Recaps

Karn used the Rage Serum and monitoring equipment to help Son Gohan transform into a Super Saiyan, then spent three years advancing his research and visiting his other worlds. As Bulma’s Time Machine neared completion, Karn prepared to travel to a parallel past and agreed to treat Son Goku’s heart virus.

• Karn injected Son Gohan with Rage Serum, and Son Gohan transformed into a Super Saiyan before Karn subdued him and collected data on his S-Cells.
• Karn advised Son Gohan to practice controlling his ki and emotions, while Son Gohan decided to keep his transformation active.
• Over the next three years, Kurenai Yuhi gave birth to Fia Pent, Kushina became a celebrity hero in the One-Punch Man World, and tensions rose among powers on the Douqi Continent.
• Karn and Red Queen completed a redesigned Cell Clone that could grow stronger than a Super Saiyan and absorb Android 17 and Android 18 to reach its Perfect Form.
• Karn integrated S-Cells into his own body, while Bulma finished developing a Time Machine with a test scheduled in two days.
• Bulma asked Karn to treat Son Goku’s heart virus if he reached a parallel world’s past, and Karn agreed.

Karn traveled back to Age 764, defeated Frieza and King Cold, and captured them for their genes. After meeting Trunks and telling him and the Earth warriors that he came from the future, Karn demonstrated his power while they waited for Son Goku to arrive.

• Bulma sent Karn into the past in the Time Machine after he said he would return to her the next day.
• Karn arrived in Age 764 and waited near the landing site for Frieza and King Cold while Piccolo, Vegeta, and the others hid nearby.
• Karn defeated Frieza and King Cold in one attack, captured them in Stasis Pods, and used magic to destroy their fleeing subordinates.
• Trunks arrived, learned that Frieza and King Cold had already been defeated, and met Karn and the Earth warriors.
• Karn told Trunks and the others that he came from the future, then hurled a destructive Truth-Seeking Orb into an empty mountain range.
• Son Goku sensed the explosion and hurriedly used Instant Transmission to check on the people he knew on Earth.

Karn cured Son Goku’s heart disease, warned the warriors about the Androids, and gathered the Dragon Balls to gain new abilities. After Shenron granted Karn the abilities he could provide in exchange for a hundred years of Karn’s lifespan, Karn kept the Dragon Balls instead of letting them scatter.

• Son Goku returned to Earth after sensing Karn’s destructive ki, and Karn revealed that he and Trunks came from different parallel futures and warned the group about Goku’s illness and the Androids.
• Karn extracted Son Goku’s heart disease virus and healed him, then left to collect the Dragon Balls while Trunks prepared to return to his future.
• Bulma traded Karn the final Dragon Ball for information about her future, and Karn told her about the Androids’ slaughter and his time with her future self.
• Karn summoned Shenron and wished to become the strongest in the universe with every ability, but the dragon offered only Earth and some Namekian abilities in exchange for a hundred years of lifespan.
• Karn accepted Shenron’s offer, received the abilities, and used a Barrier to keep the Dragon Balls from scattering, promising Bulma she could have them after he used them again.

Karn borrowed New Namek’s Dragon Balls, gained every ability in the universe, and found the egg sealing Majin Buu. After returning to Earth, he agreed to go shopping with Bulma while waiting for the Dragon Balls to recharge.

• Karn left Earth’s stone Dragon Balls with Bulma, then used Instant Transmission to visit King Kai and learned where the Namekians had settled.
• Karn offered to help First Elder Moori and grew Ajisa Trees across New Namek, persuading the Namekians to lend him their Dragon Balls.
• Karn summoned Porunga and wished for every ability, the location of Majin Buu, and the Ancient Bodhi Tree to grow; Porunga granted the wishes at the cost of five hundred years of Karn’s lifespan.
• Karn’s immense power broke through to the Sacred World of the Kai, and he found and stored the egg sealing Majin Buu for later study.
• Karn returned to Capsule Corporation, gave Bulma more youth-extending pills, and learned she had broken up with Yamcha.
• Bulma refused Karn’s offer to erase her memories of the future and invited him shopping, and Karn agreed.

After a year away, Karn returned to the Douqi Continent and found its factions divided into rival alliances as the Karn Chamber of Commerce rose to prominence. Xiao Yan completed his training and decided to follow Yao Chen to the Pills Alliance, leaving his future relationship with Gu Xun'er uncertain.

• Karn left Bulma after giving her a child and improving her constitution, then returned to check on the Douqi Continent.
• The Pill Tower allied with the Yao Clan to form the Pills Alliance, while the Yan Clan, Lei Clan, and Shi Clan created a Three-Clan Alliance.
• The Karn Chamber of Commerce became the leading power in the Northwestern Continent, and Xiao Yan returned to Black Mark City after reaching peak Dou Ling and collecting the tokens for a Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Yan asked Yao Chen whether he would return to the Central Plains, and Yao Chen offered him the Bone Chilling Cold Flame if he advanced enough to refine it.
• Xiao Yan told Gu Xun'er he intended to follow Yao Chen and join the Pills Alliance, and she said she would support his decision before ending the call.

Xiao Yan left the Karn Chamber of Commerce after choosing the Fallen Heart Flame, while Ya Fei’s attempt to warn him about Gu Xun’er led Karn to reveal that Ya Fei knew about his relationship with Xun’er. Karn brought Ya Fei to Tianbei City, where Xun’er and Ya Fei agreed to keep the secret; Xun’er then told Karn that Zi Yan had gone with his wife to address the Ancient Void Dragons’ division.

• Karn let Xiao Yan leave the Karn Chamber of Commerce and offered him a choice of four heavenly flame seeds, so Xiao Yan chose the Fallen Heart Flame and departed.
• Xiao Yan told Ya Fei he was leaving to accompany Yao Chen to the Central Plains, and Ya Fei tried to warn him about his relationship with Gu Xun’er.
• Karn confronted Ya Fei about what she had intended to tell Xiao Yan, and Ya Fei admitted she had seen Karn and Gu Xun’er together in a hot spring.
• Karn brought Ya Fei to Tianbei City, where Gu Xun’er learned that Ya Fei knew about her relationship with Karn, and the two women agreed to keep it secret.
• Ya Fei chose to remain on the Northwestern Continent until the Karn Chamber of Commerce had subdued the remaining resistance.
• Gu Xun’er told Karn that Zi Yan had left with his wife to help end the Ancient Void Dragons’ division.

Tsunade joined Zi Yan on Ancient Dragon Island and demonstrated that she could overpower its elders, prompting East Dragon Island to prepare a campaign against the other three islands. Meanwhile, Hermione and Gu Xun'er discussed alliance reforms and the Pills Alliance, before Ichikishimahime interrupted Karn and asked to go out.

• Hei Qing brought Zi Yan and Tsunade to East Dragon Island, where Qingshan and Qiyou confirmed Zi Yan's Dragon Emperor bloodline and explained that the other islands were led by three Dragon Kings.
• Tsunade rejected waiting years for Zi Yan to reach Dou Sheng, then struck Qingshan and Qiyou so precisely that they were immobilized and their force cracked the ground beneath them.
• Qingshan agreed to launch a campaign against the other dragon islands and left with Qiyou to gather their forces.
• Gu Xun'er learned that the Pills Alliance had adopted contribution points, while Hermione proposed reforms and discounts for their own alliance and explained its advantage in producing pills.
• Gu Xun'er asked Hermione how the alliance made so many pills, but Hermione called the method a secret, leaving Gu Xun'er feeling excluded.
• Karn praised Medusa's rapid cultivation and began discussing their agreement, but Ichikishimahime interrupted to ask permission to go outside.

Karn sent Ichikishimahime and Medusa to explore the magical beast realm, while Xiao Yan and the Little Fairy Doctor prepared to travel to the Central Plains. In the Soul Clan, Hun Tiandi approved a plan to provoke the other ancient clans, seize the Ancient Jade, and destroy the Shi Clan, leaving the Soul Clan’s thousand-year scheme close to action.

• Karn agreed to let Ichikishimahime explore the magical beast realm with Medusa, gave Medusa a mission to win over magical beast tribes, and supplied them with ten Zerg Puppets.
• Karn considered seeking Source Qi and expanding the Karn Chamber of Commerce into the Great Thousand Planes, while leaving the Douqi Continent as a place for Hermione to practice.
• Xiao Yan and the Little Fairy Doctor agreed to travel together to the Central Plains, where they hoped to find a Seventh-Tier Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast core to address her Woeful Poison Body.
• Hun Miesheng proposed that the Hall of Souls provoke the ancient clans into sending more forces to the Central Plains, allowing the Soul Clan to pursue the Ancient Jade elsewhere.
• Hun Tiandi ordered the Soul Clan to reinforce the Hall of Souls and declared that he and Void Devouring Flame would destroy the Shi Clan.
• Hun Tiandi told Hun Miesheng to locate Xiao Yan and the Xiao Family’s Ancient Jade, and the Soul Clan prepared to advance its thousand-year plan.

As the Hall of Souls stirred conflict across the Central Plains while pursuing the Ancient Jade, Xiao Yan focused on cultivation and the Genius Alchemist Competition. Karn stopped Gu Xun'er from warning her clan, and she concealed her situation during a call with Xiao Yan; meanwhile, Medusa and Ichikishimahime reached the Magical Beasts World seeking the Nine Netherworld Yellow Spring.

• The Hall of Souls attacked alchemists and factions aligned with the Yan Clan and Lei Clan, prompting the Pills Alliance and both clans to strike back while Hun Tiandi pursued the other Ancient Jade pieces.
• Xiao Yan learned of the Hall of Souls' violence, and Yao Chen urged him to build his strength and win the Genius Alchemist Competition for a chance to refine the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Little Fairy Doctor planned to travel the Central Plains after condensing her Poison Pill, while Xiao Yan began cultivating the Soul Mantra to improve his soul.
• Karn refused to help Gu Xun'er contact her clan and persuaded her that he could thwart the Soul Clan's scheme; she then reassured Xiao Yan by voice call and promised to watch his competition.
• Medusa and Ichikishimahime arrived in the Magical Beasts World and overheard beasts discussing the Nine Netherland Python clan's bounty on a human.

Medusa and Ichikishimahime tracked down Qinglin, who captured them with her Green Snake Three-Flower Pupils and found a high-grade Contribution Crystal Card among their belongings. Meanwhile, the Soul Clan seized several ancient clans’ Ancient Jade pieces, and Qinglin’s discovery alarmed Xiao Yan when she asked about the card’s status.

• Medusa took Ichikishimahime to search for the human who had attacked the Jiuyou Earth Python Clan, and Ichikishimahime used thousands of inorganic snakes to locate her.
• Medusa caught up with Qinglin, but Qinglin revealed her Green Snake Three-Flower Pupils and controlled both Medusa and Ichikishimahime.
• Qinglin searched Ichikishimahime’s belongings, found a high-grade Contribution Crystal Card, and sensed that Medusa’s bloodline felt familiar.
• Hun Sha and Hun Jing gave the Shi Clan’s Ancient Emperor Tuo She Jade to Void Devouring Flame after the Soul Clan destroyed the Shi Clan, while the Soul Clan also stole the Yan Clan’s and Lei Clan’s jade pieces.
• Gu Yuan intercepted Hun Tiandi in the Void Turbulence and prevented him from reaching the Yao Realm, while suspecting the Soul Clan might have attacked the Shi Clan.
• Qinglin called Xiao Yan and asked about her dark-gold, black-background Contribution Crystal Card, and Xiao Yan warned her not to provoke its senior holders.

Karn and Gu Xun'er traveled to Holy Pill City for the early Genius Alchemist Competition, where Karn planned to trade for pill formulas and undercut the Pills Alliance. When Gu Xun'er visited Xiao Yan, Karn suddenly seized Qinglin, accusing her of attacking Medusa.

• Hermione declined the competition invitation, while Karn agreed to attend and planned to buy pill formulas from alchemists who lacked time to prepare.
• Gu Xun'er decided to travel with Karn and later sent Xiao Yan a letter offering to bring him natural treasures, though she hesitated to contact him directly.
• Karn and Gu Xun'er arrived in Holy Pill City with guards and trading staff, and Karn instructed his employees to purchase pill formulas at the trade fair.
• Karn joined Gu Xun'er in her courtyard, where she delayed visiting Xiao Yan before eventually going to see him.
• Xiao Yan welcomed Gu Xun'er at the Ye Clan courtyard, where Qinglin tried to inspect her with her Green Snake Three-Flower Pupils.
• Karn appeared, seized Qinglin by the neck, and accused her of attacking Medusa.

Karn rescued Medusa and Ichikishimahime from Qinglin, then took Qinglin away for Ichikishimahime to punish while sealing the Pill Tower triumvirate’s douqi for seven days. Gu Xun’er later tried to intercede for Qinglin, but Karn dismissed the appeal and drew her onto his lap instead.

• Karn released Medusa, Ichikishimahime, and a weakened Nine Netherland Python elder from Qinglin’s control, then handed Qinglin to Ichikishimahime to punish.
• Karn refused Xiao Yan’s plea to spare Qinglin and sealed Kong Xuanzi, Tian Leizi, and Xuan Yi’s douqi for seven days when they tried to intervene.
• Gu Xun’er told Xiao Yan that Karn’s strength exceeded that of a late-stage four-star Dou Sheng and promised to do her best to help Qinglin.
• Gu Xun’er returned to Karn’s courtyard and asked him not to kill Qinglin, but Karn said he was angry and pulled Gu Xun’er onto his lap.

Gu Xun'er accepted that her feelings for Xiao Yan were fading, while Karn's chamber profited from the Pill Gathering and Tsunade and Zi Yan returned to Holy Pill City. As the alchemy competition began, Hun Tiandi prepared to attack the Yao Clan and seize its Ancient Jade.

• Gu Xun'er chose not to tell Karn that he had exceeded their agreed number of encounters, and Karn said Qinglin would live but remain a slave until Ichikishimahime's anger passed.
• The Little Pill Tower's First Elder kept Kong Xuanzi and the others in the tower for seven days after Karn sealed their dou qi, while Yao Chen received two soul-enhancing medicinal herbs from Xuan Yi.
• Gu Xun'er told Xiao Yan that Qinglin would probably survive but might remain enslaved for years, and Xiao Yan gave up on trading the Ancient Emperor Tuo She Jade to free her.
• The Karn Chamber of Commerce traded medicinal herbs for more than fifty pill formulas during the Pill Gathering, and Tsunade and Zi Yan arrived in Holy Pill City with Karn.
• Hun Tiandi ordered preparations for an assault on the Yao Clan to take its Ancient Jade, while the alchemy competition began under Yao Wanhuo, Old Man Shennong, and the Little Pill Tower's First Elder.

During the Alchemy Competition, the Soul Clan attacked Holy Pill City and revealed that its real targets were the Yao and Gu Clans, while its forces in the city were meant to hold the Pills Alliance back. Karn recognized the trap and took his group away to Alliance Holy City, leaving the battle and the competition unresolved.

• Zi Yan and Ichikishimahime returned from the Pill Realm with a substantial haul, and Zi Yan complained about waiting through the third round.
• The Soul Clan's Hun Xuzi appeared over Holy Pill City with an army, disrupting the competition and confronting the Pill Tower Ancestor, Yao Wanhuo, and Old Man Shennong.
• Hun Xuzi tricked Yao Wanhuo into summoning Yao Clan reinforcements, then disrupted the surrounding space and revealed that the Soul Clan was attacking the Yao Clan to aid Nihility.
• Yao Wanhuo, the Pill Tower Ancestor, and Old Man Shennong attacked Hun Xuzi, while Hun Xuzi called on Hun Miesheng to activate the Soul Clan Formation.
• Karn warned Gu Xun'er that the Soul Clan was also targeting the Gu Clan, then used Instant Transmission to take his group from Holy Pill City to Alliance Holy City.

After the Soul Clan stole the Gu Clan’s Ancient Jade, Gu Yuan rallied the ancient clans and summoned Xiao Yan, who revealed that he held the final piece. Gu Xun’er refused to return to the Gu Realm or enter the Heavenly Tomb, choosing to remain at the alliance and avoid seeing Xiao Yan.

• Gu Yuan ordered the Black Submerged Army to monitor the continent and invited the Yan Clan, Lei Clan, Karn Chamber of Commerce, and Pill Tower to plan against the Soul Clan.
• Gu Dao went to Holy Pill City, where Xiao Yan confirmed that he possessed the Xiao Clan’s Ancient Jade and agreed to travel to the Gu Realm with Gu Dao, Yao Wanhuo, and Pill Tower representatives.
• Gu South Blue learned that Karn and Tsunade were away, then asked Gu Xun’er to return to the Gu Clan for the Heavenly Tomb’s opening.
• Gu Xun’er refused to go, gave Gu South Blue a Storage Ring of pills and Senzu Beans, and explained that she wanted to stay at the alliance.
• Hermione arranged for Medusa and Ichikishimahime to use the Karn Chamber of Commerce’s two places in the Heavenly Tomb.

Karn collected the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit and other treasures before learning that Xiao Yan had entered the Heavenly Tomb with the Ancient Jade. In a Dragon Ball timeline, Karn tracked Majin Buu and struck a deal with Shin to stop Babidi and Dabura in exchange for Potara Earrings.

• Karn took the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit, an eighth-grade pill beast, and other relics from the Dou Sheng ruins, then returned to Alliance Holy City.
• Gu Xun'er told Karn that Medusa, Ichikishimahime, and Xiao Yan had entered the Heavenly Tomb three days earlier, and Karn learned Xiao Yan still held the Ancient Jade.
• Karn restored Earth in the Android-ravaged timeline, then invited Bulma to travel with him to another parallel world after locating Majin Buu's missing egg.
• Karn used tracking magic to follow Majin Buu's trail and met Shin and Kibito at the sealed egg's former location.
• Karn showed Shin the Majin Buu egg from another timeline and offered to defeat Babidi and Dabura in exchange for Potara Earrings.
• Shin gave Karn a pair of Potara Earrings and offered to let him train to become a Supreme Kai.

After defeating Babidi and securing Majin Buu, Karn traveled with Bulma to the Androids’ arrival in Age 767, where he reunited with the other Bulma and met his young daughter, Emma Frost. The chapter ended as Karn followed the Androids after Dr. Gero destroyed much of South City Town.

• Karn killed Dabura and Babidi’s remaining servants, then Shin destroyed their spaceship and moved Majin Buu’s egg to the Sacred World of the Kai.
• Karn declined Shin’s offer to become a Supreme Kai disciple and took two pairs of Potara Earrings after explaining how they worked.
• Karn returned to West City, where Bulma had upgraded the Time Machine, and the two traveled to May, Age 767, to see the Androids arrive.
• In South City Town, Bulma introduced her daughter Emma Frost, who used her psychic powers to restrain Krillin, while Son Goku and the others searched for the Androids.
• Karn reunited with Bulma and met Emma Frost, gave her a mental cultivation method and protective seal, and watched the two Bulmas begin to talk.
• After Dr. Gero destroyed much of South City Town, Karn placed a protective barrier around himself, both Bulmas, and Emma Frost, then followed the Androids.

Karn explained that Dr. Gero's Androids 17 and 18 were not inherently evil and could be persuaded to protect Bulma. After Vegeta let Dr. Gero escape so he could fight the stronger Androids, Karn took the Bulmas to the laboratory where Dr. Gero kept them, while Trunks learned that this world's Bulma had a daughter with Karn instead of having him with Vegeta.

• Bulma recognized Dr. Gero, and Karn explained how the changed timeline affected his Androids and why Androids 17 and 18 might be allies.
• Goku defeated Android 19 with a Kamehameha, while Emma Frost shielded the group from the blast.
• Vegeta transformed into a Super Saiyan and, after learning about Androids 17 and 18, let Dr. Gero escape so he could release them.
• Piccolo and the others discovered that Dr. Gero had fled, and the future young man arrived as Karn and the Bulmas left.
• Karn told Bulma he planned to hire Androids 17 and 18 for protection, then led the Bulmas to Dr. Gero's laboratory.
• Trunks learned that this world's version of him did not exist because Bulma had a daughter with Karn instead of having him with Vegeta.

Karn stopped Goku and the others from fighting the Androids by offering Android 17, Android 18, and Android 16 jobs, then returned to the Douqi Continent as the Heavenly Tomb neared its closing. He planned to obtain the Source Qi and went to Gu Xun'er, telling her he would accompany her to the Gu Realm to discuss the Ancient Jade.

• Karn offered the Androids well-paid jobs, and Android 17, Android 18, and Android 16 accepted instead of fighting him.
• Karn gave Goku and the others Senzu Beans before leaving with Bulma and the Androids, while Trunks stayed with Goku to train.
• Karn arranged for Android 17 and Android 16 to protect endangered animals and hired Android 18 as Emma Frost's bodyguard.
• Karn returned to the Douqi Continent before the Heavenly Tomb closed, intending to obtain the Source Qi and strengthen his children across other worlds.
• Karn visited Gu Xun'er and said he would accompany her to the Gu Realm to discuss the Ancient Jade, prompting her to kick him in anger.

Karn persuaded Gu Yuan to give the Soul Clan the final piece of Ancient Jade, demonstrating power that made Gu Yuan agree and promising to help him become a Dou Di. After the Heavenly Tomb closed and its participants emerged, Gu Xun'er asked Xiao Yan to speak with her about the Ancient Jade.

• Karn told Gu Yuan he planned to take the Source Qi from Ancient Emperor Tuo She's Cave Dwelling and used a Super Saiyan transformation to demonstrate his overwhelming strength.
• Gu Yuan agreed to hand the final Ancient Jade to the Soul Clan, and Karn promised to help him become a Dou Di after obtaining Source Qi.
• Gu Xun'er told Karn she intended to tell Xiao Yan how she felt and treat him only as an older brother, while remaining close to Karn.
• The Heavenly Tomb opened, and Medusa and Ichikishimahime emerged with greatly increased cultivation before the other participants followed.
• Gu Xun'er approached Xiao Yan and asked him to come discuss the Ancient Jade with her, and he agreed.

Xiao Yan handed the Ancient Jade to Gu Xun'er so the Gu Clan could trade it for Xiao Zhan, but he worried that Xun'er was distancing herself from him. Elsewhere, Karn oversaw Medusa and Ichikishimahime’s fusion, while Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran accepted a dangerous poison-gathering mission.

• Gu Xun'er told Xiao Yan that the great clans would give the Ancient Jade to the Soul Clan in exchange for Xiao Zhan, and Xiao Yan gave her the jade despite sensing that she was avoiding him.
• Xiao Yan told Yao Chen, Little Fairy Doctor, Xuan Yi, and the others about the exchange and the clans’ plan to let the Soul Clan find the inheritance before attacking; they prepared to grow stronger for the decisive battle.
• Little Fairy Doctor asked Xiao Yan why he was upset, and he said he feared Xun’er was distancing herself from him; she resolved to ask Xun’er about it later.
• Karn explained the Potara Earrings to Medusa and Ichikishimahime, and the two fused into Meiji, whose strength reached the initial Half-Saint level.
• A mission clerk rejected Nalan Yanran’s complaint that Snake-People had taken her and Yun Yun’s mission, and Yun Yun registered them for a dangerous mission to collect Black Underworld Poison Water from the Netherworld Poison Marsh.

After the Misty Cloud Sect disbanded, Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran sought Contribution Points to save Yun Shan, while Karn prepared for the Soul Clan’s pursuit of the Ancient Emperor’s Cave Dwelling. Hun Tiandi obtained the final Ancient Jade from Gu Yuan, and Karn’s return to the Northwestern Continent left Gu Xun’er wondering how he knew about her acquaintances at Jia Nan Academy.

• The Misty Cloud Alchemist Association Alliance collapsed, and the Misty Cloud Sect disbanded after losing its alchemists, disciples, privileges, and businesses.
• Yun Yun chose a dangerous mission in the ancient Netherworld Poison Marsh to earn Contribution Points for pills that might extend Yun Shan’s life, and Nalan Yanran offered to ask Xiao Yan for help.
• Karn briefed Tsunade and Hermione on the Ancient Emperor’s Cave Dwelling, sent Zi Yan to refine the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit, and tested the Potara Earrings’ fusion.
• Hun Tiandi brought Xiao Zhan and the Soul Clan’s forces to meet Gu Yuan, who traded the last piece of Ancient Jade for Xiao Zhan.
• Medusa asked Karn to give the Snake-People Race a child, while Gu Xun’er resisted his advances and wondered how he knew about Xiao Yu and Xiao Mei.

Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran pursued a contribution-point mission while Karn returned to the Black-Corner Region and arranged to evacuate Jia Nan Academy before the Soul Clan attacked. After Karn warned Su Qian about Ancient Emperor Tuo She's Cave Dwelling, he met Xiao Mei and Xiao Yu, whose admiration for him left Xiao Mei considering a visit to Black Mark City.

• Nalan Yanran told Yun Yun that Xiao Yan could only help a year later, so Yun Yun took her to the Ancient Netherworld Poison Marsh to complete a private mission.
• Karn returned to Black Mark City, where Ya Fei told him the new city was nearly ready, and Medusa visited the Snake-People Race with resources and news about her bloodline.
• Karn told Su Qian that the Soul Clan would soon come for Ancient Emperor Tuo She's Cave Dwelling beneath the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower, prompting Su Qian to arrange the Inner Academy's relocation.
• Xun'er told Xiao Mei and Xiao Yu that Xiao Yan had become a Dou Zun and awakened the Xiao Family bloodline.
• Karn met Xiao Mei and Xiao Yu, gave them Three-Line Green Spirit Pills, and invited them to visit Black Mark City.
• After Karn and Xun'er left, Xiao Mei wondered whether she should visit Black Mark City to see Karn again.

After Jia Nan Academy relocated to New Jia Nan City, Xiao Mei and Xiao Yu explored Black Mark City and visited the Karn Chamber of Commerce’s beast-pet exhibition. Xiao Yu went to meet Gu Xun’er, while Karn led Xiao Mei away, leaving the chapter with Xiao Mei alone with him in a private room.

• Jia Nan Academy moved from the Primeval Forest to New Jia Nan City, where its students retained access to the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower.
• Xiao Mei and Xiao Yu used Three-Line Green Spirit Pills from Karn and each advanced three stars in strength.
• Xiao Mei declined Li Yifan’s invitation to hunt magical beasts and went with Xiao Yu to explore Black Mark City.
• At the beast-pet exhibition, Karn offered to take the two cousins inside, and Xiao Yu received a message from Gu Xun’er asking to meet.
• Gu Xun’er gave Xiao Yu a list of resources for the Xiao Family, then left to find Xiao Mei after learning she was with Karn.
• Karn took Xiao Mei to a private room, where she hesitated as he urged her to leave everything to him.

The Soul Clan assembled the eight pieces of Ancient Jade and began searching for Ancient Emperor Tuo She's Cave Dwelling, while Xiao Yan learned that the Soul Clan's plans involved Jia Nan Academy and hurried to question the Pill Tower's First Elder. Xiao Zhan prepared to return to the Northwestern Continent with Little Fairy Doctor, and Xiao Yan remained unaware of what was happening between Gu Xun'er and Xiao Mei.

• Gu Xun'er helped Xiao Yu and Xiao Mei choose magical beast pets, and Xiao Mei later visited Karn's courtyard at night.
• Hun Tiandi combined the eight Ancient Jade pieces, saw the location of Ancient Emperor Tuo She's Cave Dwelling, and sent Soul Clan experts across the continent to find it.
• Xiao Yan learned that Xiao Zhan planned to return to the Northwestern Continent, and Little Fairy Doctor offered to escort him.
• Xiao Yan called Gu Xun'er, who said Jia Nan Academy's move to the Black-Corner Region involved the Ancient Jade and told him to ask the Pill Tower Ancestor.
• Xiao Yan ended the call and set off to find the Pill Tower's First Elder.