Recaps

Xiao Tian discovered the Green Lotus Core Flame and took some of the Ice Spirit Cold Spring, accidentally injuring Queen Medusa with Kamui. Medusa began her attempt to evolve by plunging into the Heavenly Flame, while Xiao Tian stayed in his Kamui Dimension to eat with Qing Lin.

• Xiao Tian recognized the Ice Spirit Cold Spring and the Green Lotus Core Flame in the pool.
• Xiao Tian transferred the Ice Spirit Cold Spring into his Kamui Dimension and discovered that Queen Medusa was sleeping in it.
• Queen Medusa woke, noticed her injured arm and the missing spring, but found no enemy nearby.
• Queen Medusa removed the seal around the Green Lotus Core Flame and began transforming into a giant snake.
• Queen Medusa plunged into the Heavenly Flame, suffering as it scorched her scales and drew purple blood.
• Xiao Tian watched from the Kamui Dimension, chose not to intervene, and asked Qing Lin to prepare food.

Xiao Tian disrupted Queen Medusa’s evolution by provoking the Green Lotus Core Flame, causing her transformation into the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python to fail. The tiny snake survived on Xiao Tian’s shoulder, while his Soul Power detected that Queen Medusa’s soul remained alive.

• Xiao Tian watched Queen Medusa struggle against the Green Lotus Core Flame and realized she was beginning to evolve.
• Xiao Tian left the Kamui Dimension and taunted Medusa, using his Adamantine Staff to stir up the Heavenly Flame.
• Medusa attacked Xiao Tian with colored light and divine snakes, but he dodged her strikes by entering the Kamui Dimension.
• Xiao Tian activated the Adamantine Staff’s Divine Needle Shakes the Sea skill, enraging the Green Lotus Core Flame and interrupting Medusa’s evolution.
• Medusa’s evolution failed, and she became a Seven-Colored Little Snake that landed affectionately on Xiao Tian’s shoulder.

Xiao Tian repeatedly died and revived inside the Green Lotus Core Flame while absorbing its essence. Queen Medusa emerged from the sleeping Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python, then watched in horror as Xiao Tian survived another death and grew stronger.

• Xiao Tian fed the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python companion amethyst source, and she fell asleep after eating it.
• Xiao Tian charged into the Green Lotus Core Flame and was burned to death, then revived inside it and began absorbing its essence.
• Xiao Tian died and revived repeatedly, absorbing more of the Green Lotus Core Flame with each death.
• The Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python transformed into Queen Medusa, who approached the flames with her power restricted to that of a five- or six-star Dou Wang.
• Queen Medusa saw Xiao Tian inside the inner flame, assumed he had died, then gaped when he revived with a stronger presence.

Xiao Tian absorbed the Green Lotus Core Flame’s origin, advanced the Flame Mantra, and escaped the island with the sleeping Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python. Gu He and Yun Yun arrived too late to find the flame, while Xiao Yan narrowly avoided their attack and began planning his escape.

• Queen Medusa struggled against the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python’s soul and transformed into the little snake.
• Xiao Tian used his resurrection ability to finish absorbing the Green Lotus Core Flame’s origin, advancing the Flame Mantra to around Di Tier Intermediate.
• Xiao Tian took the lotus seat into his system space, carried off the sleeping Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python, and left the island.
• Gu He and Yun Yun found a charred scale and mistakenly believed the Green Lotus Core Flame had been destroyed.
• Gu He blasted the river, but Xiao Yan escaped harm with help from Yao Lao and planned to leave with Elder Hai.
• Xiao Tian sensed Snake-People Tribesmen closing in and slipped away under cover of night with the little snake.

Xiao Tian saw Yun Yun fighting Hai Bodong while she pursued Xiao Yan, then reunited with Xiao Yan at a desert oasis after the chase. Xiao Yan told him he had arrived too late to claim the Green Lotus Core Flame, which Queen Medusa might have destroyed.

• Xiao Yan escaped Gu He, Feng Li, Lei Na, and the other pursuers, but Yao Lao sensed that a Dou Emperor was still following him.
• Xiao Yan reached the agreed meeting place and called for Hai Bodong, who attacked Yun Yun with an ice dragon.
• Yun Yun recognized Hai Bodong’s weakened Dou Emperor strength and demanded that he let her pass so she could obtain the Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Tian returned to his original appearance and watched the fight, then answered Yun Yun’s call to help chase Xiao Yan.
• At dawn, Xiao Tian reunited with Xiao Yan at a small desert oasis, where Xiao Yan said Queen Medusa might have destroyed the Green Lotus Core Flame.

Xiao Tian comforted Xiao Yan, shared spiritual ingredients and pill recipes with him, and reassured him about the Misty Cloud Sect. Xiao Tian left to return to Yun Yun, while Xiao Yan advanced to Six-Star Dou Wang and Yao Lao urged him to visit Jia Lan Academy for the Fallen Heart Flame.

• Xiao Tian offered Three-Leaf Silver Soul Grass to help restore Yao Lao’s Soul Power, and Yao Lao advised Xiao Yan to refine it into a soul pill.
• Xiao Tian gave Xiao Yan several fifth- and sixth-grade pill recipes, which amazed Yao Lao and made him curious about Xiao Tian’s master.
• Xiao Tian told Xiao Yan that the Misty Cloud Sect treated him well and invited him to visit at the sect when he returned to the Jia Ma Empire.
• Xiao Yan’s worries about the Misty Cloud Sect eased, and he broke through to Six-Star Dou Wang.
• Xiao Tian said he planned to visit Jia Lan Academy and left, while Yao Lao told Xiao Yan that he should also go there to seek the Fallen Heart Flame.

Xiao Tian returned from the desert with Yun Yun’s group, then headed into the imperial capital with Qing Lin to buy property for the Xiao Clan. Meanwhile, Yun Shan confronted Hun Yunlong of the Hall of Souls and attacked him, earning Xiao Tian an achievement point for changing Yun Shan’s fate.

• Xiao Yan learned that the Fallen Heart Flame was at Jia Lan Academy and resolved to compete with Xiao Tian for it.
• Xiao Tian rejoined Yun Yun and the others, and several days later the group returned to the Jia Ma Empire’s imperial capital.
• Xiao Tian resumed his idle routine and extorted gold coins from Yun Leng, then took Qing Lin to look for a property in the capital.
• Xiao Tian received an achievement point after Yun Shan confronted Hun Yunlong at the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Yun Shan rejected Hun Yunlong’s offer, attacked him, and vowed to stop him from harming the people of the Jia Ma Empire.

Xiao Tian visited the Miteer Clan to meet Ya Fei again and found her facing trouble with Elder Lei Ou. He offered to protect her, and Ya Fei recalled rumors that he had become a Dou Wang.

• Xiao Tian bought a villa, settled Qing Lin inside, and went to the Miteer Clan hoping to earn an achievement point by meeting Ya Fei.
• Xiao Tian ran into Nalan Jie outside the clan and exchanged greetings with him.
• Ya Fei came out with Nalan Jie's forgotten painting, recognized Xiao Tian as her childhood acquaintance, and invited him inside.
• A clan member told Ya Fei that Elder Lei Ou had caused trouble, and she angrily went to deal with him.
• Xiao Tian offered to back Ya Fei up against the clan's Dou Wang, and Ya Fei remembered rumors that he had become one.

Xiao Tian accompanied Ya Fei to the T. M. Auction House, where she confronted Elder Lei Ou during his negotiations with Dou Wang Feng Li. The chapter ended with Xiao Tian recognizing Feng Li and warmly greeting him.

• Xiao Tian and Ya Fei traveled together to the auction house, where Ya Fei warned him not to become arrogant despite reaching Dou Wang.
• Ya Fei explained the auction house's different auction tiers, and Xiao Tian wondered whether he could find a mount.
• Ya Fei hurried to a VIP room and found Elder Lei Ou discussing a transaction with Feng Li over a sixth-tier magic core.
• Elder Lei Ou berated Ya Fei and threatened to have her stripped of her position as an elder.
• Xiao Tian recognized Feng Li, who warmly invited him in, and asked why he was not having someone else handle the magic core auction.

Xiao Tian helped Ya Fei secure Feng Li’s sixth-tier magic core and returned with her to his residence after dinner. There, he found a swarm of venomous snakes and confronted a woman who had promised Qing Lin she could make her a Dou Zong.

• Feng Li entrusted Xiao Tian with a sixth-tier magic core for Ya Fei, and Lei Ou returned her withheld spiritual materials and apologized.
• Ya Fei treated Xiao Tian to dinner at the Drunken Cloud Pavilion, but Xiao Tian paid the eighty thousand gold coins himself.
• Xiao Tian received a half achievement point after the system announced that Lei Le had changed.
• After escorting Ya Fei back to her clan, Xiao Tian returned to his residence and sensed venomous snakes inside.
• Xiao Tian burned through the snakes and confronted the white-dressed woman who had promised Qing Lin great power, asking if she came from the Heavenly Snake Mansion.

Xiao Tian let Qing Lin choose to leave with Bai Yun for training at the Heavenly Snake Mansion, while warning Bai Yun to protect her. After Bai Yun mocked his strength, Xiao Tian used Kamui to tear off one of her arms, leaving Qing Lin pleading for him to stop.

• Bai Yun praised Xiao Tian's talent but said the Heavenly Snake Mansion would have nurtured him if he had Snake Spirit bloodline.
• Xiao Tian asked Qing Lin whether she wanted to leave with Bai Yun or stay with him.
• Qing Lin chose to go to the Heavenly Snake Mansion so she could gain strength without holding Xiao Tian back, and Xiao Tian agreed.
• Xiao Tian warned Bai Yun not to mistreat Qing Lin, but Bai Yun dismissed his threat and criticized his confidence.
• Xiao Tian used Kamui to tear off Bai Yun's arm, and Qing Lin urged him to stop fighting.

Xiao Tian gave Bai Yun a Sixth-Grade Pill to regrow her severed arm and entrusted Qing Lin to the Heavenly Snake Mansion. After Bai Yun left with Qing Lin, Jia Xingtian revealed that he had known about their visit and began considering Xiao Tian as a match for the imperial princess.

• Xiao Tian gave Bai Yun a Sixth-Grade Pill and told her it would restore her arm while asking the Heavenly Snake Mansion to keep Qing Lin safe.
• Bai Yun swallowed the pill, and her arm began to regrow as she promised to nurture Qing Lin's talent.
• Qing Lin vowed to become stronger before she next met Xiao Tian, who let her leave with Bai Yun.
• Jia Xingtian stopped Bai Yun and Qing Lin outside Jia Ma Holy City, then let them go after Qing Lin explained they were together.
• Jia Xingtian realized that Xiao Tian had saved Qing Lin and considered him a suitable match for the little princess.

Yun Shan recovered from a battle with a Hall of Souls expert but was left with mysterious Dou Qi that Gu He said could take half a year to clear. Xiao Tian examined him and revealed a Heavenly Flame to treat the injury, prompting Yun Shan to recognize him as the brat who had snatched the flame in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

• Gu He told Yun Shan that the Hall of Souls expert's Dou Qi would take about half a year to remove unless they obtained a seventh-tier Fire Source Bodhi Pill.
• Xiao Tian and Yun Yun arrived, and Yun Shan dismissed Gu He after suggesting he had connections who could obtain the pill.
• Yun Shan explained that a Peak Dou Emperor from the Hall of Souls had nearly defeated him, and Xiao Tian described the faction's soul-catching methods.
• Xiao Tian examined Yun Shan's injury and called it minor, then revealed his Heavenly Fallen Divine Tiger Flame to clear the lingering Dou Qi.
• Yun Shan recognized Xiao Tian as the brat who had snatched the Heavenly Flame in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

Xiao Tian used his Heavenly Fallen Divine Tiger Flame to purge the Hall of Souls Dou Qi from Yun Shan. After the grueling treatment, Yun Yun took the exhausted Xiao Tian to bathe and made him a meal.

• Yun Shan and Yun Yun questioned Xiao Tian about the Heavenly Flame and his mysterious master, whom Yun Shan suspected might be a Dou Zun.
• Xiao Tian began using needle-fine threads of the Heavenly Fallen Divine Tiger Flame to burn away Hun Yunlong's Dou Qi inside Yun Shan's meridians.
• Xiao Tian instructed Yun Shan to mobilize his own Dou Qi and gather the enemy Dou Qi away from his vital organs.
• After two hours, Xiao Tian and Yun Shan completely purged the Hall of Souls Dou Qi, leaving both men exhausted and Yun Shan's meridians more resilient.
• Yun Yun took Xiao Tian to bathe and then offered to cook for him instead of going down the mountain for a feast.

Xiao Tian learned that Yun Yun had been teasing him about her cooking, then returned to the Xiao Clan after hearing that his cousin Xiao Yu had come to Wutan City with Jia Lan Academy. He joined the academy’s preliminary test line and asked Xiao Yu to let him in through the back door.

• Yun Yun brought Xiao Tian a letter from the Xiao Clan and invited him to breakfast, which turned out to be delicious after all.
• Xiao Tian learned that Xiao Yu had come from Jia Lan Academy to select promising students in Wutan City.
• Xiao Tian left Yun Yun, persuaded Grand Elder Yun Leng to give him travel money and resources, and flew back to the Xiao Clan.
• At the Xiao Clan training grounds, Xiao Tian spotted Xiao Yu among the Jia Lan Academy applicants and joined the testing line.
• When his turn came, Xiao Tian asked Xiao Yu if he could get in through the back door.

Xiao Tian reunited with his cousin Xiao Yu at Jia Lan Academy’s recruitment, teasing her while easily dodging her attacks. Instructor Ruo Lin recognized his talent and invited him to cultivate at the academy and work as an instructor, leaving the decision to Xiao Tian.

• Xiao Tian asked whether he could enter Jia Lan Academy through the back door, prompting Xiao Yu to reprimand him.
• Xiao Yu and Xue Ni realized Xiao Tian was the cousin Xiao Yu had once feared was dead, and Xiao Tian teased Xiao Yu about crying over him.
• Xiao Yu attacked Xiao Tian, but he dodged her repeated moves and provoked her until their tussle ended with her frustrated.
• Ruo Lin observed Xiao Tian’s skill and asked Xiao Zhan about his cultivation realm and whether he might join Jia Lan Academy.
• Ruo Lin invited Xiao Tian to cultivate at Jia Lan Academy and serve as an instructor on the side.

Xiao Tian accepted Ruo Lin’s offer to become an instructor at Jia Lan Academy, though he arranged to join later after speaking with Yun Yun. Ruo Lin learned that Xiao Tian was a sixteen-year-old Dou Wang, while Xiao Yu and Xue Ni teased him about romance and an old marriage match.

• Ruo Lin offered Xiao Tian a teaching position at Jia Lan Academy, and Xiao Tian accepted after asking for guaranteed admission so he could first speak with Yun Yun.
• Xiao Tian teased Xiao Yu about ending up in his class, and Ruo Lin asked him to return to Jia Lan Academy after recruitment ended.
• Xiao Zhan showed Ruo Lin Yun Yun’s letter confirming Xiao Tian was a Dou Wang, leaving Ruo Lin stunned by his strength at sixteen.
• Xiao Yu dragged Xiao Tian shopping with Xue Ni, who questioned him about his love life and revealed that Xiao Yu’s family had once discussed a marriage match with him.
• Xiao Yu told Xue Ni to beat Xiao Tian up after he joked that he was softhearted and would not turn anyone down.

Xiao Tian defeated Luo Bu when the senior student attacked him, then returned to the Misty Cloud Sect to tell Yun Yun he wanted to study at Jia Lan Academy. Yun Yun approved but warned him to be careful without the sect’s protection.

• Luo Bu saw Xiao Yu and Xue Ni with Xiao Tian and attacked him with Wind-Breaking Strike.
• Xiao Tian spat out Dou Qi that shattered Luo Bu’s technique and sent him crashing to the ground.
• Xue Ni called Xiao Tian Xiao Yu’s childhood betrothed, while Xiao Yu insisted he was her younger brother.
• Xiao Yu, Ruo Lin, Luo Bu, and Ge Ci continued testing Wutan City’s recruits at the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Tian returned to the Misty Cloud Sect and told Yun Yun he wanted to study at Jia Lan Academy.
• Yun Yun agreed that the academy’s resources could help Xiao Tian, but warned him to rein in his temperament.

Xiao Tian prepared to leave for Jia Lan Academy, receiving advice and a protective talisman from Yun Yun and Ya Fei. After escorting Ya Fei back to the Miteer Clan, he sensed someone in a pavilion and found the clan head, Miteer Teng Shan.

• Yun Yun warned Xiao Tian that Jia Lan Academy was dangerous, and Xiao Tian stored her approved recommendation letter in his system space.
• Yun Shan urged Xiao Tian to enter the Inner Academy and obtain the Fallen Heart Flame for the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Ya Fei cautioned Xiao Tian about traveling alone, treated him to a meal, and gave him her protective talisman.
• Xiao Tian escorted Ya Fei back to the Miteer Clan, then followed a sensed presence into a pavilion and met Miteer Teng Shan.

Xiao Tian gave Teng Shan valuable pills and a recipe while warning him to keep Ya Fei safe from troublemakers. He then visited Nalan Jie before leaving for Jia Lan Academy, where Nalan Yanran’s rejection of his gift quickly gave way to wanting it back.

• Xiao Tian shared wine with Teng Shan, gave him perfect-quality Purple Spirit Recovery Pills and a Calamity Breaking Pill recipe, and urged him to prevent anyone like Elder Lei Ou from causing trouble for Ya Fei.
• Teng Shan examined the recipe, smiled, and assured Xiao Tian that he trusted Ya Fei’s abilities.
• Xiao Tian went to the Nalan Family estate and offered Nalan Jie an Upgraded Dou Ling Pill, explaining that it could benefit a Dou Wang twice.
• Xiao Tian told Nalan Jie he was leaving for Jia Lan Academy and offered Nalan Yanran a beauty-enhancing spirit herb, which she refused.
• After Xiao Tian left, Nalan Yanran asked Nalan Jie to give her the gift after all.

Xiao Tian crossed the Black Domain Great Plains, profiting from ambushes while trying to find his way to the Black-Corner Region. He followed Elder Qing and her group from the Heavenly Snake Mansion, and the chapter ended as she attacked him and he prepared to respond.

• Xiao Tian entered the Black Domain Great Plains and defeated several groups of ambushers, collecting gold, Magic Cores, beast hides, and medicinal ingredients.
• He traveled for two days, saw a black storm and Hall of Souls figures capturing soul bodies, then realized he was lost.
• Xiao Tian spotted Elder Qing leading a group of Dou Ling and Da Dou Shi experts and followed them, suspecting they belonged to the Heavenly Snake Mansion.
• After reaching the Black-Corner Region, Elder Qing confronted Xiao Tian and warned him to leave, then said she would kill him herself.
• Elder Qing launched a snake-shaped Dou Qi attack at Xiao Tian, who made his move in response.

Xiao Tian defeated Elder Qing with his Adamantine Staff, escaped her counterattack with his Heavenly Flame, and used Genjutsu to persuade her to escort him. As they traveled together, he realized he could earn an Achievement Point by keeping her alive and leaving the Black-Corner Region.

• Xiao Tian slammed Elder Qing into the ground with his enlarged Adamantine Staff, but she escaped by transforming into green Dou Qi snakes.
• Elder Qing attacked Xiao Tian from behind, and he destroyed her Dou Qi snakes with his Heavenly Fallen Divine Tiger Flame.
• Xiao Tian used his Three-Tomoe Sharingan and Genjutsu on Elder Qing, who agreed to take him along for part of the way.
• Xiao Tian recognized Elder Qing as someone who had died escorting the Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill in the original timeline and resolved to protect her.
• Elder Qing asked Xiao Tian his name, and he introduced himself as Ye Fan; she warned him not to reveal his real name so casually.

Xiao Tian reached Black Seal City with Elder Qing, advanced to Eight-Star Dou Wang, and began preparing to devour the Fallen Heart Flame. The chapter left him leaving Thousand Medicine House after buying expensive ingredients for a Sixth-Grade Earth Spirit Pill.

• Xiao Tian checked into an inn with Elder Qing paying, while Ling Yu warned her that Xiao Tian was dangerous and advised her to leave him after the Black Seal Auction.
• Xiao Tian refined Upgraded Dou Ling Pills, swallowed one, and advanced to Eight-Star Dou Wang, keeping another pill to auction.
• Xiao Tian forced Han Yan to tell him where the city's largest medicinal ingredient shop was, then went to Thousand Medicine House.
• Xiao Tian bought ingredients for an Earth Spirit Pill to prepare for devouring the Fallen Heart Flame, spending much of his plundered gold.

Xiao Tian brought a flawless Upgraded Dou Ling Pill to the Black Seal Auction House and sought Earth Core Fire Ganoderma and a movement Dou Technique. When Eight Gates master Yuan Yi tested him with pressure, Xiao Tian revealed his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and confronted him.

• Xiao Tian disguised himself and presented his Upgraded Dou Ling Pill for appraisal at the Black Seal Auction House.
• Elder He confirmed the pill's exceptional quality and discussed exchanging it for Earth Core Fire Ganoderma and a movement or offensive Dou Technique.
• Xiao Tian hoped to obtain Three Thousand Lightning Movement, a secret technique of the Wind Lightning Pavilion.
• Yuan Yi, master of the Eight Gates, arrived with Elder He and pressured Xiao Tian to test him.
• Xiao Tian revealed his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, resisted Yuan Yi's pressure, and challenged him for trying to intimidate him.

Xiao Tian traded a perfect-quality Dou Ling Pill at the Black Seal Auction House for Three Thousand Lightning Movement, earth core fire ganoderma, a VIP card, and seven million gold coins. He returned to the inn and spent the evening with Elder Qing of the Heavenly Snake Mansion, leaving to study his new technique.

• Yuan Yi offered Xiao Tian Three Thousand Lightning Movement, earth core fire ganoderma, and a VIP card for his Dou Ling Pill.
• Xiao Tian insisted on additional payment, and Yuan Yi agreed to give him seven million gold coins.
• Xiao Tian left the auction house with the items and gold, then asked the Heavenly Snake Mansion women to help fend off spies.
• Xiao Tian visited Elder Qing, ate her pastries and drank her fruit tea, and shrugged off her warning about possible poison.
• Xiao Tian thanked Elder Qing and returned to his room to rest and study Three Thousand Lightning Movement.