Recaps

Xiao Yan confronted Liu Xi, who revealed his identity and used an Instant Dou Zong Pill to raise his strength. Xiao Yan answered with his lightning techniques and summoned the Nine Heavens Thunder-Attracting Art, leaving Liu Xi facing a gathering storm of heavenly thunder.

• Xiao Yan recognized Liu Xi despite his Yun Potian disguise and avoided the Sect-Sealing Soul-Suppressing Powder Liu Xi threw at him.
• Liu Xi admitted he had discovered Xiao Yan’s deception, then swallowed an Instant Dou Zong Pill and reached the Dou Zong realm.
• Xiao Yan activated the Crimson Dragon Divine Mark and used the Thunder God’s Spear to clash with Liu Xi’s Myriad Beast Spirit Flame.
• Xiao Yan saw through Liu Xi’s plan to outlast his temporary power boost and rapidly closed the distance.
• Liu Xi shielded himself with Blazing Dragon Soul as Xiao Yan summoned the Nine Heavens Thunder-Attracting Art and drew thunder from the sky.

Xiao Yan defeated Liu Xi, who appeared to die after taking a Resurrection Pill, then plundered his flame and system and burned his corpse. He went to Black Rock City disguised as Li Feiyu and learned Liu Xi had framed him for He Qian’s death, while He Kun pleaded that the He Family was not responsible.

• Xiao Yan used a Shadow Clone to approach the fallen Liu Xi, who severed his heart meridians and appeared to die after swallowing a Resurrection Pill.
• Xiao Yan’s system confirmed Liu Xi’s death and awarded him the Mysterious Yellow Flame, then plundered Liu Xi’s Myriad Beast Spirit Flame and Strongest Pill God System LV2.
• Xiao Yan took Liu Xi’s Storage Ring, burned his corpse to ashes, and ordered his Shadow Clone to watch the site for three months in case Liu Xi revived.
• Xiao Yan changed his appearance to Li Feiyu’s and flew to Black Rock City, where City Lord Moge greeted him nervously.
• Xiao Yan heard the crowd’s thoughts and realized Liu Xi had ordered He Qian to attack his Shadow Clone, then killed He Qian and framed Xiao Yan.
• Moge pointed out He Kun, and He Kun fell to his knees, claiming the He Family had not intended to provoke the Dao Sect.

Xiao Yan traveled with He Kun to the He Family in Black Rock City, while Nalan Yanran emerged from seclusion and learned that Yun Yun had visited the Magical Beast Mountain Range without meeting Yao Yan. Yun Yun described her encounter with the powerful Dao Sect, leaving Nalan Yanran unsure whether her rebirth had changed events.

• Xiao Yan reassured He Kun that he did not intend to slaughter the He Family and asked him to lead the way there.
• Nalan Yanran emerged from seclusion at five-star Da Dou Shi and told Yun Yun she could handle the Three-Year Agreement.
• Yun Yun gave Nalan Yanran a Purple Spirit Pill refined from a seventh-tier Amethyst Winged Lion King's purple spirit crystal.
• Nalan Yanran asked whether Yun Yun had been injured or met Yao Yan in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, but Yun Yun said she had met no such person.
• Yun Yun recounted encountering the Dao Sect and its more than a thousand Dou Wang and Dou Huang experts, and Nalan Yanran asked whether any of them had been named Yao Yan or Yan Xiao.

Xiao Yan recruited the He Family into the Dao Sect and returned to Wutan City just as Jia Nan Academy arrived to recruit students. He joined Xun'er and the others to register for the assessment, while Xiao Yu and Xiao Ning harbored resentment and jealousy toward him.

• Xiao Yan tested the He Family for Otherworlders, then offered to make them a Dao Sect subordinate faction, and He Kun accepted.
• Xiao Yan gave the He Family a recognition phrase and introduced himself as Li Feiyu, an Outer Sect Elder, before leaving a Shadow Clone named Ye Fan behind.
• In Wutan City, the Shadow Clone Xiao Yan welcomed the original back after struggling to avoid Xiao Yu for half a year, and Xiao Yan dismissed him.
• Xun'er invited Xiao Yan to see Jia Nan Academy's recruitment, and he went with her to join Xiao Yu, Xiao Mei, and the others.
• Xiao Yu grew angry at Xiao Yan, while Xiao Ning envied his closeness with Xun'er and decided to challenge him to a duel.

Xiao Yan accompanied Xiao Yu and the others to Jia Nan Academy’s admissions assessment, where the system offered him choices after the Medicine Emperor noticed Luo Bu’s unusual strength. Xiao Yan chose to investigate the abnormalities, learned that Luo Bu had gained a mysterious opportunity in the academy library, and began sparring with him to find out more.

• Xiao Yu warned Xiao Ning not to challenge Xiao Yan, then led Xiao Yan and the others through a back entrance to the admissions testing area.
• Xiao Yan overheard Xiao Yu’s thoughts and wondered why she knew about Lin Dong and Qingyang Town.
• The Medicine Emperor noticed Luo Bu’s unusually powerful and condensed soul force, and the system triggered three choices for Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan chose to investigate the abnormalities and, during Luo Bu’s test, heard his thoughts about gaining a tremendous opportunity in the library.
• Luo Bu challenged Xiao Yan to a friendly spar, and Xiao Yan accepted despite Xiao Yu’s attempt to stop them.
• Xiao Yan opened with Stone Shattering Palm, while Luo Bu countered with Through-Back Fist.

Xiao Yan defeated Luo Bu and learned from his thoughts that he had practiced techniques from Martial Universe and visited the Myriad Worlds Library in Peace Town. After recruiting the new students, Xiao Yan searched Xiao Yu’s memories and discovered she had also entered that library.

• Xiao Yan defeated Luo Bu with one strike and learned that Luo Bu had visited a library in Peace Town and gained techniques from Martial Universe.
• Instructor Ruo Lin arrived, assessed the students, and gave Xiao Yan the highest potential rating with Xun’er’s help.
• Xiao Yan asked Ruo Lin to assess a talented friend who could not attend, and she agreed to meet him the next day.
• That night, Xiao Yan knocked Xiao Yu unconscious and used his system to plunder her memories.
• Xiao Yan discovered that Xiao Yu had entered the Myriad Worlds Library in Peace Town during the previous year.

Xiao Yan uncovered the Myriad Worlds Library’s role in Xiao Yu and Luo Bu’s unusual growth, then claimed a system reward that advanced him to Dou Zong. After breaking through in secret, he gave the Medicine Emperor the Amethyst Winged Lion King’s soul to replenish his strength.

• Xiao Yan discovered from Xiao Yu’s and Luo Bu’s memories that they had gained cultivation and techniques by reading Martial Universe at the Myriad Worlds Library.
• Xiao Yan returned Xiao Yu’s memories and memorized the Symbol Master cultivation method, then erased Luo Bu’s library memories and reduced his cultivation to four-star Dou Zhe.
• Xiao Yan examined the Jia Nan Academy visitors, confirmed that none of the others knew about the library, and received a system reward that raised his cultivation to Dou Zong.
• Xiao Yan sent Luo Bu’s plundered Dou Qi to Xiao Zhan, who used it to break through to six-star Da Dou Shi.
• Xiao Yan asked the Medicine Emperor to conceal his energy fluctuations and silently advanced to Dou Zong, while the Medicine Emperor worried about his rapid progress and accepted him despite his secrets.
• Xiao Yan thanked the Medicine Emperor and gave him the Amethyst Winged Lion King’s sealed soul to replenish his soul power.

Xiao Yan secured a two-year leave from Instructor Ruo Lin by introducing her to two Shadow Clone friends, Wang Fugui and Zhang San. After the Jia Nan Academy group departed, he fused two Heavenly Flames, advanced to Two-Star Dou Zong, and began cultivating the Divine Movement Chapter.

• Xiao Yan introduced his Seven-Star Dou Zhe friend Wang Fugui, a Shadow Clone, to Instructor Ruo Lin and asked for a two-year leave.
• Instructor Ruo Lin agreed to consider the leave if Xiao Yan found another promising student, so he brought her Zhang San, another Shadow Clone.
• After testing Zhang San, Instructor Ruo Lin accepted Xiao Yan's request, and the Jia Nan Academy group departed with Xiao Xun'er, Xiao Yu, Xiao Ning, and Xiao Mei.
• Xiao Yan fused the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame and the Mysterious Yellow Flame with the Vermilion Bird Divine Flame, raising his Flame Mantra to Earth Tier Low Grade and his strength to Two-Star Dou Zong.
• Xiao Yan began cultivating the Divine Movement Chapter, quickly mastered its first level, and sensed the movements of everyone in Wutan City.

Xiao Yan cultivated the Divine Movement Chapter, then left Wutan City and traveled to the Tagor Desert. There, Hai Bodong awakened as an otherworlder with a Life Simulator System, but his simulations repeatedly ended with Lin Dong of the Dao Sect killing him.

• Xiao Yan used the Divine Movement Chapter to open his Niwan Palace and condense his Lifebound Talisman Seal.
• After half a month, Xiao Yan left Wutan City, visited Huzi in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, passed the second-tier alchemist examination in Black Rock City, and flew to the Tagor Desert.
• Hai Bodong realized he had transmigrated into the Dou Qi Continent and received seven free simulations from his newly bound Life Simulator System.
• In his first simulation, Hai Bodong put away the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Fragment Map, but Lin Dong of the Dao Sect killed him that night; the system awarded him a Heavy Xuan Ruler.
• In his second simulation, Hai Bodong gave Xiao Yan the fragment map without mentioning his seal or the Evil-Breaking Pill, but Lin Dong killed him again and he received another Heavy Xuan Ruler.
• In his third simulation, Hai Bodong refused to sell Xiao Yan the fragment map, but Xiao Yan left and Lin Dong still arrived to kill him.

Hai Bodong used repeated life simulations to investigate why he kept dying and concluded that Xiao Yan was connected to Lin Dong of the Dao Sect. After openly revealing his system to Xiao Yan and regaining his strength, Hai Bodong was killed again by Mo Cheng, then faced Xiao Yan as the chapter ended.

• Hai Bodong reasoned that Xiao Yan's behavior had changed and suspected another transmigrator had taken over him.
• In his fourth simulation, Hai Bodong traveled to Stone Desert City to find Qing Lin, but Mo Cheng killed him; he obtained the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Hai Bodong revealed his identity as an Otherworlder to Xiao Yan and offered to cooperate, but Lin Dong killed him after Xiao Yan left.
• In his sixth simulation, Hai Bodong disclosed his system to Xiao Yan and received an Evil-Breaking Pill that restored his Dou Emperor strength.
• Hai Bodong accompanied Xiao Yan to Stone Desert City, where Mo Cheng killed him in one move again; afterward, a youth carrying a heavy ruler entered.

Xiao Yan met Hai Bodong, who revealed that he was an Otherworlder with a life simulator and gave Xiao Yan the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame fragment map. After Hai Bodong warned him that Mo Cheng had killed him in past simulations, Xiao Yan sent a Shadow Clone to scout Stone Desert City.

• Hai Bodong greeted Xiao Yan as a fellow countryman and confessed that he was an Otherworlder whose life simulator had repeatedly shown him dying within days.
• Hai Bodong gave Xiao Yan the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame fragment map and several Heavy Xuan Rulers, asking to become his friend.
• Xiao Yan promised to help Hai Bodong and said he planned to visit Stone Desert City to see his brothers and take Qing Lin away.
• Hai Bodong warned Xiao Yan that Mo Cheng had killed him in two simulations and might be an Otherworlder.
• Xiao Yan created a Shadow Clone and sent it to investigate Stone Desert City and whether Mo Cheng would go there the next day.

Xiao Yan spared Hai Bodong and gained a powerful martial art before sending his Shadow Clone to meet his brothers in Stone Desert City. Xiao Ding and Xiao Li revealed themselves as Otherworlders and welcomed the clone, while Xiao Yan remained cautious about the Mo family's First Elder.

• Hai Bodong mistook Lin Dong for Xiao Yan's Shadow Clone and kept his suspicions about their shared homeland to himself.
• Xiao Yan told Hai Bodong to break his seal and promised to refine a Purple Spirit Recovery Pill for him.
• After triggering a God-Level Choice, Xiao Yan chose to spare Hai Bodong and received the Great Desolate Imprisoning Heaven Finger.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li discussed their Otherworlder origins and waited for Xiao Yan to arrive; Xiao Ding relied on a mercenary system, while Xiao Li had become a Dou Wang through luck.
• Xiao Yan sent a Shadow Clone to Stone Desert City to investigate the Mo family's First Elder without risking his original body.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li greeted Xiao Yan's Shadow Clone, and Xiao Li boasted that they had conquered Stone Desert City for their younger brother.

Xiao Yan reunited with his transmigrated brothers Xiao Ding and Xiao Li in Stone Desert City, then warned them that Mo Cheng was a powerful Otherworlder coming for Qing Lin. The chapter ended with Xiao Li nervously asking whether Xiao Yan would kill his own brothers if someone offered extra pay.

• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li welcomed Xiao Yan into the Desert Iron Mercenary Group and revealed that they had transmigrated and taken control of Stone Desert City.
• Xiao Li said he had asked the Xiao Clan to relocate to Stone Desert City and promised to protect the clan while Xiao Yan faced the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Yan admitted that he was different from the original Xiao Yan and asked to see Qing Lin, who was staying with the mercenary group.
• Xiao Yan warned his brothers that Mo Cheng was likely an Otherworlder who had killed Hai Bodong in one move, then explained that Hai Bodong was alive and had a Life Simulator System.
• Xiao Yan casually revealed that he had already killed several fellow Otherworlders, prompting Xiao Ding and Xiao Li to recoil and Xiao Li to ask whether extra pay might make Xiao Yan kill them too.

Xiao Yan’s Shadow Clone agreed to impersonate Qing Lin so Xiao Ding and Xiao Li could use Mo Cheng’s arrival to uncover his secrets. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan learned of the plan after Xiao Li brought Qing Lin to Desert City, and the brothers reunited at Hai Bodong’s shop.

• Xiao Ding proposed that Xiao Yan’s Shadow Clone disguise itself as Qing Lin and wait for Mo Cheng, while Xiao Li escorted the real Qing Lin away.
• Xiao Yan watched Hai Bodong recover his strength to the level of a two-star Dou Emperor after taking the Evil-Breaking Pill, then gave him a Purple Spirit Recovery Pill.
• Xiao Li brought Qing Lin to Desert City and used a password to confirm Xiao Yan’s identity when he met Xiao Yan in the air.
• Xiao Li told Xiao Yan that the Shadow Clone and Xiao Ding had stayed in Stone Desert City to prepare for Mo Cheng’s arrival the next day.
• Xiao Yan learned about Xiao Li and Xiao Ding’s extraordinary encounters and said he was happy for them, though his laughter unnerved Xiao Li.

Xiao Yan accepted Xiao Li’s invitation to join the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, choosing the Flame Ancestral Symbol rather than a reward that required him to betray his brothers. After Xiao Ding and Xiao Li tried to inspect his profile, Xiao Yan’s system traced their scan and forced Xiao Ding’s Strongest Mercenary Corps System to merge with it.

• Xiao Li invited Xiao Yan to join the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, triggering a god-level choice that offered Xiao Yan the chance to kill his brothers for the nihility devouring flame.
• Xiao Li appealed to their brotherly bond, and Xiao Yan chose to join the mercenary group and receive the Flame Ancestral Symbol.
• Xiao Ding appointed Xiao Yan as deputy leader, and Xiao Li and Xiao Ding discovered that Xiao Yan’s profile displayed question marks for his cultivation, constitution, and loyalty.
• Xiao Yan’s system detected the profile scan and, after Xiao Yan ordered a counterattack, located Xiao Ding’s Strongest Mercenary Corps System and forced it to merge.

After the Infinite Plunder System absorbed the Strongest Mercenary Corps System, Xiao Yan became leader of the Desert Iron Mercenary Group and welcomed Qing Lin into his care. When Xiao Yan asked the Medicine Emperor how to cultivate Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, his teacher revealed that a former lady confidante had possessed the same power.

• The system merger made Xiao Yan leader of the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, and he appointed Xiao Ding deputy leader.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li reassured the mercenary group that the leadership change was a matter among brothers, while Xiao Yan told Xiao Li he had not meant to seize power.
• A scroll landed at Xiao Li’s feet, and he gave Xiao Yan a high-grade Earth Tier soul secret technique.
• After Xiao Li left, Xiao Yan comforted Qing Lin and promised that no one would bully her again.
• Xiao Yan asked the Medicine Emperor how Qing Lin should cultivate her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, and the Medicine Emperor said a former lady confidante had possessed them.

Xiao Yan learned the Jade-Green Snake Heavenly Scripture from the Medicine Emperor, while Hai Bodong recovered his strength and used his final life simulation. After the simulation ended in his death, Hai Bodong gave up on competing and offered Xiao Yan his system, asking only to live in seclusion.

• Xiao Yan obtained the Jade-Green Snake Heavenly Scripture and said he would teach Qing Lin how to cultivate it.
• Hai Bodong recovered his peak Five-Star Dou Emperor strength with the Purple Spirit Recovery Pill and met Qing Lin.
• Xiao Yan revealed that he could hear Hai Bodong’s inner thoughts and ordered him to use his final simulation according to Xiao Yan’s instructions.
• Hai Bodong’s seventh simulation showed him joining Gu He’s expedition to the Snake-People Tribe, where an unfamiliar cultivator killed him with one punch.
• Hai Bodong told Xiao Yan he had lost the will to contend for supremacy and asked to retreat into secluded cultivation until Xiao Yan became an Emperor.
• Hai Bodong offered Xiao Yan his cheat, and Xiao Yan asked whether he was sure he wanted to give it up.

Hai Bodong gave his system to Xiao Yan and joined the Mercenary Corps as deputy leader. After learning that Xiao Ding and Xiao Li were Otherworlders, he pledged his loyalty to Xiao Yan and began preparing to cultivate with a Purple Extreme Source Pill.

• Hai Bodong offered his system to Xiao Yan and accepted his invitation to join the Mercenary Corps.
• Xiao Yan appointed Hai Bodong deputy leader, and the group members welcomed him.
• Hai Bodong checked the members’ profiles and asked about Xiao Ding and Xiao Li’s cultivation; Xiao Yan revealed that both his brothers were Otherworlders.
• Hai Bodong swore loyalty to Xiao Yan, who promised to protect him.
• Hai Bodong began secluded cultivation with a Purple Extreme Source Pill and Ice Spirit Cold Spring, while Xiao Yan started teaching Qing Lin to cultivate.

Mo Cheng visited the Desert Iron Mercenary Group and took away Xiao Yan’s Shadow Clone disguised as Qing Lin, believing she was the real girl. After learning that Luo Bu had spoken of transmigration, Mo Cheng left for Salt City, while Xiao Yan set out for Stone Desert City and left the real Qing Lin with Hai Bodong.

• Mo Cheng arrived at the Desert Iron Mercenary Group and asked Xiao Ding and Xiao Li to let him take Qing Lin, claiming she was the child of an old friend.
• Xiao Ding agreed and had Xue Lan bring Qing Lin, who was actually Xiao Yan’s Shadow Clone in disguise.
• Mo Cheng confirmed the clone’s green scales, then asked about the Sand Mercenary Group; Xiao Ding said Luo Bu had disbanded it after declaring that he had transmigrated.
• Mo Cheng left Stone Desert City with the clone, and Xiao Ding and Xiao Li informed Xiao Yan through the mercenary group’s communication channel.
• After Hai Bodong declined to travel while consolidating his cultivation, Xiao Yan left the real Qing Lin with him and headed for Stone Desert City.

Mo Cheng confronted Hai Bodong in Desert City and demanded the remnant map, but Hai Bodong escaped to the Mercenary Plaza before Mo Cheng could attack. Xiao Yan and the others suspected Mo Cheng was at least a Dou Zong, and Hai Bodong received new techniques as they prepared for the threat ahead.

• Mo Cheng arrived at Hai Bodong's shop with Qing Lin and demanded the remnant map, while Hai Bodong secretly told Qing Lin to hide in the Mercenary Plaza.
• Hai Bodong pretended to prepare Profound Ice Dragon Soar, then used the distraction to escape to the Mercenary Plaza.
• Mo Cheng realized Hai Bodong had recovered far beyond Dou Ling and suspected Luo Bu had given him special abilities.
• Hai Bodong told Xiao Yan and the others how he escaped, and Xiao Li gave him Profound Ice Hundred Dragon Soar and Nine Revolutions Profound Ice Technique.
• Xiao Yan said he could kill Mo Cheng if Mo Cheng had no hidden trump cards, but admitted he was wary of them.

Xiao Yan and his brothers planned their next move after learning the Green Lotus Core Flame might already be gone, then Xiao Yan and Xiao Li traveled into the desert to investigate and seek Queen Medusa. They found the flame’s site stripped bare and ran into Gu He’s party fighting the Charm Snake Tribe, leaving Xiao Yan facing a new confrontation.

• Xiao Yan warned Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, and Hai Bodong not to confront Mo Cheng until his Shadow Clone returned with information, and Hai Bodong stayed in the Mercenary Plaza.
• In Stone Desert City, Xiao Yan told Xiao Ding and Xiao Li that Hai Bodong’s simulation suggested someone other than Queen Medusa had taken the Green Lotus Core Flame and that Gu He would soon arrive.
• Xiao Ding advised Xiao Yan to visit the Snake-People Tribe and bring Xiao Li, so Xiao Yan taught both brothers the Transformation Technique before leaving with Xiao Li.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Li found the Green Lotus Core Flame, Lotus Seat, Green Lotus Seeds, and Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake all missing, confirming that someone had thoroughly cleared the site.
• Xiao Yan sent a Shadow Clone to protect the Xiao Clan while he and Xiao Li continued into the desert, where they encountered Gu He’s group fighting Yue Mei and the Charm Snake Tribe.

Xiao Yan, posing as Chen Beixuan of the Dao Sect, killed Gu He with the Great Desolate Imprisoning Heaven Finger and captured his soul. He left after assuring Yun Yun that his grievance with Gu He was personal, leaving the Misty Cloud Sect out of danger.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Li arrived, and their presence stopped the fighting as everyone sensed Xiao Yan's Dou Zong power.
• Xiao Yan attacked Gu He with the Great Desolate Imprisoning Heaven Finger, destroyed his body, and sealed his escaping soul in a jade bottle.
• Xiao Yan introduced himself as Chen Beixuan of the Dao Sect and refused to explain Gu He's death to Yun Yun at first.
• Xiao Li chased after Xiao Yan as the others urged Yun Yun not to provoke him.
• Yun Yun appealed to Xiao Yan through her connection to Li Feiyu, and Xiao Yan told her his grievance with Gu He was personal before departing.

After killing Gu He, Xiao Yan discovered that the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion in Jia Ma Holy City had guided Gu He toward the Green Lotus Core Flame and Queen Medusa. Realizing the pavilion master’s plans had nearly endangered him, Xiao Yan headed for the Snake-People Tribe and stopped Yue Mei as she fled.

• Yun Yun and the others abandoned their search for the Heavenly Flame after Gu He died and a Dou Zong appeared.
• Xiao Yan plundered Gu He's memories and learned that the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion had sent him to the Tagor Desert, supplying him with Dou Zong-level puppets.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Li realized that Hai Bodong's transmigration and life simulations had disrupted the pavilion master's predictions and prevented Gu He from pursuing his plan.
• Xiao Yan declared the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion master his enemy and decided to investigate the Green Lotus Core Flame in the Snake-People Tribe.
• Xiao Yan froze Yue Mei as she fled, and Yue Mei nervously asked why he had stopped her.

Xiao Yan, posing as Chen Beixuan of the Dao Sect, sought an audience with Queen Medusa, while she suspected his visit concerned the missing heavenly flame. As Yue Mei brought the matter to the queen, Azure Emperor appeared before Medusa and claimed to be the Green Lotus Core Flame itself.

• Xiao Yan asked Yue Mei to take him to Queen Medusa, and threatened that resisting would not stop him from finding Snake People City.
• Yue Mei sent word that a powerful Dou Zong had killed Gu He and taken her captive, and Queen Medusa agreed to receive him rather than risk losing Yue Mei.
• Queen Medusa suspected the visitor had come for the heavenly flame that had vanished before she could use it to advance to Dou Zong.
• Azure Emperor appeared in Queen Medusa's hall and offered to help her break through to Dou Zong.
• Queen Medusa sensed the Green Lotus Core Flame's aura on Azure Emperor, and he claimed that he was the flame itself.

The Azure Emperor revealed that he was the Green Lotus Core Flame in human form and offered to help Queen Medusa break through to Dou Zong, while Xiao Yan arrived in Snake People City seeking the heavenly flame. Queen Medusa concealed what she knew and let Xiao Yan stay, and the Azure Emperor returned that night to ask for her decision.

• The Azure Emperor told Queen Medusa that he was the Green Lotus Core Flame and offered to help her break through if she united with him, but she rejected his advances and remained conflicted.
• Hua She'er sent Yue Mei word to escort Xiao Yan to Snake People City, and Yue Mei led Xiao Yan and Xiao Li there.
• Queen Medusa welcomed Xiao Yan, who asked about traces of a heavenly flame; she denied knowing anything, though her thoughts revealed that the Green Lotus Core Flame had taken human form.
• Xiao Yan learned from Queen Medusa's thoughts that the Green Lotus Core Flame had become the Azure Emperor and asked to stay for a few days, which Queen Medusa accepted.
• The Azure Emperor returned to the Medusa Temple at night and asked Queen Medusa what decision she had reached.