entire tribe before its journey to the Black-Corner Region.

• Yun Shan consulted the Soul Hall's Vulture Protector, who left to deal with the Snake-People Tribe and told Yun Shan to manage matters until his return.
• Jia Xingtian arrived in the imperial capital, where Jia Ye, Yao Yue, and Yao Ye celebrated his breakthrough before learning the price was the empire's dependence on the Snake-People Tribe.
• Jia Xingtian warned Yao Yue never to challenge the Snake-People Tribe and urged her to grow stronger as the Queen's disciple.
• Chen Xuan told Queen Medusa he planned to use Dou Sheng blood essence to strengthen the entire Snake-People Tribe, and revealed he had four drops.
• Chen Xuan poured the four drops into a lake, turning its water golden and creating a powerful resource for the tribe's cultivation.

The Snake-People Tribe grew stronger after Chen Xuan distributed diluted Dou Sheng blood essence, while his monthly sign-in awarded him an Ancient Void Dragon corpse. Mo Tianxing arrived to warn that Han Feng and other Black-Corner Region experts might ambush the tribe during its relocation, and Chen Xuan suspected Han Feng wanted his Heavenly Flame.

• Elder Yin Shi reported that the sacred medicine had helped the tribe gain six Dou Wang experts, fifty Dou Ling experts, and many other strength increases, while Yan Ci had reached Dou Huang.
• Chen Xuan signed in and received the remains of an eighth-rank Ancient Void Dragon, then decided to keep the dangerous prize hidden for now.
• Chen Xuan detected an intruder in the Sacred Hall, and Mo Tianxing of the Black Emperor Sect appeared and paid his respects.
• Mo Tianxing told Chen Xuan that the Black Emperor Sect had seized the Demon Blade Mountain Range for the tribe, but a leaked agreement had stirred the Black-Corner Region and prompted plans to rob the relocating Snake-People Tribe.
• Mo Tianxing identified Earth Demon Old Ghost and Han Feng as threats, and Chen Xuan revealed his Heavenly Flame as a possible reason for Han Feng's interest.
• Chen Xuan realized that Han Feng was the person he had planned to seek out.

Chen Xuan dismissed Mo Tianxing’s fears about Earth Demon Old Ghost and Han Feng and prepared the Snake-People Tribe for its entry into the Black-Corner Region. After Mo Tianxing left, Chen Xuan and Queen Medusa discussed the dangers ahead, and he ordered the tribe to prepare for war.

• Chen Xuan assured Mo Tianxing that Earth Demon Old Ghost and Han Feng would die if they came, while Mo Tianxing recognized the Snake-People Tribe’s formidable strength.
• Chen Xuan invited Mo Tianxing to return to the Black-Corner Region with the Snake-People Tribe, but Mo Tianxing declined to avoid alarming local factions.
• Mo Tianxing left the Snake-People Holy City and concluded that befriending the Snake-People Tribe before their arrival had been wise.
• Queen Medusa worried that conflict with the Black-Corner Region’s battle-hardened factions would cause heavy Snake-People casualties.
• Chen Xuan said the tribe must grow stronger and ordered it to prepare for war in the Black-Corner Region.

As the Snake-People Tribe prepared to relocate to the Black-Corner Region, the Jia Ma Imperial Family and Misty Cloud Sect assessed the consequences. Jia Xingtian ordered Yao Yue to deliver the tribe its share of resources, while Yun Shan remained wary of Queen Medusa’s power and ordered continued surveillance.

• Chen Xuan prepared the Snake-People Tribe for war and relocation by gathering supplies, weapons, pills, and medicinal ingredients.
• Yao Yue told Jia Xingtian that her teacher was increasing purchases and demanding the Jia Ma Imperial Family’s fifty-percent resource share in advance.
• Jia Xingtian ordered Yao Yue to deliver the resources and instructed the provinces to treat the Snake-People Tribe respectfully as it traveled.
• Yun Leng reported to Yun Shan that the Snake-People Tribe was relocating to the Black-Corner Region.
• Yun Shan considered the danger of the Black-Corner Region and Queen Medusa’s strength, then ordered Yun Leng to keep monitoring the tribe.

Chen Xuan prepared the Snake-People Tribe to leave its homeland for the Black-Corner Region, using the Sea King Ring to solve the problem of transporting their vast supplies. After rallying the uncertain tribe with a speech about growing stronger, he led them to set out.

• Yue Mei reported that all 218,741 members had assembled, but the tribe had more supplies than its Storage Rings and carriages could carry.
• Chen Xuan said he would store the excess resources in the Sea King Ring, then left the Sacred Hall with Yue Mei.
• Great Elder Snake Ji confirmed that the tribe and its supplies were ready outside the city gates, where Chen Xuan and the leaders had gathered.
• Chen Xuan addressed the tribe, explained why they were leaving for the Black-Corner Region, and declared that the Snake-People Tribe would triumph.
• The tribe repeated Chen Xuan's rallying cry, and he ordered everyone to move out.

The Jia Ma Empire and Misty Cloud Sect learned that Queen Medusa had begun moving the Snake-People Tribe toward the Black-Corner Region, and both ordered their forces not to interfere. After leaving the Magical Beast Mountain Range, Xiao Yan traveled through the Tagor Desert toward Desert City, where he heard startling news about his brothers and the tribe’s migration.

• Yao Yue reported the Snake-People Tribe’s departure, and Jia Xingtian ordered the empire to assist them and avoid interference.
• Yun Shan ordered the Misty Cloud Sect to let the tribe pass, while Yun Yun recalled her encounter with a mysterious young man who had injured her.
• Xiao Yan left the Magical Beast Mountain Range after reaching the Dou Shi realm, and Yao Lao directed him across the Tagor Desert toward the Chu Yun Empire in search of a Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Yan arrived in Desert City and learned that Xiao Ding and Xiao Li had become Da Dou Shi and led the city’s strongest mercenary group.
• Xiao Yan heard that Queen Medusa was relocating the Snake-People Tribe to the Black-Corner Region and reacted in disbelief.

Xiao Yan learned why Queen Medusa was moving the Snake-People Tribe to the Black-Corner Region and reunited with his brothers, discovering that Queen Medusa had helped build their mercenary group. After Yao Lao explained Qing Lin’s extraordinary potential, the migrating tribe learned that Earth Demon Old Ghost had united regional forces to threaten their passage, and Chen Xuan vowed to kill him.

• Yao Lao explained that the lawless Black-Corner Region offered powerful resources and that Queen Medusa’s arrival could reshape its factions.
• Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, whose Desert Iron Mercenary Group had grown formidable with Queen Medusa’s support.
• Yao Lao identified Qing Lin as the Three-Flowered Green Snake Child, whose mystical pupils could control snake-type magical beasts and eventually command beasts as powerful as herself.
• As the Snake-People Tribe migrated toward the Black-Corner Region, Mu Chen warned Chen Xuan that Earth Demon Old Ghost had formed an alliance to intercept and slaughter them.
• After Mu Chen reported Earth Demon Old Ghost’s threat to annihilate the tribe, Chen Xuan declared that he would kill him.

The Snake-People Tribe reached Ghost-Suppressing Pass and advanced into the Black-Corner Region, where Chen Xuan learned that the Soul Hall was secretly behind the planned attack. The tribe’s forces clashed with a large Black-Corner Region army, and Chen Xuan moved to fight Earth Demon Old Ghost as the battle spread across the plains.

• Mu Chen reported that the Black-Corner Region’s forces had withdrawn toward the Black Domain Great Plains, and Chen Xuan ordered the Snake-People Tribe to rest before marching onward.
• Chen Xuan promised Ya Fei that she would establish the tribe’s auction house after they settled in the Black-Corner Region.
• Earth Demon Old Ghost and tens of thousands of Black-Corner Region experts prepared to attack the migrating tribe, while a Soul Hall member revealed that the faction was involved.
• Mo Tianxing warned Chen Xuan that the Soul Hall was working with Demon Flame Valley, and Chen Xuan concluded that it wanted to harvest souls from a large-scale battle.
• The Snake-People Tribe’s fifty thousand soldiers clashed with an equal number of Black-Corner Region fighters, while their leaders fought the enemy experts in the sky.
• Chen Xuan challenged Earth Demon Old Ghost with his black halberd as Ya Fei watched the battle and vowed to become stronger.

Great Elder Snake Ji and the Snake-People Tribe turned the battle against the Black-Corner Region by using the Eight Gates to increase their strength. Chen Xuan reached seven-star Dou Zong and faced Earth Demon Old Ghost and a Soul Hall Protector, whose Ten Thousand Souls Devouring Spirit Formation killed every Black-Corner Region fighter and gathered their souls.

• Great Elder Snake Ji opened six of the Eight Gates, reached two-star Dou Zong, and fought the Gold and Silver Elders.
• The Snake-People Tribe's leaders and elders used the Eight Gates to strengthen themselves, and Mo Bass killed a Black-Corner Region Dou Wang as the battle shifted in their favor.
• Chen Xuan opened six gates and rose from four-star to seven-star Dou Zong, then blocked Earth Demon Old Ghost's Thousand Illusions Profound Ice Thorn without injury.
• A Soul Hall Protector emerged from the void and joined Earth Demon Old Ghost in attacking Chen Xuan with their strongest techniques.
• The Soul Hall Protector unleashed the Ten Thousand Souls Devouring Spirit Formation, which tore the souls from the Black-Corner Region fighters and killed them all.

Chen Xuan used her Heaven-Rank Dou Technique to defeat Earth Demon Old Ghost and the Soul Hall Protector, then burned the Protector away with the Green Lotus Core Flame. Earth Demon Old Ghost escaped as a soul, and Great Elder Snake Ji pursued him while Chen Xuan finished off the Soul Hall Protector.

• Great Elder Snake Ji ordered the Snake-People Tribe army to retreat as Chen Xuan prepared her Heaven Devour technique.
• Chen Xuan’s attack overwhelmed Earth Demon Old Ghost’s ice technique and the Soul Hall Protector’s soul formation, killing Earth Demon Old Ghost’s body and cutting the Protector in half.
• The Soul Hall Protector revealed that the souls he had absorbed strengthened him, then pulled Earth Demon Old Ghost’s surviving soul from his body to consume it.
• Chen Xuan used the Green Lotus Core Flame to free Earth Demon Old Ghost, who fled toward the Black-Corner Region as Great Elder Snake Ji went after him.
• Chen Xuan unleashed hundreds of green lotuses that devoured the Soul Hall Protector’s black mist and left no trace of him.

Chen Xuan’s forces defeated the Black-Corner Region’s attackers, and he collected Earth Demon Old Ghost’s treasures before destroying his captured soul. After a day of recovery, the Snake-People Tribe reached Black Seal City, beginning its move into the Black-Corner Region.

• Chen Xuan searched Earth Demon Old Ghost’s Storage Ring and found valuable techniques, medicinal materials, and three seventh-grade Life-Restoring Pills.
• Medusa proposed looting Demon Flame Valley, and Chen Xuan agreed to seek its treasures, including the Flame Manipulation Art.
• Yue Mei reported that the Snake-People Tribe had lost nearly a thousand people, while Snake Ji returned with Earth Demon Old Ghost’s captured soul.
• Chen Xuan burned Earth Demon Old Ghost’s soul with the Green Lotus Core Flame after rejecting his offer to serve the tribe.
• After recovering for a day, Chen Xuan led the Snake-People Tribe onward, and they arrived at Black Seal City.

Chen Xuan led the Snake-People Tribe to Black Seal City, where Yuan Yi welcomed Queen Medusa and invited her to the annual auction. After settling in, Chen Xuan gave Hai Bodong three of Earth Demon Old Ghost’s ice-attribute Dou Techniques, while Queen Medusa explored the city; the next day, Chen Xuan decided to refine Emperor’s Extreme Pills.

• Chen Xuan brought the Snake-People Tribe to Black Seal City, and Yuan Yi met Queen Medusa and agreed to let the tribe rest outside the city.
• Yuan Yi invited Queen Medusa to the Eight Gates’ annual auction in three days, and Chen Xuan accepted.
• Chen Xuan gave Hai Bodong three of Earth Demon Old Ghost’s ice-attribute Dou Techniques.
• Yuan Yi warned the Eight Gates elders not to provoke the Snake-People Tribe, while Queen Medusa explored Black Seal City that evening.
• Chen Xuan declined to go out the next day and decided to try refining Emperor’s Extreme Pills.

Chen Xuan refined Emperor's Extreme Pills in the Eight Gates, overcoming an initial failure and producing four pills. He then prepared to attend Black Seal City's grand auction.

• Chen Xuan used the Green Lotus Core Flame and Snake King Cauldron to attempt an Emperor's Extreme Pill, but the pill exploded during fusion.
• Chen Xuan applied what he had learned and successfully refined an Emperor's Extreme Pill, whose fragrance drew the attention of the Eight Gates' elders and Yuan Yi.
• Gu He stopped the Amethyst Winged Lion Emperor cub from entering Chen Xuan's room and gave it a medicinal herb instead.
• Chen Xuan continued refining pills until noon the next day, producing four Emperor's Extreme Pills after two failures.
• Chen Xuan realized it was the day of Black Seal City's grand auction and decided to see what it offered.

Chen Xuan attended the Black Seal City Auction with Yuan Yi and discovered a mysterious connection between his Heavenly Flame and Fang Yan, Demon Flame Valley’s Great Elder. After Chen Xuan added a Sixth-Grade Emperor’s Extreme Pill to the auction, it was announced as the auction’s third-ranked highlight.

• Yuan Yi welcomed Chen Xuan and led him and his companions to the auction, where Yue Mei’s Dou Emperor aura frightened off men staring at her and Queen Medusa.
• Chen Xuan’s group’s strength shocked the auction attendees, and Chen Xuan sensed his Heavenly Flame tremble when he encountered the Black-Robed Man, who was Fang Yan in disguise.
• Fang Yan planned to obtain a valuable auction item and flee Demon Flame Valley, fearing Queen Medusa after she killed Earth Demon Old Ghost.
• The auction began with the Nine Frost Art and proceeded through many treasures, while Chen Xuan won Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva.
• Chen Xuan gave Yuan Yi a jade box and requested that its contents be auctioned immediately; the auctioneer revealed it was a Sixth-Grade Emperor’s Extreme Pill.

The Black Seal City auction drew Chen Xuan and the Snake-People Tribe into fierce bidding over a rare Emperor's Extreme Pill and the Thunder Breathing Method. The auction then revealed a Sect Breaking Pill, leaving the gathered factions watching Chen Xuan with apprehension.

• Hei Xuan won the Emperor's Extreme Pill for five million gold coins, then learned that Chen Xuan's group belonged to the Snake-People Tribe.
• The auction presented the Mid Earth Tier Thunder Breathing Method, which Chen Xuan bought for two Emperor's Extreme Pills after outbidding the Black-Corner Region's factions.
• Yuan Yi revealed the final item, a Sect Breaking Pill that could help a Peak Dou Huang break through to Dou Zong.
• The third-floor guests glanced warily at Chen Xuan and his companions after hearing the Sect Breaking Pill's importance.

At the Black Seal City auction, Chen Xuan bid one gold coin for a Sect Breaking Pill, but Fang Yan of the Demon Flame Valley raised the price to twenty million and won it. Chen Xuan left with Queen Medusa’s companions, confident Fang Yan could not escape them.

• Yuan Yi announced that the Sect Breaking Pill belonged to Medicine Emperor Han Feng and that its buyer would have to perform a task for him.
• Hei Xuan and Yin Gu exchanged insults and clashed with their Dou Emperor auras before Yuan Yi stopped them from fighting in the auction hall.
• Chen Xuan discussed establishing an auction house in the Black-Corner Region with Queen Medusa, then bid one gold coin for the Sect Breaking Pill because the Snake-People Tribe’s forces waited outside the city.
• Fang Yan bid twenty million gold coins, and Yuan Yi declared him the winner after no one else raised the offer.
• Yue Mei asked whether they should act, and Chen Xuan left the auction hall with her, Hai Bodong, and Gu He, saying Fang Yan could not escape them.