Recaps

Chen Xuan announced a major auction to build ties with the Black-Corner Region’s factions while using the Sect Breaking Pill to draw out powerful figures and gather information. After Snake Ji identified Fang Yan as the Demon Flame Valley’s Great Elder, the Snake-People Tribe tracked him through Black Seal City, where Gu He uncovered his disguise and forced him to flee.

• Yuan Yi asked Chen Xuan to sell him an Emperor's Extreme Pill, but Chen Xuan instead announced an auction at the Demon Blade Sect in three months featuring powerful pills, cultivation methods, Dou Techniques, and rare items.
• Chen Xuan explained that auctioning the Sect Breaking Pill would demonstrate the Snake-People Tribe’s strength, win allies, and reveal information about rival factions; he assigned Ya Fei to host the auction.
• Great Elder Snake Ji reported that the man who had bought a Sect Breaking Pill was Fang Yan, the Demon Flame Valley’s Great Elder, and that his weakened soul power suggested he had used an External Incarnation.
• Chen Xuan sent Hai Bodong and several elders after the apparent incarnation while Snake Ji, Yue Mei, and Gu He went into Black Seal City to locate Fang Yan and recover his Sect Breaking Pill.
• Gu He swept the city with his Sixth-Grade Alchemist soul power and exposed Fang Yan, who abandoned his disguise and fled toward another city gate.

Great Elder Snake Ji pursued and killed Fang Yan after revealing her Dou Zong strength, and Chen Xuan recovered the Sect Breaking Pill and Demon Flame Valley's secret arts from Fang Yan's Storage Ring. Before the Snake-People Tribe prepared to leave for the Demon Blade Mountain Range, Chen Xuan warned its elders not to depend on the Eight Gates instead of cultivating their own strength.

• Great Elder Snake Ji and the Snake-People experts pursued Fang Yan, who had tried to escape using an External Incarnation.
• Fang Yan unleashed Demon Flame Valley's mutated flame, but Snake Ji advanced to Dou Zong strength, extinguished it, and killed him with a palm strike.
• Snake Ji took Fang Yan's Storage Ring and brought it to Chen Xuan, who found the Sect Breaking Pill, Flame Manipulation Art, Soul-Splitting Art, and other valuables inside.
• Chen Xuan announced that the tribe would set out the next day for the Demon Blade Mountain Range and ordered Snake Ji to cultivate toward a genuine Dou Zong breakthrough.
• Chen Xuan warned the elders that the Eight Gates was only external power and instructed them not to use it except in life-or-death situations.

Chen Xuan led the Snake-People Tribe toward Demon Flame Valley after receiving powerful rewards from his monthly sign-in. When they arrived, the Rakshasa Gate was attacking the weakened Demon Flame Valley, and Chen Xuan chose to wait while the factions fought; the battle escalated as both sides prepared their strongest techniques.

• Chen Xuan decided to divert the Snake-People Tribe to Demon Flame Valley and received the Emperor Seal Art, the Great Heaven Creation Palm, and a ten-thousand-year Bodhi Seed from his monthly sign-in.
• Great Elder Snake Ji reported that the tribe would reach Demon Flame Valley in about three days, and Chen Xuan ordered the army to move faster.
• Chen Xuan and the Snake-People Tribe arrived to find Su Mei and the Rakshasa Gate attacking Demon Flame Valley, which had lost Earth Demon Old Ghost and Fang Yan.
• Chen Xuan refused Snake Ji's offer to intervene and watched as Su Mei drove Demon Flame Valley's second elder back.
• Demon Flame Valley's second elder joined forces with two allies to perform the Flame Manipulation Art and summon a giant fire phoenix.
• Su Mei answered with the Rakshasa Seal as the battle intensified.

Chen Xuan arrived at Demon Flame Valley after Su Mei and its elders had fought, and he subdued the surviving valley forces while letting the Rakshasa Gate leave. He claimed Earth Demon Old Ghost’s treasury, where Little Snake opened a spatially sealed vault and Chen Xuan discovered the Heavenly Demon Puppet technique.

• Su Mei and Demon Flame Valley’s elders were badly injured in their clash before Chen Xuan arrived with Queen Medusa’s forces.
• Fang Zheng, Ao Cheng, and Long Ju submitted to Chen Xuan, who placed Snake Curse Seals on them and spared Demon Flame Valley.
• Chen Xuan asked Su Mei to deliver a warning to Han Feng about the Black Domain Great Plains, and she led the Rakshasa Gate away.
• Fang Zheng guided Chen Xuan to Earth Demon Old Ghost’s treasury, where Chen Xuan’s aura subdued a Dou Wang-level magical beast.
• Little Snake passed through the spatial restriction and opened the treasury, revealing mountains of treasure, cultivation techniques, and the Heavenly Demon Puppet scroll.
• Chen Xuan collected the treasury’s valuables, leaving ten million gold coins for Demon Flame Valley.

Chen Xuan and the Snake-People Tribe reached Demon Cloud City and took control of the former Demon Blade Sect headquarters as their new Sacred Hall. After Queen Medusa welcomed Black Emperor Sect representatives and agreed to provide pills, Mo Ya left impressed by the tribe’s strength and resources.

• Chen Xuan arrived at Demon Cloud City with the migrating Snake-People Tribe army and met Che Cheng and Mo Ya at the gates.
• The Snake-People Tribe entered the city, and its members settled into the former Demon Blade Sect headquarters, which they renamed the Sacred Hall.
• Queen Medusa hosted a banquet for the tribe’s experts and the Black Emperor Sect representatives, where Mo Ya asked to buy Dou Ling Pills and Emperor's Extreme Pills.
• Queen Medusa agreed to provide the Black Emperor Sect with two Dou Ling Pills and two Emperor's Extreme Pills, and Mo Ya and Che Cheng departed the next morning.
• Mo Ya told Che Cheng that the Snake-People Tribe’s strength and pill reserves could challenge Medicine Emperor Han Feng’s standing in the Black-Corner Region.

Chen Xuan reorganized Demon Cloud City to improve relations between humans and the Snake-People Tribe, while preparing a major auction to establish the city's reputation. When Jia Xingtian tested the Black-Corner Region’s defenses with an army, its factions united to stop him, forcing him to withdraw.

• Chen Xuan divided Demon Cloud City into sections for the Snake-People Tribe’s eight tribes, imposed a ban on killing, opened City Guard service to loyal humans, and introduced affordable pills and city reforms.
• Chen Xuan and Ya Fei prepared an auction featuring rare pills and earth-rank dou techniques, with several hundred invitations sent to powers across the Black-Corner Region.
• Yue Mei reported that Jia Xingtian had brought a hundred thousand troops to Ghost-Suppressing Pass and sought to expand the Jia Ma Empire’s territory into the Black Domain Great Plains.
• Black Seal City, the Black Skeleton Curtain, Black Curtain Manor, the Thousand Medicine Shop, and other factions formed an alliance and sent five Dou Emperors to oppose Jia Xingtian.
• After the Black-Corner Region’s forces held their ground, Jia Xingtian ordered the Jia Ma Empire’s army to withdraw.

Chen Xuan broke through to Five-Star Dou Zong and learned that Demon Cloud City’s new businesses were thriving. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan gained the netherworld poison flame and prepared to seek Queen Medusa’s help before his Three-Year Agreement, while the aggrieved little Amethyst Winged Lion Emperor waited for Chen Xuan to avenge him.

• Chen Xuan advanced to Five-Star Dou Zong after a month of seclusion in Demon Cloud City.
• Xiao Yan used the netherworld poison flame to kill a Demon Tiger, and Yao Lao explained that the flame had helped the Flame Mantra evolve to Mystic Tier.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan to seek Queen Medusa’s help against Yun Shan and revealed that she could eventually reach Dou Sheng; Xiao Yan agreed to travel to the Black-Corner Region.
• Ya Fei reported that Demon Cloud City’s pill shop and auction house had opened successfully and that the city had remained orderly during Chen Xuan’s absence.
• Ya Fei explained that the little Amethyst Winged Lion Emperor had been barred from the storeroom, beaten by magical beasts while searching for medicinal ingredients, and had waited half a month for Chen Xuan to avenge him.

Chen Xuan learned that the Demon Blade Mountain Range held several powerful magical beasts and became curious about its depths. He took the little Amethyst Winged Lion Emperor there for training, found a Spirit White Fox and its vast herb collection, and seized the herbs, leaving the fox in danger.

• Ya Fei told Chen Xuan that three sixth-rank magical beasts and at least ten fifth-tier beasts lived in the Demon Blade Mountain Range, and that the three strongest had driven off the former Demon Blade Sect master.
• Chen Xuan decided to train the little Amethyst Winged Lion Emperor by taking him to the range, while the Amethyst Winged Lion King watched them depart after advancing to Five-Star Dou Emperor.
• The little Amethyst Winged Lion Emperor led Chen Xuan to a cave, where they encountered a Spirit White Fox that had previously beaten him.
• Chen Xuan bound the Spirit White Fox and the little Amethyst Winged Lion Emperor with spatial chains, then entered the cave and discovered a large store of medicinal herbs.
• Chen Xuan swept every herb into his Sea King Ring, and the Spirit White Fox sensed danger as he turned toward it.

Chen Xuan won the Spirit White Fox’s loyalty with a Blood-Raising Pill and followed it into the Demon Blade Mountain Range to gather medicinal herbs. At the range’s heart, he confronted three Sixth-Rank Magical Beasts and discovered they were guarding a secret they refused to reveal.

• Chen Xuan offered the Spirit White Fox a Blood-Raising Pill in exchange for following him, and it accepted, awakening its bloodline and advancing to the advanced fourth rank.
• The little Amethyst Winged Lion Emperor tried to make the Spirit White Fox its underling, but Chen Xuan dismissed the idea and named the fox Spirit Fox.
• Spirit Fox guided Chen Xuan through the Demon Blade Mountain Range, where he collected medicinal herbs from the lairs of fourth- and fifth-rank magical beasts without killing them.
• Chen Xuan and his companions reached the mountain range’s heart, where three Sixth-Rank Magical Beasts—a golden eagle, a black tiger, and a Purple Nether Flame Snake—confronted him.
• The three overlords offered to provide Chen Xuan with whatever he needed, but stiffened when he asked what secret they guarded and urged him to leave.

Chen Xuan killed the three sixth-rank overlords of the Demon Blade Mountain Range after they tried to keep him away from its hidden treasure. He discovered a blood pool that could strengthen magical beasts and their bloodlines, and realized it might help the Snake-People Tribe grow stronger.

• The Black-Eyed Golden Tiger offered Chen Xuan a Moon Immortal Spirit Flower to persuade him to leave, but he insisted on investigating the mountain range.
• The Golden-Winged Vulture, Black-Eyed Golden Tiger, and Purple Nether Flame Snake attacked Chen Xuan, then entered a blood-fueled berserk state that raised their strength to the upper sixth rank.
• Chen Xuan used the Mountain Splitting Seal to kill all three beasts with one strike, then stored their corpses and searched their lairs with Bai Ling.
• Chen Xuan collected rare sixth-tier medicinal materials, including the Moon Immortal Spirit Flower, from the beasts' lairs.
• The Spirit White Fox and young Amethyst Winged Lion Emperor led Chen Xuan to a cavern containing a blood pool.
• Queen Medusa explained that the blood pool could strengthen magical beasts, improve their bloodlines, and help them break through to Dou Zong, prompting Chen Xuan to consider using it for the Snake-People Tribe.

Chen Xuan and Queen Medusa discovered that the Blood Pool could greatly strengthen the Snake-People Tribe and began testing its effects on the Spirit White Fox and the young Amethyst Winged Lion Emperor. After several days of cultivation and refining an eighth-rank Ancient Void Dragon’s remains, Chen Xuan returned to Demon Cloud City with the Blood Pool secured for future use.

• Queen Medusa proposed limiting the Blood Pool to Dou Wang experts and above, while selecting fifty talented youngsters to use it each year.
• Chen Xuan forced the young Amethyst Winged Lion Emperor into the Blood Pool’s deeper waters, where it began cultivating alongside the Spirit White Fox.
• After three days, the young Amethyst Winged Lion Emperor advanced to the middle stage of a third-rank magical beast, while the Spirit White Fox neared a breakthrough.
• Chen Xuan used the azure green lotus core flame to refine the Ancient Void Dragon’s corpse, extracting its eighth-rank magic core and five drops of Dou Zun-level blood essence before storing the skeleton.
• Chen Xuan led the stronger Amethyst Winged Lion Emperor and Spirit White Fox out of the Blood Pool and returned to Demon Cloud City.

Chen Xuan returned to Demon Cloud City, learned that Medicine Emperor Han Feng had been waiting to meet him, and organized how the Snake-People Tribe would use the Heavenly Blood Pool. The chapter ended with Han Feng entering the Great Hall beside a concealed Four-Star Dou Zong.

• Chen Xuan returned to Demon Cloud City and learned that Han Feng had stayed there for three days requesting an audience.
• Chen Xuan reunited with Ya Fei and the elders, introduced the Spirit White Fox, and revealed that the little fellow’s rapid growth came from a Heavenly Blood Pool.
• Elder Ji Xuan and Leader Yin Shi advised limiting access to preserve the pool, and Chen Xuan set five-year entry rules and appointed Black Mountain and Gu Luo to guard it.
• Yue Mei reported that Great Elder Snake Ji and Gu He remained in seclusion, with Gu He’s attempts to refine Sect Breaking Pills having failed.
• A guard announced Han Feng’s arrival, and Chen Xuan recognized that the stranger accompanying him was a Four-Star Dou Zong.
• Han Feng entered the Great Hall, paid his respects to Chen Xuan, and praised her beauty and strength.

Han Feng visited Demon Cloud City to apologize to Chen Xuan and offer a Yin-Yang Dragon Profound Pill for his past attack on the Snake-People Tribe. He then negotiated Chen Xuan’s help in attacking Jia Nan Academy for its heavenly flame, leaving with an agreement that each man privately planned to use to his own advantage.

• Chen Xuan intimidated Han Feng and revealed that the quiet old man accompanying him was a Four-Star Dou Zong.
• The little fellow recognized Han Feng’s medicinal scent, and Han Feng identified it as an Amethyst Winged Lion Emperor destined to become an eighth-rank magical beast.
• Han Feng admitted he had organized the attack on the Snake-People Tribe and offered Chen Xuan a Yin-Yang Dragon Profound Pill to settle the matter; Chen Xuan accepted it and warned Han Feng not to provoke the tribe again.
• Han Feng showed Chen Xuan his Sea Heart Flame and proposed that they attack Jia Nan Academy to seize its heavenly flame in exchange for a seventh-grade pill.
• Chen Xuan bargained for one seventh-grade pill and three Sect Breaking Pills, agreed to hold off one Dou Zong, and collected two Sect Breaking Pills as a deposit.
• Han Feng left intending to master the Flame Mantra and eventually subdue Chen Xuan and Jia Nan Academy, while Chen Xuan privately doubted he would need to honor the deal.

Chen Xuan used spirit nurturing dust and a Moon Immortal Spirit Flower to help Gu He overcome repeated failures in refining the Sect Breaking Pill. Gu He succeeded, and the Snake-People Tribe celebrated the emergence of a Pill Emperor as Chen Xuan continued to consider moving a Dou Sheng’s small world to the Black-Corner Region.

• Chen Xuan received ten grains of spirit nurturing dust and a Spatial Displacement Formation diagram, which could relocate a small world but required a Dou Zun and eight eighth-rank magic cores.
• After Gu He failed his fourth attempt to refine the Sect Breaking Pill, Chen Xuan gave him spirit nurturing dust to strengthen his soul power.
• Gu He used one grain of spirit nurturing dust and increased his soul power by ten percent, then accepted the remaining grains and a Moon Immortal Spirit Flower from Chen Xuan.
• Gu He resumed refining the Sect Breaking Pill, and two days later a pillar of pill energy rose from the Snake-People Tribe Sacred Hall.
• Hai Bodong, Yue Mei, and the Snake-People Tribe’s elders recognized Gu He’s success and anticipated that Pill Emperor Gu He would become famous throughout the Black-Corner Region.

Gu He successfully refined a Sect Breaking Pill and became a peak sixth-grade Alchemy Master, drawing the attention of Medicine Emperor Han Feng. At a banquet celebrating his achievement, Queen Medusa announced that the Snake-People Tribe would hold a major auction in Demon Cloud City in one week.

• Han Feng and the Eagle Mountain Elder watched the pill phenomenon and identified the Sect Breaking Pill as a likely peak sixth-grade pill.
• Gu He caught the escaping Sect Breaking Pill, and Hai Bodong congratulated him on his success.
• Chen Xuan praised Gu He, who briefly tested his soul power against Han Feng and recognized that Han Feng was stronger.
• At the banquet, Queen Medusa praised Gu He's value to the Snake-People Tribe, while Chen Xuan said he had nurtured Gu chiefly because of his loyalty.
• Queen Medusa announced that the Snake-People Tribe would hold a major auction in Demon Cloud City in one week and told the elders to prepare carefully.

Gu He’s rise and Hai Bodong’s history strengthened human support for Queen Medusa as major Black-Corner Region factions arrived in Demon Cloud City for her auction. Hai Bodong and three Snake-People Tribe elders executed two Dou Emperor rule-breakers, and a black-robed figure finally reached the city.

• Gu He publicly credited Queen Medusa for his achievements, while news of Hai Bodong’s place in the Snake-People Tribe further improved human opinion of her rule.
• Major Black-Corner Region factions, including Mo Tianxing of the Black Emperor Sect, arrived in Demon Cloud City for the auction and observed its orderly human and snake-person community.
• Two Dou Emperor experts fought inside the city, prompting Hai Bodong, Ji Xuan, Gu Luo, and Black Mountain to pursue and kill them.
• Hai Bodong displayed the two corpses at the city gate as a warning, and the visiting experts became more cautious.
• After three more days passed, a black-robed figure arrived outside Demon Cloud City with his teacher.

Xiao Yan arrived in Demon Cloud City before its auction and saw how Queen Medusa’s rule had brought humans and snake-people together in a prosperous city. After he used the Snake-People Tribe’s highest-ranking token to secure a room on the sixth floor, Han Feng sensed Xiao Yan’s Heavenly Flame, while Chen Xuan learned of Xiao Yan’s arrival.

• Xiao Yan entered Demon Cloud City, where Yao Lao identified two Dou Huang corpses on the walls and praised Queen Medusa’s power.
• Xiao Yan explored the city, admired its peaceful mix of humans and snake-people, and bought several fourth-tier medicinal herbs.
• Xiao Yan showed the inn receptionist Queen Medusa’s purple token, and Elder Jiadou personally escorted him to a free Honored Guest room on the sixth floor.
• Xiao Yan sensed that someone on the sixth floor possessed a Heavenly Flame, but Yao Lao did not answer when he called.
• Han Feng recognized Xiao Yan’s Netherworld Poison Flame and decided not to act inside Demon Cloud City.
• Chen Xuan learned that Xiao Yan had arrived and realized he was staying on the same floor as Han Feng.

Xiao Yan attended Demon Cloud City's first auction, where he discovered that Han Feng, the man who killed his teacher, was also present. The auction's final lot was revealed as blood essence from an eighth-rank Ancient Void Dragon, leaving the assembled experts stunned.

• Elder Jiadou escorted Xiao Yan to the auction, where he encountered Han Feng and sensed the Heavenly Flame within him.
• Xiao Yan met Queen Medusa, Gu He, Hai Bodong, and Chen Xuan, who identified Han Feng as Xiao Yan's senior fellow disciple and offered to kill him; Xiao Yan refused, saying his teacher should take Han Feng's life.
• Ya Fei hosted the auction, which sold rare pills including the Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill, Emperor's Extreme Pills, and a Sect Breaking Pill that the Thousand Medicine Shop bought for twenty-five million gold coins.
• The Snake-People Tribe presented a jade bottle that released a powerful dragon phantom, and Ya Fei revealed it contained blood essence from an eighth-rank Ancient Void Dragon.

At the Black-Corner Region auction, Ya Fei offered the Snake-People Tribe’s eighth-rank Ancient Void Dragon blood essence, drawing fierce bids from powerful factions. After leaving the auction, Chen Xuan returned to the Sacred Hall with Xiao Yan, who asked her to help keep the situation under control during his approaching Three-Year Agreement with the Misty Cloud Sect.

• Ya Fei revealed the blood essence’s origin and began bidding at twenty million gold coins, exciting the Black-Corner Region’s major factions.
• Mo Tianxing offered gold and an Earth Tier Mid Grade Dou Technique, but a black-robed bidder raised the price to fifty million and continued competing with the Thousand Medicine Shop.
• Chen Xuan left the auction with Yue Mei and Xiao Yan, saying Gu He and Hai Bodong could oversee the sale.
• At the Sacred Hall, Xiao Yan learned from Yao Lao that Qing Lin was a Three-Flowered Green Snake Child with the potential to become a powerful overlord.
• Chen Xuan took Xiao Yan aside and asked why he had come; Xiao Yan requested help keeping matters under control during his Three-Year Agreement with the Misty Cloud Sect.

Chen Xuan learned that golden spirit saliva might be found among the Earth Bear clan and traded ancient void dragon blood essence to Yao Lao for a seventh-rank pill formula. After the auction ended, a fight broke out over Han Feng’s winnings outside Demon Cloud City, and Chen Xuan chose to protect the city’s reputation by watching rather than intervening.

• Xiao Yan asked Chen Xuan to accompany him to the Misty Cloud Sect for his Three-Year Agreement with Nalan Yanran, and Chen Xuan agreed in exchange for one of Xiao Yan’s favors.
• Yao Lao revealed that golden spirit saliva was a rare metal-attribute treasure and suggested Chen Xuan search among the powerful Earth Bear clan in the Central Plains.
• Yao Lao traded a Pure Heart Pill formula to Chen Xuan for Ancient Void Dragon blood essence to aid his planned rebirth.
• A battle erupted outside Demon Cloud City after the auction, and Hai Bodong reported that Han Feng had bought the final blood essence for ninety million gold coins before an unidentified Dou Zong attacked his Four-Star Dou Zong bodyguard.
• Hai Bodong offered to intervene, but Chen Xuan refused to rob the auction winner and told him to watch the fight as long as it did not affect the city.

Chen Xuan watched the Lion Nether Sect confront Han Feng and Eagle Mountain Elder over the Eighth-Rank Magical Beast blood essence. When the Lion Nether Sect threatened them with two Dou Zong experts, Han Feng and Eagle Mountain Elder fled back to Demon Cloud City for protection.

• Chen Xuan and Xiao Yan went to Demon Cloud City's gate, where Hai Bodong identified Eagle Mountain Elder as a Four-Star Dou Zong fighting a mysterious White-Haired Elder.
• The White-Haired Elder summoned a Black-Clad Elder, revealed that both belonged to the Lion Nether Sect, and demanded Han Feng surrender the blood essence.
• Queen Medusa told Chen Xuan that the Lion Nether Sect was a powerful faction rumored to have Dou Zun experts, while Black-Corner Region leaders returned to the city for safety.
• Chen Xuan allowed the factions to enter Demon Cloud City but charged each group five hundred thousand gold coins and reaffirmed his ban on fighting inside the city.
• As the Lion Nether Sect elders prepared to attack, Han Feng and Eagle Mountain Elder fled back to Demon Cloud City rather than fight them.

Chen Xuan protected Han Feng and Eagle Mountain Elder in Demon Cloud City, accepting Han Feng’s seventh-grade Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill as the price of his protection. After defeating two Lion Nether Sect Dou Zong experts who challenged his authority, Chen Xuan forced them to flee and warned everyone to obey his rules within the city.

• Han Feng offered Chen Xuan the Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill in exchange for protection from the Lion Nether Sect, and Chen Xuan declared that no one could fight in Demon Cloud City.
• A Lion Nether Sect elder threatened Chen Xuan, who released overwhelming Dou Qi and challenged the two elders to attack him together.
• The two Lion Nether Sect experts summoned lion phantoms and unleashed their signature techniques, but Chen Xuan shattered their attacks with his Mountain Splitting Seal.
• Chen Xuan overpowered the two elders, ordered them to obey his rules inside the city, and sent them fleeing.
• Han Feng and Eagle Mountain Elder recognized how easily Chen Xuan could have killed them, and Han Feng regretted ever scheming against the Queen.

After Queen Medusa enforced peace in Demon Cloud City, Han Feng stayed there in seclusion while the Snake-People Tribe prepared to use a blood pool. Great Elder Snake Ji broke through to Dou Zong, leaving Demon Cloud City stronger and drawing the attention of its many visiting experts.

• Chen Xuan warned the Black-Corner Region experts that fighting in Demon Cloud City would mean death, and Xiao Yan rebuffed Han Feng before flying into the city.
• Han Feng chose to remain in Demon Cloud City and cultivate, while the other visiting experts stayed to watch how events unfolded.
• Yue Mei reported that the city was stable, and Chen Xuan ordered punishment for malicious provocation and delayed blood-pool entry until the visitors left.
• Chen Xuan and Queen Medusa discussed the wealth the city had gained and planned a celebratory bath before a breakthrough shook the city.
• Great Elder Snake Ji broke through to Dou Zong, regained a younger appearance, and astonished the Snake-People Tribe leaders and Black-Corner Region experts.

Chen Xuan prepared to return to the Jia Ma Empire after Great Elder Snake Ji became a Dou Zong and Demon Cloud City’s defenses strengthened. Xiao Yan successfully refined a Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill, and Chen Xuan told him they would depart in three days.

• Great Elder Snake Ji’s breakthrough spread through Demon Cloud City, and Chen Xuan appointed Yue Mei to take over her duties while Snake Ji oversaw the tribe’s affairs.
• Chen Xuan ordered the blood pool opened for eligible experts and gifted children, and he told Ya Fei to manage the Demon Cloud Auction House.
• Yue Mei reported that Medicine Emperor Han Feng planned to cultivate in Demon Cloud City, and Chen Xuan ordered the elders to leave him alone because he had paid a seventh-grade pill as his protection fee.
• Chen Xuan announced his return to the Jia Ma Empire and reassured the elders that the awakened Seven-Colored Heaven-Connecting Python and Snake Ji could protect Demon Cloud City; Hai Bodong joined the journey.
• Xiao Yan refined a Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill, and Chen Xuan praised his achievement before telling him they would leave for the Jia Ma Empire in three days.

Chen Xuan and his companions left Demon Cloud City and flew into the Jia Ma Empire, where Xiao Yan chose to return to Wutan City before facing the Misty Cloud Sect. The Amethyst Winged Lion King arrived above the city, and the Xiao Clan recognized the beast that had helped raise their standing two years earlier.

• Chen Xuan entrusted Demon Cloud City to Great Elder Snake Ji, then set off with Hai Bodong, Xiao Yan, and the Little Purple Crystal Winged Lion Emperor on the Amethyst Winged Lion King.
• The Little Purple Crystal Winged Lion Emperor revealed that he had reached high third rank, joined the journey, and settled down after Xiao Yan gave him honey.
• The group flew past Ghost-Suppressing Pass and entered the Jia Ma Empire without stopping.
• Xiao Yan told Chen Xuan that he wanted to visit Wutan City before going to the Misty Cloud Sect, and the party flew across the Magical Beast Mountain Range toward it.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King appeared over Wutan City, startling its residents, while the Xiao Clan recognized the beast from two years earlier and watched its arrival with excitement.