Recaps

Xiao Yan returned to the Xiao Clan with Chen Xuan and Queen Medusa, astonishing Xiao Zhan with his Da Dou Shi strength and news about his brothers. As they continued toward the capital, Jia Xingtian and Yao Yue confronted the threat of the Chu Yun Empire, and the Amethyst Winged Lion King's arrival startled the city.

• Xiao Zhan welcomed Chen Xuan and Queen Medusa to the Xiao Clan, where he was delighted to discover that Xiao Yan had returned as a Da Dou Shi.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Zhan that his brothers Xiao Ding and Xiao Li were also Da Dou Shi and had founded Desert City's strongest mercenary group, with Queen Medusa's pills helping them advance.
• Xiao Zhan hosted Chen Xuan and his party before Xiao Yan left with them for the Misty Cloud Sect, while Xiao Zhan worried about his son's coming confrontation.
• Yao Yue warned Jia Xingtian that the Chu Yun Empire was mobilizing, and they discussed how to counter its poisons and Four-Star Dou Zong Xie Biyan.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King arrived over the capital, and Jia Xingtian and Yao Yue recognized the roar of Queen Medusa's mount.

Queen Medusa returned to the Jia Ma Empire with Hai Bodong and the masked Xiao Yan, and Jia Xingtian welcomed them with a banquet. The gathering ended with Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran arriving, startling Xiao Yan when he recognized Yun Yun from the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

• Queen Medusa landed at the capital on the Amethyst Winged Lion King and reunited with Yao Yue, while Jia Xingtian, Mittel Tengshan, and Nalan Jie greeted her.
• Hai Bodong revealed his Nine-Star Dou Emperor strength, and Mittel Tengshan recognized him as the Mittel Family's former patriarch, Ice Emperor Hai Bodong.
• Xiao Yan introduced himself as Yan Xiao, and Yao Yue and Jia Xingtian praised his talent after learning he had reached the Da Dou Shi realm.
• Jia Xingtian arranged a lavish welcoming banquet and asked Yao Yue to invite young talents, including Nalan Yanran.
• Yun Yun arrived at the banquet with Nalan Yanran, and Xiao Yan recognized Yun Yun as the woman he had met in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

At the imperial banquet, Xiao Yan, posing as Yan Xiao, stunned the gathered nobles by defeating Wang Zhong in one move with the Netherworld Poison Flame and revealing his Fourth-Rank Alchemist status. Nalan Yanran recognized him as an extraordinary rival, while the powerful guests began coveting his talents.

• Yao Yue introduced Nalan Yanran to Yan Xiao, who responded coolly and declined to entertain the gathered young nobles.
• Wang Zhong challenged Yan Xiao, but Xiao Yan defeated him with a burst of green flame and gave him an Ice-Breath Pill for his burns.
• Jia Xingtian identified the flame as a heavenly flame, and Queen Medusa named it the Netherworld Poison Flame.
• Queen Medusa revealed that Yan Xiao was a Fourth-Rank Alchemy Master, shocking the banquet guests and unsettling Nalan Yanran.
• Yao Yue asked how Yan Xiao used the poisonous flame to refine medicine, and he teased her by calling the answer a secret.

At Jia Xingtian's banquet, Xiao Yan agreed to enter the alchemist competition after learning the champion would receive a Sixth-grade Magic Core, while Jia Xingtian revealed that the Chu Yun Empire threatened war. After Queen Medusa promised to kill Xie Biyan, Chen Xuan explained that the Snake-People Tribe should control the Black-Corner Region from the shadows and gather its resources, leaving the region's chaos intact.

• Xiao Yan praised Yao Lao, and Queen Medusa confirmed that his teacher was a great man, prompting the clan heads to treat Xiao Yan with greater respect.
• Yao Yue invited Xiao Yan to the Jia Ma Empire's alchemist competition and persuaded him to enter by revealing its Sixth-grade Magic Core prize.
• Jia Xingtian told Queen Medusa and Hai Bodong that the Chu Yun Empire had sent alchemists to compete and assembled its armies at the border under the command of Four-Star Dou Zong Xie Biyan.
• Queen Medusa agreed to kill Xie Biyan, and Jia Xingtian reminded her that half of the Jia Ma Empire belonged to the Snake-People Tribe.
• Chen Xuan told Queen Medusa to gather the Black-Corner Region's resources and control it from the shadows, since the region concealed Tou She Ancient God's tomb.

Chen Xuan emerged from seclusion as the Jia Ma Empire faced an invasion by the Chu Yun Empire and the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect. He joined Jia Xingtian at the battlefield, where Queen Medusa appeared to confront Xie Biyan.

• Chen Xuan practiced the Sea Overturning Seal and learned that the Little Purple Crystal Winged Lion Emperor had grown stronger by eating the Jia Ma Imperial Family's medicinal materials.
• Jia Xingtian told Chen Xuan that the Chu Yun Empire had invaded and that Xie Biyan had demanded the Jia Ma Empire surrender within a week.
• Chen Xuan ordered a full mobilization, took Jia Xingtian to the battlefield, and left Hai Bodong to guard the imperial capital.
• Jia Xingtian attacked Xie Shan, but Xie Biyan appeared and offered him a chance to submit.
• Queen Medusa appeared beside Jia Xingtian, and Xie Biyan recognized that her concealed strength made her a formidable opponent.

Chen Xuan and the Jia Ma Empire fought the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect and Chu Yun Empire, as both sides unleashed powerful transformations and clashed across the battlefield. With Xie Biyan and Xie Shan nearing defeat, Xie Shan summoned a mysterious black-clad figure whose arrival left Chen Xuan wary.

• Chen Xuan revealed his Five-Star Dou Zong strength, while Xie Shan used the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect elders' array and fused with the Four-Winged Sky Demon Scorpion to reach Dou Zong strength.
• Jia Xingtian battled the fused Xie Shan as the armies and experts of the Jia Ma Empire and Chu Yun Empire entered a full-scale fight.
• Chen Xuan injured Xie Biyan with a casual strike, then faced his Blood Soul Art transformation, which raised him to peak Five-Star Dou Zong.
• Chen Xuan overwhelmed Xie Biyan, while Jia Xingtian gained the advantage over Xie Shan and the Chu Yun Empire's fighters began to fall.
• Xie Biyan ordered Xie Shan to send a signal, and Xie Shan summoned a black-clad figure surrounded by eerie soul power, making Chen Xuan furrow his brow.

Chen Xuan fought Iron Protector and Xie Biyan as the Jia Ma Empire battled the Chu Yun Empire. After boosting his strength to Eight-Star Dou Zong, Chen Xuan drove both enemies to flee and pursued them with spatial chains.

• Iron Protector appeared as another Dou Zong expert on the Chu Yun Empire’s side and attacked Chen Xuan with black chains.
• Chen Xuan destroyed Iron Protector’s attacks, survived the Nine-Soul Chains, and shattered them with his physical strength.
• Iron Protector and Xie Biyan joined forces against Chen Xuan while Jia Xingtian and the others resumed fighting Xie Shan’s side.
• Iron Protector and Xie Biyan used their techniques to drain soldiers’ souls and blood, strengthening themselves as Xie Biyan transformed into a giant scorpion.
• Chen Xuan used the Eight Gates Technique to reach middle-stage Eight-Star Dou Zong, forcing Iron Protector and Xie Biyan to flee.
• Chen Xuan sent spatial chains after the fleeing Iron Protector and Xie Biyan.

Chen Xuan killed the Iron Protector and secured the Jia Ma Empire’s victory over the Chu Yun Empire, leaving Jia Xingtian to govern the conquered territory. A month later, Yun Shan feared the Misty Cloud Sect might be targeted next and ordered the sect to make its resources available to strengthen its disciples.

• The Iron Protector betrayed Xie Biyan, devoured his soul and the souls of thousands of soldiers, and rose to Seven-Star Dou Zong.
• Chen Xuan used the green lotus core flame and spatial power to stop the Iron Protector’s escape and destroy him, leaving behind a black token marked “Iron.”
• Jia Xingtian reported that the Jia Ma Empire had won, and Chen Xuan left him to handle the aftermath after Jia Xingtian killed Xie Shan.
• Jia Xingtian placed a prince of the former imperial line on the Chu Yun Empire’s throne and controlled the country through him.
• Yun Shan gathered the Misty Cloud Sect’s elders and disciples, worried that the victorious Jia Ma Empire might move against them.
• Yun Shan ordered Yun Yun to open the sect’s Treasury so its cultivation techniques, Dou Techniques, and pills could help strengthen the sect.

Chen Xuan secured the Blood Soul Art and gave Jia Xingtian a Life-Restoring Pill to help him govern the conquered Chu Yun Empire. He then attended the postponed Alchemist Tournament, where Xiao Yan won the championship, while Chen Xuan noticed Xiao Yan’s rapid progress.

• Chen Xuan explained that the Iron Protector belonged to the powerful Soul Hall and kept the Blood Soul Art for himself.
• Chen Xuan gave Jia Xingtian a seventh-grade Life-Restoring Pill and advised him to prepare for threats from neighboring countries.
• Yao Yue told Chen Xuan and Jia Xingtian that the Alchemist Tournament had resumed, and they went to watch its finals.
• Fa Ma identified Yan Xiao and a woman from the Chu Yun Empire as the leading competitors, while Jia Xingtian confidently backed Yan Xiao.
• Xiao Yan used his heavenly flame to refine a Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill and won the tournament over the woman from the Chu Yun Empire.
• Chen Xuan recognized Yan Xiao as Xiao Yan and noticed that his strength and soul power had increased during the past month.

Chen Xuan received origin emperor qi and two seventh-grade pills through his monthly sign-in, giving him hope of eventually reaching Dou Di and raising the Snake-People Tribe. As Xiao Yan prepared to face Nalan Yanran, Chen Xuan accepted the Misty Cloud Sect’s invitation and set out with him for the Three-Year Agreement.

• Chen Xuan studied a ninth-grade alchemy handbook before his monthly sign-in rewarded him with a Barrier-Breaking Pill, a Spirit-Fusing Bone-Shaping Pill, and a strand of origin emperor qi.
• Chen Xuan celebrated the origin emperor qi, then spent more than ten days enjoying himself around the Imperial Capital before returning to the Side Hall.
• Hai Bodong, the Amethyst Winged Lion King, the Little Purple Crystal Winged Lion Emperor, and Xiao Yan came to see Chen Xuan, and Xiao Yan revealed he had reached five-star Da Dou Shi.
• Jia Xingtian gave Chen Xuan an invitation from the Misty Cloud Sect to attend Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran’s Three-Year Agreement, and Xiao Yan learned that Nalan Yanran had grown stronger.
• Chen Xuan accepted the invitation and set out with Xiao Yan, confident that the Misty Cloud Sect would be disappointed by the duel’s outcome.

At the Misty Cloud Sect, Nalan Yanran prepared to face Xiao Yan in their Three-Year Agreement while Jia Ma Empire experts gathered to watch. Xiao Yan entered the arena disguised as the celebrated alchemist Yan Xiao, then removed his mask and revealed his identity, leaving the crowd stunned as the duel was about to begin.

• Mittel Tengshan and Nalan Jie discussed Nalan Yanran's talent and the consequences of her broken engagement with Xiao Yan.
• Chen Xuan, Jia Xingtian, Hai Bodong, Xiao Yan, and their companions arrived at the Misty Cloud Sect on the Amethyst Winged Lion King, and Yun Shan exchanged barbed remarks with Jia Xingtian and Chen Xuan.
• Yun Yun welcomed the guests and invited Yan Xiao to sit, but Xiao Yan said he would not be sitting for long.
• Nalan Yanran entered the square at noon and displayed impressive control over her Dou Qi as the spectators waited for Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan leapt into the arena, confusing the crowd and Nalan Yanran, then removed his mask.
• Nalan Yanran recognized Xiao Yan, and the gathered experts fell silent.

Xiao Yan’s identity as Yan Xiao was revealed during the Three-Year Agreement, shocking the Tournament Hall and enraging the Nalan Family and Misty Cloud Sect. As Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran fought, her powerful sword techniques met his Netherworld Poison Flame, and he answered her ultimate move with an Earth-Rank Dou Technique, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Nalan Yanran revealed that Yan Xiao was Xiao Yan, shocking the Tournament Hall and prompting Jia Xingtian, Yun Shan, Yun Yun, and Nalan Jie to react to the revelation.
• Xiao Yan formally introduced himself to Nalan Yanran, and they began their duel with their sword and heavy ruler.
• Xiao Yan gained the upper hand, deflected Nalan Yanran’s Wind Spirit-Dividing Form Sword, and knocked her from the sky with a flame attack.
• Nalan Yanran recovered and unleashed Extreme Wind-Setting Sun Radiance, gathering immense azure energy above the square.
• Xiao Yan countered with the Flame Splitting-Wave Ruler, and Yun Leng recognized it as an Earth-Rank Dou Technique and shouted in disbelief.

Xiao Yan defeated Nalan Yanran in the Three-Year Agreement, spared her life, and burned their letter of repudiation, but Yun Leng launched a sneak attack that left her gravely wounded. When Yun Shan declared that the Misty Cloud Sect would kill Xiao Yan, Chen Xuan exerted overwhelming pressure on Yun Leng.

• Xiao Yan's Earth-Rank Dou Technique overwhelmed Nalan Yanran's finishing move, and he used a Flying Dou Technique and Eight Extremes Collapse to defeat her.
• Nalan Yanran admitted defeat but insisted her past choice had not been wrong, and Xiao Yan stopped her from taking her own life before burning the letter of repudiation and ending their agreement.
• Yun Leng attacked Xiao Yan from behind, but Nalan Yanran took the strike and collapsed; Yun Yun gave her a pill that preserved her life.
• Nalan Jie confronted Yun Leng, who revealed his Half-Step Dou Emperor strength, while Yun Shan declared that Xiao Yan had to pay for killing a Misty Cloud Sect disciple.
• Xiao Yan challenged the Misty Cloud Sect to try to kill him, and Chen Xuan pressed Yun Leng to his knees with a tremendous surge of energy.

Chen Xuan killed Yun Leng after Xiao Yan demanded his death, while Yun Shan held back from fighting despite the Misty Cloud Sect's humiliation. Xiao Yan then sought a way to save the gravely injured Nalan Yanran and realized Queen Medusa might be able to help.

• Chen Xuan crushed Yun Leng under immense pressure, and Yun Shan warned him not to interfere in the Misty Cloud Sect's affairs.
• Chen Xuan left the decision to Xiao Yan, who demanded that Yun Leng die but spared the rest of the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Jia Xingtian appeared to deter Yun Shan, and Chen Xuan killed Yun Leng by crushing him into blood mist while Yun Shan refrained from attacking.
• Xiao Yan refused Chen Xuan's offer to kill Yun Shan and said he would face any future revenge himself.
• Xiao Yan learned from Yao Lao that Nalan Yanran was near death and that Queen Medusa might be the only person who could save her.

Xiao Yan asked Chen Xuan to save Nalan Yanran, and Chen Xuan gave him a seventh-grade Life-Restoring Pill that restored her and helped her break through. Chen Xuan and Xiao Yan departed with their companions, leaving Yun Shan and the humiliated Misty Cloud Sect behind.

• Xiao Yan asked Chen Xuan to save Nalan Yanran, and Nalan Jie and Yun Yun pleaded for her life as well.
• Chen Xuan examined Nalan Yanran, warned Xiao Yan that saving her would come at an enormous cost, and presented a seventh-grade Life-Restoring Pill.
• Xiao Yan chose to use the pill on Nalan Yanran, whose wounds and shattered organs healed as her aura stabilized.
• Nalan Yanran absorbed the pill's energy and broke through to the next realm.
• Chen Xuan, Xiao Yan, Jia Xingtian, and their companions left on the Amethyst Winged Lion King, while Yun Shan remained behind as the visitors departed.

Nalan Yanran woke after Xiao Yan saved her with a seventh-grade Life-Restoring Pill, while Xiao Yan left the Misty Cloud Sect and headed toward Wutan City. On the journey, he exchanged the False Transformation Technique for spirit nurturing dust, giving both sides a valuable boon.

• Nalan Yanran awoke fully healed and learned that Xiao Yan had used a seventh-grade Life-Restoring Pill to save her after Yun Leng's attack.
• Jia Xingtian praised Xiao Yan, warned him that the Misty Cloud Sect might retaliate against his clan, and parted ways with Chen Xuan's group at the nearest city.
• Xiao Yan thanked Chen Xuan for his help and gave him the False Transformation Technique, which could let Snake-People cultivate human forms without transformation grass or pills.
• Chen Xuan gave Xiao Yan two grains of spirit nurturing dust, and Yao Lao explained they could help Xiao Yan break through to the Spirit Realm.

Xiao Yan returned to Wutan City with Chen Xuan, Hai Bodong, and Queen Medusa, only to find the Xiao Clan compound destroyed and his father captured by Soul Hall protectors. The protectors escaped with Xiao Zhan, and Xiao Yan learned they had attacked in search of a piece of jade; he resolved to endure the loss as his clan’s surviving members gathered around him.

• As the group neared Wutan City, Queen Medusa awakened with a colder nighttime aura, then sensed bloodshed and two powerful presences in the city.
• Queen Medusa and Xiao Yan arrived at the ruined Xiao Clan compound, where they found the clan massacred and confronted two Soul Hall protectors holding Xiao Zhan.
• Queen Medusa fought the Gold Protector, a Nine-Star Dou Zong, while Xiao Yan demanded his father’s release, but the Gold Protector escaped through a spatial gate with Xiao Zhan and the Silver Protector followed.
• The Great Elder told Xiao Yan that many clansmen had survived because Xiao Zhan had sent half the clan away, and that the protectors had searched for a piece of jade.
• Queen Medusa and Yao Lao reassured Xiao Yan that Xiao Zhan would likely remain alive until the Soul Hall found the jade, and Yao Lao decided to pass on his true skills to Xiao Yan.

After the Soul Hall attacked the Xiao Clan for a jade pendant, Yao Lao identified it as the Tou She Ancient God Jade and revealed that the Xiao Clan descended from one of the Eight Ancient Clans. The clan began relocating to Demon Cloud City, while Chen Xuan and Hai Bodong headed to Black Seal City for the Eight Gates auction, where Chen Xuan encountered Yue Mei and Great Elder Su Qian arrived with a boastful little girl.

• Queen Medusa explained that the Soul Hall was likely seeking the Tou She Ancient God Jade, and Yao Lao confirmed it may be in the Xiao Clan's possession.
• Yao Lao revealed that the Xiao Clan descended from one of the Eight Ancient Clans, leaving Xiao Yan stunned.
• Xiao Yan arranged for the surviving Xiao Clan members to relocate to Demon Cloud City, with Queen Medusa securing help for their journey through the Jia Ma Empire.
• More than twenty days later, Chen Xuan and Hai Bodong traveled to Black Seal City to attend the Eight Gates auction and pursue a Heavenly Flame map fragment.
• Chen Xuan entered Black Seal City, suppressed the onlookers' probing gazes, and met Yue Mei at a tavern.
• Great Elder Su Qian cautioned a little girl to lower her voice after she spotted Queen Medusa, but the girl boasted that she would surpass Medusa when she grew up.

Chen Xuan attended Black Seal City’s auction, recognized an Ancient Void Dragon girl beside Jia Nan Academy’s Su Qian, and acquired a Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame map fragment. He also won Three Thousand Lightning Movement and learned that Han Feng had broken through to Dou Zong, leaving him to dub the Medicine Emperor the Medicine Sect.

• Chen Xuan and his companions arrived at the auction and encountered Su Qian and Zi Yan, whose Ancient Void Dragon bloodline clashed with Chen Xuan’s and alarmed Queen Medusa.
• Su Qian apologized for Zi Yan’s provocation and led her away, while Chen Xuan confirmed that she belonged to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.
• Chen Xuan won the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame map fragment for one hundred thousand gold coins, and Sect Master Yuan Yi later gifted it to him.
• Chen Xuan offered thirty million gold coins for Three Thousand Lightning Movement and silenced the other bidders.
• Yue Mei told Chen Xuan that Han Feng had recently broken through to Dou Zong, and Chen Xuan remarked that he should now be called Medicine Sect Han Feng.

After the auction, Chen Xuan secured the Snake-People Tribe’s position through deals and diplomacy before returning to Demon Cloud City. There, he discovered that Qing Lin had rapidly advanced and gained the ability to control powerful snake magic beasts.

• Chen Xuan bid twenty million for the final Sect Breaking Pill, but Su Qian outbid him at twenty-five million and won it for Jia Nan Academy.
• Yuan Yi asked Chen Xuan to sell an Emperor-Breaking Pill, and Chen Xuan agreed in exchange for the Eight Gates remembering their debt to the Snake-People Tribe.
• Su Qian apologized for competing at the auction, and Chen Xuan invited Zi Yan to join the Snake-People Tribe, but she refused.
• Three days later, Chen Xuan returned to Demon Cloud City and learned that Yin Shi had reached the Dou Huang realm after entering the Blood Pool.
• At the Sacred Hall, Chen Xuan saw Qing Lin directing a Dou Wang-level snake magic beast while sparring with Snake Ji; Snake Ji explained that Qing Lin had reached peak Da Dou Shi and could control such beasts.

Chen Xuan welcomed Qing Lin's awakened Three-Flowered Green Snake Child talent and saw Demon Cloud City prosper as the Snake-People Tribe and humans settled into a peaceful arrangement. He then completed an Earth Demon Puppet from Xie Biyan's corpse, producing a puppet with strength comparable to at least a Three-Star Dou Zong.

• Chen Xuan agreed to teach Qing Lin cultivation after recognizing her Three-Flowered Green Snake Child talent, and the Spirit White Fox returned at fifth-tier Dou Wang strength.
• Chen Xuan scolded the Little Purple Crystal Winged Lion Emperor by comparing its effort with Bai Ling's, prompting it to rush off to cultivate.
• Chen Xuan reviewed Demon Cloud City's growth, continued guiding Qing Lin, and gave Great Elder Snake Ji the False Transformation Technique for the Snake-People Tribe.
• Chen Xuan entered a secret chamber and used the Green Lotus Core Flame and the Heavenly Demon Puppet Refining Method to refine Xie Biyan's corpse, placing the surviving Spider Emperor soul inside it.
• Chen Xuan fused a seventh-rank magic core with the corpse, tempered it with golden mineral for seven days, and completed an Earth Demon Puppet whose body barely bore his Dou Zong-level strike.

Chen Xuan gave Gu He a powerful Heavenly Demon Puppet, then received a seventh-grade Spirit-Fusing Bone-Shaping Pill and a scroll from Han Feng in exchange for helping him seize another Heavenly Flame. Chen Xuan revealed that the Flame was at Jia Nan Academy, leaving his allies stunned by the target of Han Feng’s request.

• Great Elder Snake Ji tested Gu He’s Heavenly Demon Puppet and admitted she could not defeat it, while Chen Xuan explained why he had given it to Gu He.
• Yue Mei reported that Han Feng had sent a messenger, and the messenger delivered a storage ring containing a seventh-grade Spirit-Fusing Bone-Shaping Pill and a scroll.
• Chen Xuan accepted Han Feng’s payment and promised to help him seize a Heavenly Flame, explaining that Han Feng’s unusual cultivation technique could accommodate two Flames.
• Chen Xuan told the group that Han Feng’s incomplete cultivation technique had held back his progress, then revealed that the other Heavenly Flame was at Jia Nan Academy.

Chen Xuan learned that Han Feng planned to exploit the eruption of Jia Nan Academy’s heavenly flame, while the Xiao Clan arrived safely in Demon Cloud City under Mo Bass’s escort. After Xiao Yan prepared to leave for Jia Nan Academy, Chen Xuan arranged for the Amethyst Winged Lion King to escort him and Little Purple, then turned to secluded cultivation.

• Chen Xuan gave the seventh-grade Spirit-Fusing Bone-Shaping Pill to the Amethyst Winged Lion King and learned that Han Feng was waiting for Jia Nan Academy’s heavenly flame to erupt before attacking.
• Mo Bass escorted Xiao Yan and the Xiao Clan to Demon Cloud City, where Queen Medusa provided them with a residence and the Snake-People Tribe promised protection and support.
• Xiao Yan thanked Chen Xuan for helping the clan, then explained that he planned to enter Jia Nan Academy to grow stronger and rescue Xiao Zhan.
• As Xiao Yan prepared to leave, Little Purple resisted his departure, and Chen Xuan arranged for the Amethyst Winged Lion King to escort them and let Little Purple travel with him for training.
• Chen Xuan gave Xiao Yan seven illusory azure spirit saliva for Yao Lao, then decided to enter secluded cultivation to improve his strength.

Chen Xuan entered seclusion and used rare resources to raise his soul power to the seventh-grade alchemist level and his cultivation to Seven-Star Dou Zong. After nearly half a year, he emerged to learn that Hai Bodong had reached Dou Zong and Han Feng had returned to Demon Cloud City to wait for him.

• Chen Xuan entered seclusion after telling Snake Ji, Yue Mei, and the other leaders to manage Demon Cloud City.
• He absorbed seven illusory azure spirit saliva and spirit nurturing dust, raising his soul power to the seventh-grade alchemist level.
• Chen Xuan refined and absorbed hundreds of rare medicinal materials, advancing from Five-Star Dou Zong to Seven-Star Dou Zong.
• After nearly half a year, Chen Xuan emerged from the Secret Chamber and learned that Hai Bodong had broken through to Dou Zong.
• A guard told Chen Xuan that Han Feng had come to Demon Cloud City a week earlier and was still waiting for him.

Chen Xuan explained why the Flame Mantra was unsuitable for his cold-blooded Seven-Colored Heaven-Connecting Python body and teased Queen Medusa about his connection to Xiao Yan. Han Feng then arrived to recruit Chen Xuan’s help in seizing Jia Nan Academy’s Heavenly Flame, leaving Chen Xuan to prepare to face the academy’s two High-Rank Dou Zong elders.

• Chen Xuan told Queen Medusa that the Flame Mantra could evolve by fusing Heavenly Flames, but its risks and conflict with their bloodline made it a poor choice for him.
• Queen Medusa questioned Chen Xuan’s interest in Xiao Yan, and Chen Xuan said they came from the same hometown but promised to explain within twenty years.
• Han Feng arrived in Demon Cloud City after advancing to Dou Zong and presented Chen Xuan with a Yin-Yang Dragon Profound Pill.
• Han Feng revealed that Jia Nan Academy’s Heavenly Flame might erupt within a month and asked Chen Xuan to hold off Elder Qian and Elder Bai while he tried to seize it.
• Chen Xuan agreed to fight the two elders but warned Han Feng that he would not be responsible if Han Feng failed to obtain the Heavenly Flame.