Recaps

Xu Ran met Yue Mei and the Snake-People Tribe guards, who learned that he was the famed seventh-rank alchemist behind Ya Fei’s rise to Dou Huang. Yue Mei sought his favor and asked whether he would give her a pill, leaving Xu Ran to consider her request.

• Xu Ran was surprised that the Snake-People Tribe knew of him, and Yue Mei delightedly confirmed his identity.
• Yue Mei ordered the guards to treat Xu Ran as an honored guest and punish anyone who offended him.
• Yue Mei praised Xu Ran’s alchemy and explained that his pill had raised Ya Fei from a weak Dou Zhe to a Dou Huang.
• After Xu Ran confirmed the story and called Dou Huang a trifle, Yue Mei flirted with him and asked for a pill.
• Xu Ran raised his eyebrows and asked whether Yue Mei wanted to request pills from him.

Xu Ran gave Yue Mei a Human Transformation Pill, and she successfully took human form before pledging her loyalty to him. She returned to the Snake-People Tribe, where her transformation caused an uproar and Queen Medusa became eager to meet Xu Ran for help with swallowing the Heavenly Flames.

• Xu Ran offered Yue Mei a Human Transformation Pill instead of helping her become a Dou Huang.
• Yue Mei swallowed the pill and transformed into a human in less than half an hour.
• Yue Mei thanked Xu Ran, pledged to serve him, and agreed to bring Queen Medusa to him.
• Yue Mei returned to the Snake-People Tribe and caused a stir when the tribe saw her human form.
• Queen Medusa grew excited at the prospect of Xu Ran helping her survive the Heavenly Flames.

Queen Medusa and the Snake-People Tribe’s elders discussed Xu Ran’s gifts and suspected he might be an Eighth-Rank Alchemist seeking the Heavenly Flame. The elders urged Medusa to win him over for the tribe’s sake, and she went to meet him while remaining wary of his intentions.

• Queen Medusa questioned whether Xu Ran’s generosity and pills meant he was more than a Seventh-Rank Alchemist.
• Yue Mei suggested Xu Ran might want the Heavenly Flame and argued that the tribe should befriend him rather than risk offending him.
• Yue Mei explained that Xu Ran’s Seventh-Rank reputation came from Pill Lightning in Wutan City, and she speculated that he might be an Eighth-Rank Alchemist.
• The Snake-People Tribe’s elders agreed that Xu Ran could help the whole tribe prosper and insisted they should give him whatever he wanted.
• Queen Medusa rebuked the elders for disregarding tribal rules, then decided to meet Xu Ran and judge his intentions herself.

Xu Ran met Queen Medusa and offered to help her awaken her bloodline and advance to Dou Zong in exchange for the Green Lotus Core Flame. After she tried to secure additional pills for the Snake-People Tribe, Xu Ran called her demand shameless and moved closer to her.

• After the elders left, Queen Medusa asked Yue Mei why Xu Ran wanted to help her, and Yue Mei suggested he coveted Medusa’s beauty.
• Queen Medusa welcomed Xu Ran and offered him the Green Lotus Core Flame if he helped her transform and reach Dou Zong.
• Xu Ran teased Medusa by saying the Snake-People Tribe’s most precious person was Yue Mei, prompting Medusa to wonder whether he preferred her subordinate.
• Medusa offered to let Yue Mei keep Xu Ran company, but Xu Ran asked for the Heavenly Flame and promised to help her advance safely.
• Medusa also demanded that Xu Ran refine several sixth- or seventh-rank pills for her tribe, and Xu Ran objected as he stepped closer to her.

Xu Ran tried to persuade Queen Medusa to join him, but she rejected him despite being tempted by his pill and promises. The chapter left her wavering between her principles and the chance to gain power and protect the Snake-People Tribe.

• Queen Medusa attacked Xu Ran, then warned him not to pursue her or expect her to share a husband.
• Xu Ran showed Queen Medusa a living eighth-grade pill, shocking her into believing he might be an eighth-rank alchemist.
• Xu Ran claimed he could be a ninth-rank alchemist and said the Central Plains held little importance to him.
• Xu Ran offered to take Queen Medusa to a wider world and protect the Snake-People Tribe if she became his.
• Queen Medusa felt tempted by Xu Ran's offer but resolved not to trade her body or principles for power.

Xu Ran impressed Queen Medusa with his calligraphy and poetry after she tried to deter his advances, and she explained the Heaven-Swallowing Python bloodline behind her clan’s power. Xu Ran claimed his own bloodline surpassed even the Nine-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python’s, leaving Medusa shocked and questioning whether he was a magical beast.

• Queen Medusa challenged Xu Ran to write a love poem, hoping his failure would make him stop pursuing her.
• Xu Ran wrote a poem praising Medusa, and she was captivated by its verses and elegant calligraphy.
• Medusa admitted she was impressed but worried that Xu Ran might abandon her when her beauty faded.
• Medusa explained that her clan descended from a snake-person and a Heaven-Swallowing Python, and that preserving their bloodline was essential to the tribe’s future.
• Xu Ran claimed his bloodline surpassed that of even a Nine-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python and said their daughter would outshine the first Medusa.
• Medusa stared at Xu Ran in disbelief and asked whether he was a magical beast.

Xu Ran revealed his overwhelming bloodline to Queen Medusa after claiming to be the ancestor of the Dragon Clan. The chapter left Medusa staring in shock at his enormous dragon form.

• Xu Ran told Queen Medusa he was a magical beast and teased that he was a dragon, making her consider how his bloodline might help her evolve.
• Queen Medusa questioned Xu Ran about the Primordial Void Dragon clan, but he dismissed them and claimed to be the ancestor of all dragons.
• Xu Ran released a vast bloodline presence that made Medusa's Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python bloodline recoil in fear.
• Xu Ran's presence intensified, and Queen Medusa rose into the air to behold his immense, winding Dragon Body.

Xu Ran used his overwhelming bloodline pressure to help Queen Medusa merge with the Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python and break through to Dou Zong. After transforming into human form, Medusa knelt before Xu Ran in worship and gratitude.

• Xu Ran revealed his enormous Dragon Body, and Queen Medusa and the Snake-People Tribe were awed by his power.
• The Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python bloodline inside Medusa merged safely with her body under Xu Ran’s pressure.
• Medusa transformed into a seven-colored snake whose power was strong enough to command the respect of a Dou Zong expert.
• Xu Ran returned to human form, and Medusa knelt before him and thanked him for her transformation and breakthrough.
• Medusa concluded that Xu Ran’s strength could only belong to a legendary Dou Di.

Xu Ran helped Queen Medusa complete her transformation into a Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python and gain Dou Zong strength, and she agreed to consider becoming his partner. After she left to handle the Snake-People Tribe’s affairs, Yun Yun and Gu He’s party headed toward the tribe, with Yun Yun recognizing something familiar in the terrifying presence they had witnessed.

• Queen Medusa credited Xu Ran with perfecting her transformation, and she agreed to take time to adjust before accepting his advances.
• Xu Ran began calling Queen Medusa Cai Lin and asked her to keep his strength secret.
• Queen Medusa left to report her transformation and new Dou Zong strength to the Snake-People Tribe’s higher-ups.
• Yue Mei asked whether Xu Ran had caused the terrifying display, and he answered with a smile.
• Pill King Gu He, Yun Yun, and their party traveled through the Tagor Desert toward the Snake-People Tribe after witnessing the immense presence.
• Gu He and the others dismissed the display as an illusion, but Yun Yun believed it was real and sensed something familiar in it.

Yun Yun suspected Xu Ran had gone to the Snake-People Tribe for Queen Medusa and grew jealous at the thought. She agreed to bring Gu He to Xu Ran in exchange for ten years of free alchemy work for the Mist Cloud Sect, and the group set out for the tribe.

• Yun Yun imagined Xu Ran pursuing Queen Medusa and became jealous, while Gu He and the other experts wondered about her reaction.
• Gu He asked Yun Yun to help him meet Xu Ran so he could seek guidance in alchemy.
• Yun Yun agreed to introduce Gu He to Xu Ran if he refined pills for the Mist Cloud Sect free for ten years, without promising Xu Ran would help him.
• Yun Yun revealed that Xu Ran was at the Snake-People Tribe, and Gu He immediately flew there.
• Gu He reflected on Xu Ran's strength and the many women associated with him, and his admiration for Xu Ran grew.

Xu Ran devoured the Green Lotus Core Flame and emerged with new insight into how he could strengthen Heavenly Flames. He then toured the Snake-People Tribe with Yue Mei, leaving her subordinates stunned by her intimate, obedient behavior toward him.

• Xu Ran used the Flame Mantra and his Qilin Flame to calm and devour the Green Lotus Core Flame, nurturing it within his body.
• Xu Ran realized that Heavenly Flames could grow stronger under his power and planned to collect and cultivate more of them.
• Xu Ran emerged from the room and asked Yue Mei to show him around the Snake-People Tribe.
• Yue Mei walked through the tribe in Xu Ran's embrace, shocking her subordinates, who had known her as a stern woman hostile to humans.
• Yue Mei teased Xu Ran and declared that she would not refuse anything he liked, leaving the Snake-People Tribe's powerhouses dumbstruck.

Queen Medusa returned to the Snake-People Tribe after breaking through to Dou Zong with Xu Ran’s help, bringing hope of a powerful future for her people. She told the elders that Xu Ran was beyond even a Dou Sheng, and they began to imagine the tribe prospering under his protection.

• The Snake-People Tribe members discussed Queen Medusa’s human transformation and wondered how Xu Ran had helped her.
• Queen Medusa confirmed to the elders that she had become a Dou Zong and demonstrated her control of spatial power.
• The elders celebrated her breakthrough and discussed how the tribe should repay Xu Ran for his help.
• Queen Medusa explained that Xu Ran had resolved her problem without refining a pill and was far stronger than a Dou Zun.
• Queen Medusa said Xu Ran might be stronger than a Dou Sheng, leaving the elders imagining the Snake-People Tribe’s future under his protection.

The Snake-People Tribe's elders urged Queen Medusa to win Xu Ran's favor, and she decided to draw closer to him for the tribe's future. Xu Ran revealed that he was the Dou Qi Continent's only Dou Di and told Medusa that he had come from another world, leaving her with the truth about his origins.

• The Snake-People Tribe's elders pleaded with Queen Medusa to secure Xu Ran's favor for the tribe's future.
• Queen Medusa said she would draw closer to Xu Ran and help the Snake-People Tribe flourish, while news of her becoming a Dou Zong spread through the settlement.
• Queen Medusa joined Xu Ran on a hillside, and he promised that no one would dare bully her people.
• Xu Ran told Queen Medusa that he was the only Dou Di on the Dou Qi Continent, and she believed him.
• Xu Ran told Queen Medusa that he came from another world, where he had been a god, and that he had come to prepare for venturing into the Great Thousand World.

Queen Medusa learned how vast the world was, while Xu Ran’s arrival brought her together with Yun Yun and Gu He’s party. Yun Yun and Medusa exchanged accusations over Xu Ran and Nalan Yanran, leaving their rivalry on the verge of a fight.

• Queen Medusa sensed Yun Yun and Gu He approaching and grew jealous when Xu Ran called Yun Yun his little lover.
• Yun Yun’s party arrived at the Snake-People Tribe and realized Queen Medusa had likely broken through to Dou Zong.
• Gu He and his experts abandoned their hopes of taking the Heavenly Flame in favor of meeting Xu Ran, whom they greatly admired.
• Xu Ran and Queen Medusa met Yun Yun’s party, and Yun Yun accused Medusa of seducing Xu Ran despite his engagement to Nalan Yanran.
• Medusa retorted that Yun Yun was betraying her own disciple by pursuing Xu Ran, and the two women traded insults.

Xu Ran dealt with the argument between Queen Medusa and Yun Yun before Gu He knelt and begged to become his disciple. Xu Ran refused to take him on but offered to teach him enough alchemy to pursue the seventh rank, leaving Gu He with a chance to advance if his cultivation allowed it.

• Queen Medusa mocked Yun Yun over her relationship with Xu Ran, and Xu Ran stopped their argument.
• Xu Ran showed Yun Yun and Gu He the Green Lotus Core Flame he had subdued.
• Gu He knelt before Xu Ran and begged him to accept him as a disciple.
• Xu Ran refused to take Gu He as a disciple but offered to pass on alchemy knowledge that could help him pursue the seventh rank.

Xu Ran gave Gu He a Seventh-Rank Alchemist’s inheritance on the condition that he remain in the Mist Cloud Sect, securing Yun Yun’s support and strengthening the sect. Gu He and the other experts pledged themselves to the Mist Cloud Sect, while Yun Yun and Queen Medusa continued to compete over Xu Ran’s attention.

• Xu Ran offered Gu He a Seventh-Rank Alchemist’s inheritance if he stayed in the Mist Cloud Sect to refine pills, and Yun Yun welcomed the benefit to her sect.
• Xu Ran placed his Alchemy knowledge and many seventh-rank pill formulas into Gu He’s mind, leaving Gu He astonished by the depth of his understanding.
• Gu He thanked Xu Ran, called him his teacher, and pledged his loyalty to him.
• Xu Ran credited Yun Yun for Gu He’s inheritance, and Gu He bowed to her as the Mist Cloud Sect’s master.
• The experts Gu He had recruited asked to join the Mist Cloud Sect, and Yun Yun accepted them before ordering Gu He to return to the sect.
• Yun Yun refused to leave while Queen Medusa remained with Xu Ran, telling Medusa that she could leave with him instead.

Yun Yun and Queen Medusa competed for Xu Ran’s attention, trading jealous barbs until Xu Ran told them to settle their rivalry with a fight. They flew into the sky and began battling, leaving Xu Ran to watch.

• Yun Yun took Xu Ran’s other hand and began stroking his palm, prompting Queen Medusa to mock her for seducing him.
• Yun Yun and Queen Medusa argued over their place in Xu Ran’s life and threatened to use their followers to claim his attention.
• Xu Ran scolded both women for their conduct, and they fell silent in shame.
• Xu Ran suggested that Yun Yun and Queen Medusa fight if they could not stand each other.
• Yun Yun and Queen Medusa flew into the clouds and clashed with their Dou Zong powers while Xu Ran watched.

News of Queen Medusa and Yun Yun becoming Dou Zong and Gu He receiving Xu Ran’s alchemy legacy spread across the Jia Ma Empire, shifting the balance of power. As Xu Ran strengthened the Snake-People Tribe with alchemy knowledge and a simplified transformation pill, Queen Medusa grew more devoted to him.

• Factions across the Jia Ma Empire learned that Queen Medusa and Yun Yun had become Dou Zong and that Gu He had received Xu Ran’s alchemy legacy and joined the Mist Cloud Sect.
• The Mitre Family elder worried that Ya Fei might lose Xu Ran’s favor, but Ya Fei reassured him that Xu Ran would remain true to himself.
• Xu Ran stayed with the Snake-People Tribe, taught selected members an alchemy legacy, and adapted the Human Transformation Pill into a simpler fifth-rank pill for snake-people.
• Queen Medusa thanked Xu Ran for giving her tribe lasting means to grow stronger and told him she had truly fallen for him.
• Queen Medusa kissed Xu Ran and pinned him beneath her.

Xu Ran and Queen Medusa grew closer as he helped her dress, and she declared that she wanted to become strong enough to stand beside him. Yun Yun realized they had become lovers and left after exchanging sharp words with Queen Medusa.

• Xu Ran embraced Queen Medusa while she dressed, praised her beauty, and combed her hair.
• Queen Medusa said she wanted to reach Dou Sheng so she could stand proudly beside Xu Ran and his powerful women.
• Xu Ran and Queen Medusa emerged together, and Yun Yun noticed his scent on her and realized they had been intimate.
• Queen Medusa taunted Yun Yun about her feelings for Xu Ran, and Yun Yun left them alone after admitting she had lost ground.

After leaving the Snake-People Tribe with Yun Yun, Xu Ran headed for the Mo Clan to put an end to its sinister Transplantation Technique and disloyal ambitions. Nalan Yanran confronted Mo Cheng at the clan, but he revealed strength beyond Ge Ye’s and began plotting to capture her and use her to extort Xu Ran.

• Xu Ran left the Snake-People Tribe with Yun Yun after Queen Medusa stayed behind to manage the tribe, while Yue Mei and Medusa discussed Xu Ran’s promise to return for her.
• Xu Ran told Yun Yun about the Mo Clan’s Transplantation Technique and its plans against the Mist Cloud Sect, and Yun Yun worried that Nalan Yanran might be in danger.
• At the Mo Clan, Nalan Yanran accused Mo Cheng of using the sect’s protection to commit atrocities and build his own influence, while Ge Ye backed her demands for his confession.
• Mo Cheng refused to submit, revealed a presence stronger than Ge Ye’s, and considered capturing Nalan Yanran to force Xu Ran to provide pills.

Mo Cheng revealed that he had used the Transplantation Method to pursue power and planned to capture Nalan Yanran to force Xu Ran to give him pills. The Mo Clan moved to seize her as Ge Ye fought Mo Cheng, and Ge Ye urged Nalan Yanran to escape while he held them off.

• Mo Cheng admitted that he had secretly used the Transplantation Method to grow stronger and had killed many people in his experiments.
• Mo Cheng explained that he wanted to capture Nalan Yanran and use her to demand pills from Xu Ran.
• Mo Cheng rejected the Mist Cloud Sect's authority, praised Nalan Yanran's beauty, and attacked Ge Ye.
• Mo Cheng persuaded the Mo Clan fighters that capturing Nalan Yanran could secure their future, and they surrounded her.
• Nalan Yanran mocked the Mo Clan for underestimating Xu Ran, while Ge Ye attacked with all his strength and told her to escape.

Mo Cheng tried to seize Nalan Yanran to bargain with Xu Ran, but an unseen force immobilized him. Yun Yun and Xu Ran arrived, and as the Mo Clan begged for mercy, Xu Ran rejected Nalan Yanran’s plea to spare them and declared that Mo Cheng’s crimes demanded a price.

• Mo Cheng ordered the Mo Clan to attack Ge Ye, then rushed to capture Nalan Yanran so he could use her to bargain for power and protection.
• An unseen force stopped Mo Cheng just short of Nalan Yanran, and the Mo Clan realized his actions could bring disaster upon them.
• Yun Yun arrived and demanded that Mo Cheng admit his guilt, while the Mo Clan members knelt and blamed him for their crimes.
• Xu Ran descended and embraced Nalan Yanran, who reproached him for staying away and then asked him to spare the Mo Clan.
• Mo Cheng recognized Xu Ran as the powerful figure he feared and confessed that his pursuit of the Transplantation Technique had corrupted him.
• Xu Ran told Nalan Yanran that the Mo Clan had to pay for its deeds, leaving the clan facing his judgment.

Xu Ran tortured Mo Cheng to death for threatening Nalan Yanran, then let Ge Ye deal with the rest of the Mo Clan. After Yun Yun left for the Mist Cloud Sect, Yanran questioned Xu Ran about the strange feelings between him and her teacher.

• Xu Ran tormented Mo Cheng until he died, while Yun Yun ignored his pleas and agreed to arrange for the remaining Mo Clan members to be dealt with.
• Xu Ran praised Ge Ye and gave him a pill, and Ge Ye eagerly promised to protect Yanran and punish the Mo Clan.
• Ge Ye slaughtered the Mo Clan while Xu Ran left with Yanran, and Yun Yun remarked on Ge Ye's ruthlessness and devotion to Xu Ran.
• Xu Ran told Yun Yun he needed to pick up a few people before going to the Mist Cloud Sect, so Yun Yun departed without him and Yanran.
• Yanran asked Xu Ran whether he had a secret with Yun Yun and how he had met her teacher.

Xu Ran and Nalan Yanran traveled to Shimo City, where she met Little Medical Fairy and Qing Lin and quickly got along with them. The group then headed to the Mist Cloud Sect, whose rising influence had drawn a long line of prospective disciples.

• Xu Ran teased Nalan Yanran about Yun Yun’s feelings for him, and they delayed their journey to Shimo City for several hours.
• Xu Ran told Nalan Yanran about Little Medical Fairy, Qing Lin, and his other companions, and she demanded that he spend more time with her.
• Nalan Yanran met Little Medical Fairy and Qing Lin, and the women soon began getting along.
• Xu Ran and the women traveled to the Mist Cloud Sect and saw the many young people waiting to take its disciple examinations.
• Nalan Yanran explained the Mist Cloud Sect’s growing popularity, while Xu Ran praised her and made her blush.
• Qing Lin innocently asked Nalan Yanran why her face was red.

Xu Ran arrived at the Mist Cloud Sect with Nalan Yanran, Ya Fei, Little Medical Fairy, and the others, astonishing the crowd with his fame and youthful appearance. The sect’s leaders welcomed him in full force, leaving the disciples newly inspired to pursue strength.

• The crowd recognized Nalan Yanran, Feilin, and Xue Mei, then realized Xu Ran was with them and erupted in excitement.
• Little Medical Fairy, Qing Lin, Xue Mei, and Feilin marveled at Xu Ran’s popularity as Nalan Yanran described factions across the Northwest Continent competing to recruit him.
• Nalan Yanran asked whether Xu Ran planned to join another sect, and he said he would stay because the Mist Cloud Sect had the prettiest girls.
• More than forty Mist Cloud Sect elders and deacons arrived and bowed respectfully to Xu Ran.
• The disciples watched the leaders honor Xu Ran and resolved to grow stronger so they could gain status and attract beautiful women.