Recaps

Xiao Yan arrived at the Misty Cloud Sect to fulfill the Three-Year Agreement with Nalan Yanran, drawing the attention of the sect and watching dignitaries. The chapter ended with the two facing each other as Chen Xuan and others observed Xiao Yan’s unexpected composure.

• Chen Xuan joined Nalan Yanran at the plaza and asked why the Misty Cloud Sect had gathered.
• Xiao Yan climbed the mountain and entered the plaza in black robes with a greatsword on his back.
• Misty Cloud Sect disciples recognized Xiao Yan and mocked him, expecting Nalan Yanran to defeat him.
• Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yan introduced themselves to each other before the assembled crowd.
• Jia Xingtian, Fama, Mu Chen, and Nalan Jie watched Xiao Yan and remarked on his bearing, while Chen Xuan wondered why he seemed familiar.

Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran began their life-or-death duel at the Misty Cloud Sect, where Xiao Yan’s strength quickly put her on the defensive. Chen Xuan recognized the Green Lotus Core Flame within Xiao Yan and watched with growing interest as Nalan Yanran recovered from a powerful blow.

• Yun Leng presided over the Three-Year Agreement, and Xiao Yan insisted the duel be a fight to the death before Nalan Yanran accepted.
• Nalan Yanran defended her past decision to end their engagement, and Xiao Yan began the battle by unleashing his Dou Qi and charging at her.
• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran exchanged fierce attacks, and Chen Xuan recognized the Green Lotus Core Flame concealed within Xiao Yan.
• Nalan Yanran used the Wind Spirit Shadow Sword, while Xiao Yan matched her speed and overpowered her with his attacks.
• Xiao Yan struck Nalan Yanran with Eight Extremities Collapse, but she steadied herself in midair and landed safely, surprising Chen Xuan.

Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran fought fiercely in the arena, with both revealing greater strength until Nalan Yanran unleashed Wind Extremity: Sunset Radiance. Xiao Yan answered with Azure Flame, startling the spectators and confirming Chen Xuan’s suspicions, while Gu He recognized it as a Heavenly Flame.

• Nalan Yanran raised her strength to two-star Da Dou Shi, and Xiao Yan countered by forming azure Dou Qi armor around himself.
• Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yan traded attacks, injuring each other as neither gained the upper hand.
• Nalan Yanran untied her hair, rose into the air, and prepared Wind Extremity: Sunset Radiance.
• The Misty Cloud Sect spectators expected Xiao Yan to lose, while Chen Xuan coveted the powerful technique for himself.
• Xiao Yan produced Azure Flame, astonishing the elders and onlookers, and Gu He recognized it as a Heavenly Flame.

Xiao Yan defeated Nalan Yanran after revealing his identity as Yan Xiao, then challenged Chen Xuan to settle their grudge. Chen Xuan accepted a match that would decide both victory and life or death.

• Nalan Yanran recognized Xiao Yan as Yan Xiao and realized he was the young alchemist who had cured Nalan Jie and impressed her at the competition.
• Xiao Yan fused the Azure Flame and Purple Flame into a Buddha's Wrath Fire Lotus and clashed with Nalan Yanran's blazing sword of light.
• After Nalan Yanran exhausted herself and suffered injuries, Xiao Yan pressed his attack and defeated her.
• Xiao Yan rejected Nalan Yanran's offer to become his servant until he had faced Chen Xuan, then challenged him to fight.
• Chen Xuan walked to the center of the square and accepted a match that would determine victory, defeat, and life or death.

Chen Xuan challenged Xiao Yan to defend the Misty Cloud Sect’s honor despite warnings that he was outmatched. After their first clash ended evenly, Xiao Yan realized Chen Xuan had concealed his strength, and the duel remained unresolved.

• Yun Leng and Nalan Yanran urged Chen Xuan not to fight Xiao Yan, but Chen Xuan said he would not stand by while Xiao Yan humiliated the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Chen Xuan and Xiao Yan agreed that their duel would decide life and death, and Chen Xuan said his hands were his weapons.
• Xiao Yan attacked with the Profound Heavy Ruler, while Chen Xuan met the strike barehanded with tiger-shaped Dou Qi around his fists.
• The first clash forced both fighters back, and Chen Xuan challenged Xiao Yan to use more strength.
• Xiao Yan suspected Chen Xuan was hiding his true strength, while the spectators noted that Xiao Yan had not yet fought seriously.

Chen Xuan revealed his five-star Da Dou Shi strength while fighting Xiao Yan, turning the duel in his favor. Xiao Yan blocked Chen Xuan’s sword attacks with Azure Flame, then took to the air with Purple Cloud Wings as Chen Xuan watched from below.

• Xiao Yan attacked Chen Xuan with the Flame Splitting Wave Ruler, and Chen Xuan answered with the Azure Wood Sword Art at its highest realm, unity of man and sword.
• Chen Xuan revealed his true cultivation as a five-star Da Dou Shi, shocking Xiao Yan and the spectators.
• Chen Xuan launched five streaks of sword radiance, and Xiao Yan used Azure Flame to weaken and block them at the cost of his Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yan spread his Purple Cloud Wings and rose into the air, gaining an advantage over Chen Xuan on the ground.

Chen Xuan and Xiao Yan battled in the air and on the ground, with Xiao Yan gaining the advantage through his Flying Combat Skill and powerful attacks. Chen Xuan bought Wind Thunder Wings to take to the sky, and Xiao Yan began fusing his flames as Chen Xuan prepared to answer in kind.

• Xiao Yan struck Chen Xuan with Flame Splitting Wave Ruler, then followed with Eight Extremities Collapse, but Chen Xuan activated Berserk and sent him flying with a sixfold increase in strength.
• Xiao Yan avoided further close combat and used his Purple Cloud Wings to attack Chen Xuan from the air, gradually gaining the advantage.
• Chen Xuan purchased Wind Thunder Wings from the system for ten million Gold Coins and flew into the air to face Xiao Yan on equal terms.
• Xiao Yan began fusing a purple flame and a green flame, while Chen Xuan smiled as he recognized the move and prepared to fuse flames himself.

Chen Xuan matched Xiao Yan’s fused-flame attack with a fire lotus of his own, and their collision left Xiao Yan injured while Chen Xuan remained largely unharmed. Xiao Yan restored his Dou Qi and decided to use his final move.

• Xiao Yan fused his azure and purple flames into a Buddha's Wrath Fire Lotus and launched it at Chen Xuan.
• Chen Xuan revealed that he could also fuse two flames, forming a purple-green fire lotus with power comparable to Xiao Yan’s.
• Yun Leng ordered the Misty Cloud Sect elders to reinforce the protective barrier before the fire lotuses collided.
• The collision unleashed a destructive blast, but Chen Xuan emerged largely unharmed while Xiao Yan was wounded and pale.
• Xiao Yan swallowed a medicinal pill and decided to use his final move.

Chen Xuan and Xiao Yan each launched a three-colored fire lotus, and their collision unleashed a devastating blast that threatened the Misty Cloud Sect arena. As the sect elders reinforced the barrier, Ge Ye identified Xiao Yan as Mo Cheng’s killer.

• Xiao Yan fused the Pale White Flame with the Azure-Purple Flame, creating a Three-Colored Fire Lotus and sending it toward Chen Xuan.
• Chen Xuan recognized Xiao Yan as the Black-robed Man and countered by fusing his Purple-Green Flame with the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• The two fire lotuses collided, producing an explosion that shook the protective barrier and ravaged the arena.
• Yun Leng ordered the Misty Cloud Sect elders to reinforce the barrier while Xiao Yan’s aura rose to Dou Emperor level and Chen Xuan resisted the energy from above.
• Ge Ye told Yun Leng that Xiao Yan was the murderer who had killed Mo Cheng.

After Ge Ye identified Xiao Yan as the Dou Emperor who killed Mo Cheng, Yun Leng tried to detain him, forcing Xiao Yan to flee. Hai Bodong and Ling Ying intervened to protect Xiao Yan, leaving Yun Leng facing multiple powerful opponents.

• Ge Ye confirmed to Yun Leng that Xiao Yan had killed Mo Cheng, while Yao Chen warned Xiao Yan to escape and said he would need a long time to recover.
• Yun Leng accused Xiao Yan of killing Mo Cheng and ordered him to remain at the Misty Cloud Sect, but Xiao Yan refused and fought his way toward an escape.
• Xiao Yan fled after blocking Yun Leng with Pale White Flame and Azure Flame, while Hai Bodong raised an ice wall to stop the Law Enforcement Team.
• Yun Leng attacked Hai Bodong and pursued Xiao Yan as Hai Bodong fought Yun Leng and three Dou Wang elders.
• Ling Ying appeared in Yun Leng's path, mocked the Misty Cloud Sect, and declared that no one could harm the person his young lady wished to protect.

Ling Ying drove off the Misty Cloud Sect’s pursuit of Xiao Yan, while Chen Xuan planned to capture him later. After Yun Yun returned to the sect, Gu He and the elders suspected Chen Xuan was the Silver-robed Man from the Snake People Race and urged an investigation, so Yun Yun summoned him for questioning.

• Ling Ying fought Yun Leng and used his superior strength to buy time for Xiao Yan to escape.
• Jia Xingtian and Fama watched the battle, weighing whether to intervene on the Misty Cloud Sect’s behalf.
• Chen Xuan decided he would capture Xiao Yan later and take the two Heavenly Flames he possessed.
• Ling Ying warned that the Misty Cloud Sect would be destroyed if it harmed Xiao Yan, then vanished.
• Gu He told Yun Yun and the elders that Chen Xuan resembled the Silver-robed Man and Xiao Yan was likely the Black-robed Dou Emperor from the Snake People Race.
• Yun Yun ordered Chen Xuan summoned so she could question him about his identity.

Chen Xuan was summoned before the Misty Cloud Sect’s leaders, who accused him of hiding his identity and purpose. When he could not convince them, Gu He and another elder attacked him, leaving him to fight back.

• A Misty Cloud Sect disciple summoned Chen Xuan to the main hall, and Chen Xuan prepared for trouble by asking the system about a Dou Huang Experience Card.
• Chen Xuan met Nalan Yanran on the way, and she asked Yun Yun for permission to cultivate in the Gate of Life and Death.
• After Nalan Yanran left, Yun Yun questioned Chen Xuan about his abilities and his purpose in joining the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Chen Xuan said he had found his Flying Combat Skill and Heavenly Flame in a cave, but Gu He rejected his explanation.
• Gu He and another elder lunged at Chen Xuan while Yun Yun did not intervene, so Chen Xuan decided to fight.

Chen Xuan revealed his Dou Emperor strength in the Misty Cloud Sect and admitted he wanted to learn the Wind's Extreme technique. Yun Yun refused to let him leave, and the two sides fought, leaving the sect hall destroyed and Chen Xuan surrounded.

• Chen Xuan used a Low-Grade Dou Huang Experience Card and struck at Gu He, but an elder intervened and stopped his attack.
• Yun Yun recognized Chen Xuan as the silver-robed expert she had encountered among the Snake People Race, while Gu He urged the sect to capture him and hoped to claim his Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Chen Xuan told Yun Yun he had come to learn Wind's Extreme and threatened to capture her unless she handed it over.
• Yun Yun ordered the elders to attack, and Chen Xuan formed a purple-green fire lotus to counter their combined assault, destroying the hall.
• Misty Cloud Sect disciples rushed to the scene and were shocked to see Chen Xuan fighting the sect's experts as a Dou Emperor.

Chen Xuan battled Yun Yun, Yun Leng, and the Misty Cloud Sect experts, unleashing a Three-Colored Fire Lotus that devastated the sect. Jia Xingtian and Fama arrived to find the Misty Cloud Sect in ruins, leaving Chen Xuan facing two more Dou Emperors.

• Yun Yun attacked Chen Xuan with Wind's Extreme: Meteor Annihilation, but his armor was pierced without injuring him.
• Yun Leng and the Misty Cloud Sect experts joined Yun Yun in attacking Chen Xuan, who countered with a Three-Colored Fire Lotus.
• The Fire Lotus clashed with their attacks and devastated the Misty Cloud Sect, killing two elders and reducing the main hall to ruins.
• Jia Xingtian and Fama sensed the battle and flew to the Misty Cloud Sect, where they found Yun Yun, Yun Leng, and the others in a miserable state.
• Chen Xuan sensed Jia Xingtian and Fama's arrival and realized two more Dou Emperors had joined the confrontation.

Chen Xuan faced the combined forces of the Misty Cloud Sect, Jia Xingtian, and Fama after Yun Yun claimed he was connected to the Snake People Race. He unleashed another Three-Colored Fire Lotus to repel their attacks, but the battle left him weakened as Jia Xingtian urged everyone to seize him.

• Misty Cloud Sect’s experts confronted Chen Xuan amid the sect’s ruins, while he realized two newly arrived Dou Emperors made defeating Yun Yun more difficult.
• Yun Yun told Fama and Jia Xingtian that Chen Xuan was connected to the Snake People Race, and Gu He confirmed that Chen Xuan had injured him before.
• Fama and Jia Xingtian joined Yun Yun, Yun Leng, and the Misty Cloud Sect elders in attacking Chen Xuan.
• Chen Xuan fused the Green Lotus Core Flame and Purple-Green Flame into a Three-Colored Fire Lotus and used it to destroy the combined attacks.
• The fire lotus’s explosion devastated Misty Cloud Mountain and left the defenders disheveled, while Chen Xuan had expended much of his energy.
• Jia Xingtian called on the others to capture Chen Xuan while he was weakened.

Chen Xuan used a Dou Zong Experience Card and overwhelmed the Misty Cloud Sect’s combined attack. Yun Leng summoned the sect’s hidden Grandmaster, whose powerful aura emerged from deep within Misty Cloud Mountain as Chen Xuan realized another Dou Zong was present.

• As Yun Yun, Jia Xingtian, and the others launched their combined attack, Chen Xuan used a Dou Zong Experience Card and revealed the aura of a One-star Dou Zong.
• Chen Xuan unleashed sword energy that shattered their attacks, injured the fighters, and killed two Dou Ling elders.
• Yun Yun signaled Yun Leng, who took out a flute and sounded a piercing note across Misty Cloud Mountain.
• Jia Xingtian and Fama recognized that the flute had awakened a powerful figure hidden by the Misty Cloud Sect.
• The Sect Master’s secluded Grandmaster released a majestic aura, and Chen Xuan recognized that another Dou Zong was nearby.

Yun Shan emerged from seclusion to confront Chen Xuan after learning the Misty Cloud Sect was under attack. Chen Xuan withstood Yun Shan’s strike, then wounded him with a sudden boosted attack and demanded the Wind's Extreme Dou Technique.

• Yun Shan arrived at the Misty Cloud Sect plaza, and Yun Yun and the elders knelt as she explained that Chen Xuan had overwhelmed the sect.
• Yun Shan blamed Chen Xuan for the sect’s devastation and challenged him, despite Yun Leng’s warning that Chen Xuan could increase his strength explosively.
• Yun Shan attacked Chen Xuan with Wind's Extreme: Meteor Annihilation, but Chen Xuan’s defenses held.
• Chen Xuan appeared behind Yun Shan and struck him with a sixfold surge of power, blasting him away and making him cough up blood.
• Chen Xuan refused to identify himself and gave Yun Shan a choice: fight or hand over the Wind's Extreme Dou Technique.

Chen Xuan demanded that Yun Shan hand over the Misty Cloud Sect’s ultimate Dou Technique, Wind's Extreme, and attacked when Yun Shan refused. After Chen Xuan’s fused flames overwhelmed the defenders, Yun Shan summoned Protector Wu, leaving Chen Xuan facing an unexpected new opponent.

• Yun Shan admitted Chen Xuan’s strength surpassed his own, while the Misty Cloud Sect disciples fled the mountain to escape the battle.
• Chen Xuan demanded Wind's Extreme, but Yun Shan refused and declared that the Misty Cloud Sect would not submit to humiliation.
• Chen Xuan unleashed toxic Green Flame, which corroded Dou Qi and killed three Misty Cloud Sect elders before Yun Shan formed a Wind Wall to shield the others.
• Yun Yun, Fama, Jia Xingtian, Yun Leng, and Yun Shan attacked Chen Xuan together, but he fused Green Flame and Purple Flame and blasted them back.
• Chen Xuan gave Yun Shan one last chance to surrender Wind's Extreme, and Yun Shan summoned Protector Wu to fight him.

Chen Xuan faced Yun Shan and the mysterious Dou Zong Protector Wu, who joined forces with Yun Yun and the others to attack him. Chen Xuan unleashed a Three-Colored Fire Lotus that drove Protector Wu away and left the Misty Cloud Sect’s fighters badly injured; he then seized Yun Yun by the throat.

• Yun Shan summoned Protector Wu from the black mist and agreed to meet his demands in exchange for help defeating Chen Xuan.
• Protector Wu attacked Chen Xuan with a soul-affecting black chain, but Chen Xuan blocked it with his Green Flame-wreathed fist.
• Protector Wu, Yun Shan, Yun Yun, Fama, and the others attacked Chen Xuan together, but he countered with a Three-Colored Fire Lotus.
• Chen Xuan’s flames destroyed Protector Wu’s chains and Yun Shan’s sword, forcing Protector Wu to flee and leaving Yun Shan, Yun Yun, and the others severely injured.
• Chen Xuan appeared before Yun Yun, grabbed her by the throat, and lifted her with one hand.

Chen Xuan captured Yun Yun and extorted Wind's Extreme, valuables, and one hundred million Gold Coins from the Misty Cloud Sect and Jia Ma Empire's leaders before leaving Misty Cloud Mountain. After returning to the Monster Beast Mountain Range, he learned that the Green Flame Python had been badly beaten after pursuing a newly transformed Heavenly Venomous Python.

• Chen Xuan captured Yun Yun, and Yun Shan offered Wind's Extreme to persuade him to spare her.
• Nalan Yanran begged Chen Xuan to spare Yun Yun, so Chen Xuan demanded Wind's Extreme, valuables, and one hundred million Gold Coins from the Misty Cloud Sect, Fama, and Jia Xingtian.
• Yun Shan handed over Wind's Extreme, pills, and Gold Coins, while Fama and Jia Xingtian returned with more Gold Coins; Chen Xuan then left Misty Cloud Mountain.
• Chen Xuan traveled for several days and returned to the Monster Beast Mountain Range, where the Amethyst Winged Lion King and Green Flame Python welcomed him.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King told Chen Xuan that the Green Flame Python had been beaten after courting a newly transformed Heavenly Venomous Python, and the Green Flame Python warned Chen Xuan not to pursue her.

Chen Xuan gave the Green Flame Python a Form Transformation Pill so it could advance to the seventh tier and help subdue the Heavenly Venomous Python. As the Green Flame Python began its transformation, Chen Xuan promised the Amethyst Winged Lion King a pill next, leaving both of them waiting for the advancement to finish.

• The Green Flame Python admitted it had been rejected by the newly transformed Heavenly Venomous Python and vowed to win her over after reaching the seventh tier.
• Chen Xuan said he could raise the Green Flame Python to the seventh tier and warned that the Heavenly Venomous Python would have to submit or die.
• The Green Flame Python reported that it and the Amethyst Winged Lion King had collected two million Gold Coins by robbing human experts.
• Chen Xuan gave the Green Flame Python a Form Transformation Pill, which it swallowed before beginning its advancement.
• Chen Xuan and the Amethyst Winged Lion King guarded the Green Flame Python, and Chen Xuan promised the Amethyst Winged Lion King a Form Transformation Pill after it finished.

The Green Flame Python transformed into a seventh-tier human, and the Amethyst Winged Lion King followed, becoming Chen Xuan’s two powerful underlings. Chen Xuan brought them to find the Heavenly Venomous Python, where Green Flame challenged her to a fight and their battle left the rift valley shaking.

• The Green Flame Python transformed into a handsome young man, and Chen Xuan gave him clothes.
• Chen Xuan gave the Amethyst Winged Lion King a Form Transformation Pill, and he transformed into a purple-haired man.
• Chen Xuan named the Green Flame Python Green Flame and the Amethyst Winged Lion King Purple Wing.
• Chen Xuan, Green Flame, and Purple Wing went to the rift valley where the Heavenly Venomous Python lived.
• Green Flame challenged the Heavenly Venomous Python, and the two seventh-tier pythons fought fiercely while Chen Xuan watched.

Chen Xuan forced the Heavenly Venomous Python to acknowledge him by demonstrating the power of his Three-Colored Fire Lotus. With the Heavenly Venomous Python now submitted, he prepared to head for the Snake People Race tribe.

• The Heavenly Venomous Python scorned Chen Xuan, so he challenged her to a match to prove his strength.
• Chen Xuan used a Dou Emperor Experience Card and his Berserk skill, then formed a Three-Colored Fire Lotus from two flames.
• The fire lotus broke through the Heavenly Venomous Python's defenses and left her frightened by Chen Xuan's power.
• The Heavenly Venomous Python submitted to Chen Xuan, while the Green Flame Python and Amethyst Winged Lion King praised him.
• Chen Xuan began preparing to travel to the Snake People Race tribe.

Chen Xuan used Beast Source Pills to raise twenty late-stage fourth-tier monster beasts to fifth-tier strength. He then prepared to lead his monster beast force to the Tagore Desert to find Queen Medusa.

• Chen Xuan ordered the Green Flame Python, the Amethyst Winged Lion King, and Snake Princess to gather twenty late-stage fourth-tier monster beasts with strong potential.
• Chen Xuan promised the gathered beasts rapid advancement and the chance to obtain Form Transformation Pills, then used a Beast Source Pill to raise an Iron-Armored Rhinoceros to the fifth tier.
• Chen Xuan distributed the remaining nineteen Beast Source Pills, and the other monster beasts advanced to the fifth tier.
• Chen Xuan told his subordinates to gather fifth-tier monster beasts and announced that he would go to the Tagore Desert to find Queen Medusa.
• Thirty fifth-tier monster beasts followed Chen Xuan out of the Monster Beast Mountain Range.

Chen Xuan arrived in Snake People Race territory with a formidable monster beast squad to marry Queen Medusa, presenting her with the Bloodline Pill as proof of his good faith. After the elders verified the pill, they agreed to prepare the wedding, leaving Chen Xuan to wait three days while the tribe made arrangements.

• Chen Xuan led three Seventh-tier and thirty Fifth-tier Monster Beasts into Snake People Race territory, prompting the patrol guards to alert the tribe.
• Queen Medusa and her experts confronted Chen Xuan, who said he had come to marry her and denied intending to force her.
• Queen Medusa asked whether Chen Xuan had brought the Bloodline Pill, and he purchased one from the System Shop and handed it to her.
• The four elders examined the pill and confirmed it was a supreme-grade Ninth-grade Pill with powerful medicinal properties.
• The Great Elder requested three days to prepare the wedding, and Chen Xuan agreed to wait as the tribe began making arrangements and inviting the eight major tribes.