Recaps

Xu Ran agreed to attend Jia Nan Academy but asked to delay his arrival, and Ruo Lin discovered that Xun'er and Xiao Mei had also reached Dou Shi. Xiao Mei and Xun'er credited their rapid cultivation to Xu Ran, leaving Ruo Lin astonished and curious about his true identity.

• Xu Ran asked Ruo Lin for leave before joining Jia Nan Academy, and she agreed as long as he eventually came.
• Xu Ran said he would attend because Xun'er, Mei'er, and the others were going too.
• Ruo Lin sensed that Xun'er and Xiao Mei were both Dou Shi and marveled at their strength as new students.
• Xiao Mei said she had been below Dou Zhe a month earlier and credited her rise to Dou Shi to Xu Ran.
• Xun'er said she, too, had only recently broken through to Dou Zhe, and hinted that Xu Ran's identity was extraordinary.

Ruo Lin and the Jia Nan Academy students visited the Xiao Clan, where they learned about Xu Ran’s extraordinary strength and suspected he was a Seventh-Rank Alchemist. When Xiao Yu, Xun'er, and Xiao Mei questioned his conflicting attributes, Xu Ran claimed he could possess them all.

• Ruo Lin agreed to let Xiao Yu and Xiao Mei cultivate in Jia Nan Academy’s best class and accepted Xiao Yu’s invitation to stay at the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Zhan welcomed Ruo Lin and the students, then arranged rooms for them in the rear courtyard.
• Ruo Lin learned that Xu Ran was an Alchemist and suspected he had personally refined the Seventh-Rank pill associated with the Pill Lightning in Wutan City.
• Xun'er, Xiao Mei, and Xiao Yu privately asked Xu Ran how he could be an Alchemist while using ice-attribute Dou Qi.
• Xu Ran said he had the fire attribute too and asked whether he could possess all attributes.

Xu Ran demonstrated that he could wield countless attributes, including opposing ice and fire, leaving Xun'er, Xiao Mei, and Xiao Yu stunned by his power. After sharing an intimate night with Xun'er and Xiao Mei, he prepared to part from them as they departed for Jia Nan Academy, promising to visit and protect them.

• Xu Ran manifested black flames, ice, lightning, wind, and other attributes to show the girls the breadth of his abilities.
• Xiao Yu praised Xu Ran as a monster, then left after her resentment toward him vanished.
• Xun'er and Xiao Mei embraced Xu Ran, and the three spent the night together.
• Ling Ying accepted that Xun'er was with Xu Ran and believed the clan would approve of him.
• The next afternoon, Xiao Mei and Xun'er asked why Xu Ran would not go with them to Jia Nan Academy, and he promised to visit them often.

Xun'er discovered that her Dou Di bloodline had grown purer after spending the night with Xu Ran, and he promised to visit her at Jia Nan Academy. Xu Ran then reunited with Ya Fei, discussed her mistreatment of Xiao Yan, and gave her pills, including a Dou Huang Pill that could raise her directly to Dou Huang.

• Xun'er noticed her Dou Di bloodline had become stronger and more stable, despite losing her virginity before reaching Dou Sheng.
• Xu Ran claimed his presence had strengthened Xun'er's bloodline, fed her, and promised to visit her at Jia Nan Academy.
• Ya Fei welcomed Xu Ran at the auction house and told him she had beaten Xiao Yan and barred the Mitre auction houses from selling his pills.
• Xu Ran said his actions were helping Xiao Yan grow, then gave Ya Fei several high-grade pills, including a Dou Huang Pill that would advance her directly to Dou Huang.

Xu Ran gave Ya Fei a pill that could raise her to Dou Huang, and she swallowed it, rapidly advancing through several cultivation ranks. Her breakthrough created a powerful spectacle over Wutan City, which Ruo Lin and the Jia Nan Academy students used as an opportunity to cultivate.

• Xu Ran reassured Ya Fei that his pills could let her reach Dou Huang without side effects, and she accepted his offer to guard her while she took one.
• Ya Fei swallowed the Dou Huang Pill, and her cultivation surged from Great Dou Master through Dou Ling and beyond as Xu Ran's intent strengthened her future potential.
• Ya Fei's breakthrough stirred the sky over Wutan City, spreading medicinal fragrance and a crushing presence through the city.
• Ruo Lin recognized that someone was breaking through at extraordinary speed and suspected Xu Ran was responsible.
• Ruo Lin told Xiao Yu, Xue Ni, and the other students to cultivate while the medicinal energy was available, and they followed her lead.

Ya Fei’s cultivation surged to the Dou Huang peak while people across Wutan City, including Ruo Lin and the girls at Jia Nan Academy, advanced through the pill’s effects. Xiao Yu realized Xu Ran was behind it and struggled with her feelings for him, while Xue Ni grew even more fascinated by his power and suspected his alchemy was extraordinary.

• Ya Fei’s cultivation rose rapidly to the Dou Huang peak, and cultivators throughout Wutan City gained breakthroughs from the pill’s effects.
• Ruo Lin advanced to Seven-Star Great Dou Master and concluded that Xu Ran was responsible for the phenomenon.
• Xiao Yu and the other girls emerged from cultivation having each advanced by at least two stars.
• Xiao Yu suspected Xu Ran had made the pill for Ya Fei and felt jealous and troubled about her place among the women close to him.
• Xue Ni connected the breakthrough to Xu Ran and wondered what rank his alchemy had reached.

Xue Ni urged Xiao Yu to act on her feelings for Xu Ran, while admitting she would accept him if he wanted her. At the Mittel Auction House, Ya Fei reached the peak of Dou Huang, celebrated with Xu Ran, and chose to remain there and wait for him.

• Xue Ni warned Xiao Yu that other women might pursue Xu Ran if she did not confess her feelings soon.
• Xue Ni admitted to Xiao Yu that she would not hesitate to accept Xu Ran, and Xiao Yu promised to keep Xue Ni's past secret.
• Ya Fei awakened after her breakthrough and discovered that she had reached the peak of Dou Huang, throwing herself into Xu Ran's arms.
• Xu Ran reassured Ya Fei that she did not owe him for her new strength and asked whether she wanted to leave the auction house.
• Ya Fei chose to stay at the auction house and wait for Xu Ran, who gave her Dou Techniques and pills to auction.

Xu Ran spent time with Ya Fei, Xun'er, and Xiao Mei before preparing to leave Wutan City. Xiao Yu confronted him about neglecting her and asked him to define their relationship.

• Ya Fei admired the cultivation methods and Dou Techniques Xu Ran had created, and Xu Ran asked her how she would thank him.
• Xu Ran reflected on his arrival in the Dou Qi Continent and said he wanted to experience its people and their lives rather than simply possess them.
• Xu Ran spent his remaining time with Xun'er and Xiao Mei, who accepted that he would soon leave to pursue a wider world.
• After seeing Xun'er and Xiao Mei off, Xu Ran met Xiao Yu, who complained that he had flirted with her and then ignored her.
• Xiao Yu asked Xu Ran what their relationship was.

Xu Ran reassured Xiao Yu that he cared for her, and she admitted she wanted him to return to her after he left. As he prepared to depart for Jia Nan Academy, he hinted at pursuing other women, including the Little Medical Fairy and Yun Yun.

• Xu Ran embraced Xiao Yu and teased her by calling her his wife, while she complained that he had kept away from her.
• Xu Ran explained he had delayed seeing Xiao Yu because he was about to leave, and she brightened when he promised he still wanted her.
• Xu Ran told Xiao Yu he would probably leave the next day, prompting her to question whether he was going to see other women.
• Xu Ran said he was heading to Jia Nan Academy and privately thought about helping the Little Medical Fairy and saving Yun Yun from Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yu asked Xu Ran not to forget her and promised to indulge him when he returned; he whispered a request that left her blushing.

Xu Ran accepted Xiao Zhan’s request to guide and discipline Xiao Yan, then left Wutan City for his next journey. The women he left behind watched him go and looked forward to meeting him again at Jia Nan Academy.

• Xiao Zhan apologized for Xiao Yan’s behavior and asked Xu Ran to support him, giving Xu Ran his disciplinary ruler and personal token.
• Xu Ran accepted the items and promised to take good care of Xiao Yan.
• Xu Ran departed early the next morning, though Xun’er and the others gathered to watch him leave.
• Ruo Lin decided to return to Jia Nan Academy and report that she had encountered Xu Ran.
• Xiao Yu told Xue Ni that Xu Ran had prepared gifts for the women and Ruo Lin, while Xun’er, Xiao Mei, and Ya Fei hoped to see him again.

Yun Yun learned that Xu Ran had helped Ya Fei become a Dou Huang and hoped to draw him into the Mist Cloud Sect through Yanran. Xu Ran reached Qingshan Town and met Little Medical Fairy at the Ten Thousand Medicine Hall, where he resolved to protect her.

• Yun Yun learned of Ya Fei's breakthrough and wondered what kind of pill Xu Ran had given her.
• Yun Yun considered Xu Ran's value to the Mist Cloud Sect and set out to find the Amethyst Winged Lion King.
• Xu Ran arrived in Qingshan Town and went to the Ten Thousand Medicine Hall to see Little Medical Fairy.
• Xu Ran admired Little Medical Fairy and decided he would protect her.

Xu Ran arrived in Qingshan Town and claimed that the Little Medical Fairy was gravely ill, angering her supporters and the Little Medical Fairy herself. She challenged him to explain what was wrong with her, and Xu Ran prepared to reveal what he knew about her Woeful Poison Body.

• A mercenary warned Xu Ran to stop pursuing the Little Medical Fairy, but Xu Ran said he had come to treat her illness instead.
• Xu Ran explained that the Little Medical Fairy faced danger from her Woeful Poison Body and believed he could help her form a poison pill.
• The mercenary laughed at Xu Ran's claim, while the Little Medical Fairy watched and grew increasingly upset.
• The Little Medical Fairy confronted Xu Ran and asked him to name her illness, insisting she was perfectly healthy.

Xu Ran told the Little Medical Fairy that she had the Woeful Poison Body and explained how it had caused her to poison the village and could eventually kill her. After she broke down over the deaths, Xu Ran reassured her that he could help her.

• Xu Ran whispered that the Little Medical Fairy had a problem with her constitution, triggering memories of the village's deaths.
• The Little Medical Fairy stopped the crowd from attacking Xu Ran and led him to her bedroom to ask what he knew.
• Xu Ran identified her constitution as the Woeful Poison Body and explained its benefits and deadly risks.
• The Little Medical Fairy realized that accidentally eating a poisonous herb had awakened her constitution and blamed herself for the villagers' deaths.
• Xu Ran comforted her and said he could help her, and the Little Medical Fairy asked if he truly had a way.

Xu Ran told Little Medical Fairy he could help with her Woeful Poison Body and claimed he was a seventh-rank Alchemist, though she did not believe him. He offered to reveal a suitable cultivation technique hidden in the Magic Beast Mountain Range, but demanded something in return, leaving Little Medical Fairy wary of his intentions.

• Little Medical Fairy doubted Xu Ran could cure her Woeful Poison Body and wondered how he had learned about her constitution.
• Xu Ran said he was a powerful Alchemist, then claimed he could be seventh-rank; Little Medical Fairy laughed and accused him of boasting.
• Little Medical Fairy asked Xu Ran for a cultivation method suited to her constitution, and he said one could be found in the Magic Beast Mountain Range.
• Xu Ran refused to help without receiving something in return, making Little Medical Fairy suspect he wanted her body.
• Xu Ran assured Little Medical Fairy that he would not force himself on her, but she remained wary of his motives.

Xu Ran reassured the Little Medical Fairy that he would not exploit her and offered to help her find the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture. She accepted his friendship despite her fear that her Woeful Poison Body would harm anyone she cared about, and the chapter left her wondering if she had finally found a true friend.

• Xu Ran asked the Little Medical Fairy to owe him a favor, and she agreed.
• Xu Ran told her the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture was in a cave in the Magic Beast Mountain Range, and she proposed they explore it together with the Wolf Head Mercenary Group.
• Xu Ran told the Little Medical Fairy he valued her more than the cave's treasures and was not afraid of her Woeful Poison Body.
• The Little Medical Fairy said she could not accept his romantic feelings but offered to be his friend, and Xu Ran agreed.
• The Little Medical Fairy introduced herself as Xian'er and felt warmth at the thought that Xu Ran might be her first true friend.

Xiao Yan showed off his Five-Star Dou Zhe cultivation to the Little Medical Fairy and declared that he would protect her, hoping to win her over. When Xu Ran appeared as her friend, Xiao Yan panicked and tried to turn her against him by accusing him of chasing other women.

• Xiao Yan defeated a burly mercenary and impressed the gathered mercenaries with his Five-Star Dou Zhe cultivation.
• Xiao Yan introduced himself to the Little Medical Fairy and offered to deal with the man who had harassed her.
• The Little Medical Fairy said Xu Ran was her friend, and Xiao Yan grew jealous.
• Xu Ran appeared and teased Xiao Yan, who recoiled in fear at seeing him.
• Xiao Yan accused Xu Ran of betraying Xun'er and warned the Little Medical Fairy that Xu Ran already had many women.

Xu Ran joined Little Medical Fairy’s expedition to the Magic Beast Mountain Range and took her hand to provoke Xiao Yan, who backed down after seeing how strong Xu Ran seemed. During the carriage ride, Little Medical Fairy questioned Xu Ran about his other confidantes and warned him about Xiao Yan, while Xu Ran boasted about his strength and his standing with the Mist Cloud Sect.

• Xiao Yan tried to make Little Medical Fairy choose him over Xu Ran, but she said that she and Xu Ran were only friends, and Xu Ran warned Xiao Yan not to provoke him.
• Little Medical Fairy invited Xu Ran to set off with the group, and Xu Ran took her hand before she blushed and pulled him into the carriage.
• As the group traveled toward the Magic Beast Mountain Range, Xu Ran teased Little Medical Fairy and admitted he had several confidantes in Wutan City; she angrily insisted she would never fall for him.
• Little Medical Fairy worried that Xiao Yan’s Five-Star Dou Zhe cultivation might make him dangerous to Xu Ran, but Xu Ran claimed he could defeat Xiao Yan easily and that the Mist Cloud Sect’s First Elder respected him.
• Little Medical Fairy laughed at Xu Ran’s claims and said she doubted he had even met the Mist Cloud Sect’s First Elder.

Xiao Yan resented Xu Ran for winning the Little Medical Fairy’s affection, then seized the chance to impress her by killing three attacking Red Ice Snakes. After boasting that he could protect her from any magic beast, Xiao Yan accepted Xu Ran’s challenge to prove it.

• Xiao Yan watched Xu Ran and the Little Medical Fairy together and angrily blamed Xu Ran for taking the women he believed should have been his.
• The Little Medical Fairy gathered medicinal herbs with Xu Ran as the party traveled deeper into the Magic Beast Mountain Range.
• Three Red Ice Snakes attacked and poisoned three mercenaries, and Xiao Yan quickly killed the beasts.
• Xiao Yan posed as the Little Medical Fairy’s protector and claimed his Five-Star Dou Zhe strength let him fight like a Dou Shi.
• Xu Ran asked whether Xiao Yan would protect the Little Medical Fairy against any powerful magic beast, offering him a chance to show off.

Xiao Yan tried to impress the Little Medical Fairy with grand declarations and a flower bouquet, but a powerful group of Ape-Hybrids appeared before he could prove himself. Yao Lao urged Xiao Yan to flee, while the Ape-Hybrids ignored him and focused on Xu Ran and Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Yan declared that he loved the Little Medical Fairy and asked her to be his girlfriend with a bouquet of wildflowers.
• Powerful Magical Beast presences swept over the group, and the Little Medical Fairy took Xu Ran's hand as Xiao Yan offered to protect her.
• Yao Lao warned Xiao Yan that even he might not be able to handle the beasts and urged him to run.
• More than a dozen Ape-Hybrids appeared, frightening the Little Medical Fairy and leaving the group despairing.
• Xu Ran comforted the Little Medical Fairy while Xiao Yan prepared to fight, but the Ape-Hybrids ignored him, gazed at Xu Ran with adoration, and regarded Xiao Yan as prey.

The Ape-Hybrids ignored Little Medical Fairy and fixated on Xiao Yan because Xu Ran had summoned them and ordered them to target him. The Wolf Head Mercenary Group hoped Xiao Yan would draw the beasts away, while Xiao Yan and Yao Lao remained unaware of the reason for their attention.

• A terrifying bloodline presence from Xu Ran drew the Ape-Hybrids to the group, and the beasts recognized him as a powerful magic beast capable of human transformation.
• The Ape-Hybrids focused on Xiao Yan instead of Little Medical Fairy, leaving the mercenaries amused and hoping the beasts would take him away so they could escape.
• Little Medical Fairy questioned Xu Ran about the beasts’ strange behavior, and he claimed they were afraid of him, but she dismissed his explanation as bragging.
• Xiao Yan, unaware of the Ape-Hybrids’ intentions, asked Yao Lao for power so he could impress Little Medical Fairy.
• Yao Lao was shocked by the beasts’ interest in Xiao Yan and wondered whether Xiao Yan had a special constitution.

Xiao Yan was seized by a powerful Ape-Hybrid after magic beasts appeared in the mountain range and singled him out. He blamed Xu Ran for arranging the attack, while Xu Ran denied involvement as Xiao Yan was dragged away.

• Yao Lao noticed the rare fourth-rank magic beasts in the outskirts and went to sleep, leaving Xiao Yan to fend for himself.
• Xiao Yan realized the magic beasts were targeting him and tried to flee, but the Ape-Hybrid leader caught him and dragged him back.
• Xiao Yan clung to a tree and begged Xu Ran and Little Medical Fairy to save him, while Xu Ran mocked him and denied responsibility.
• Xiao Yan accused Xu Ran of setting him up and, as the tree began to give way, tried to redirect the Ape-Hybrids toward Little Medical Fairy.

The Little Medical Fairy lost her remaining goodwill toward Xiao Yan after hearing his shameless words, while Xu Ran reassured her and let her vent her anger on him. Xiao Yan blamed Xu Ran for the Magical Beasts targeting him, but the Ape-Hybrid uprooted the tree he clung to and dragged him away, leaving him in despair.

• The Little Medical Fairy cursed Xiao Yan for wanting the Magical Beasts to attack her and rejected Xu Ran's claim that he alone would treat her well.
• Xu Ran reassured the Little Medical Fairy that he would protect her, while she questioned his sincerity and felt troubled by his other confidantes.
• Xiao Yan suspected Xu Ran had arranged for the Magical Beasts to target him and shouted accusations at him.
• The Ape-Hybrid tore the tree Xiao Yan was clinging to out by its roots and dragged him away.
• Xiao Yan stopped resisting, accepted that he could not escape, and vowed to repay Xu Ran for his humiliation someday.

After the beast attack, the Wolf Head Mercenary Group mocked Xiao Yan while Mu Li plotted to claim Little Medical Fairy for himself. Little Medical Fairy went with Xu Ran to camp, pretending to be his lover, and Xu Ran teased her about making their relationship real as they planned to explore the cave holding the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture.

• Xiao Yan screamed in agony after luring away the magic beasts, while the Wolf Head Mercenary Group argued over whether he had saved them or caused the danger.
• Mu Li blamed Xiao Yan, then secretly resolved to get rid of Xu Ran and make Little Medical Fairy his woman.
• Mu Li suggested that the group pitch camp and gather herbs the next day, and Little Medical Fairy agreed because she wanted to retrieve the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture.
• Little Medical Fairy took Xu Ran by the hand and whispered that she was pretending to be with him to shake off the others.
• Xu Ran suggested making their act real and sharing a tent while they discussed exploring the cave, and Little Medical Fairy blushed and warned him not to get handsy.
• Xu Ran told Little Medical Fairy he did not want to live without her, leaving her flustered by his confession.

Mu Li and the Wolf Head Mercenary Group plotted to kill Xu Ran and seize Little Medical Fairy while they were in the Magic Beast Mountain Range. Inside their tent, Little Medical Fairy learned more about Xu Ran and Xiao Yan, and began to suspect Xu Ran was even stronger than Xiao Yan.

• Mu Li ordered the Wolf Head Mercenary Group to kill Xu Ran and planned to take Little Medical Fairy for himself.
• The mercenaries agreed that killing Xu Ran and forcing Little Medical Fairy into their group would benefit them.
• Little Medical Fairy asked Xu Ran why Xiao Yan hated him, and Xu Ran explained his history with Xiao Yan.
• Little Medical Fairy concluded that Xiao Yan’s clan and father must have rejected him for good reason.
• Little Medical Fairy learned that Nalan Yanran was Xu Ran’s lover and asked how she had fallen for him.
• Little Medical Fairy asked Xu Ran whether he was stronger than Xiao Yan.

Xu Ran and the Little Medical Fairy left the camp at night to visit a hidden place, and he carried her down a cliff while teasing her. He promised not to force her into anything before she accepted him, leaving her embarrassed but increasingly fond of him.

• Xu Ran told the Little Medical Fairy that her Woeful Poison Body could help her reach Dou Shi in less than a week.
• The Little Medical Fairy asked to visit the place they had discussed, then secretly left the camp after nightfall.
• Xu Ran followed her into the forest, and they reached a steep cliff where she prepared a rope to descend.
• Xu Ran pulled the Little Medical Fairy into his arms and carried her down, calling her Xian'er and praising her beauty.
• The Little Medical Fairy grew flustered as Xu Ran held her, but he promised to wait until she fully accepted him.
• The Little Medical Fairy thanked Xu Ran, then stomped on his foot after he whispered a shameless remark to her.