Recaps

Fu Yulong learned that his forces had failed to take Qingyang City and lost Mu Han and two Origin Transformation Realm experts. Wu Kui arrived to demand that the Sea Cloud Palace conquer the entire southwestern border within one month or be destroyed, and Fu Yulong agreed to the ultimatum.

• Fu Yulong discovered that three jade tokens had shattered, confirming that his team had been wiped out in Qingyang City.
• A guard announced that Wu Kui had come to see Fu Yulong before the agreed deadline.
• Wu Kui said the Sea Cloud Palace had failed to expand its influence and had wasted the resources provided to it.
• Wu Kui ordered Fu Yulong to eliminate every force on the southwestern border within one month or see the Sea Cloud Palace erased from the Southern Region.
• Fu Yulong accepted the demand and declared that the southwestern region would belong to the Sea Cloud Palace within a month.

Fu Yulong arrived in Qingyang City and mistook Xiao Yan’s group for allies of a hidden Origin Return Realm expert. After Xiao Yan refused his offer to join the Sea Cloud Palace, Bai Hua revealed that their group had killed Mu Han and the others, shocking Fu Yulong.

• After Wu Kui left, Fu Yulong decided to go to Qingyang City himself and kill anyone who stood in his way.
• Two figures left the Southern Region’s Alchemist Alliance and flew toward the southwestern border as Qingyang City was rebuilt with Xiao Yan’s help.
• Fu Yulong arrived above Qingyang City, and Xiao Yan, Bai Hua, Zhong Li, and the others confronted him.
• Zhong Li recognized Fu Yulong as an Origin Return Realm expert and realized he was the Sea Cloud Palace master.
• Fu Yulong offered to spare Xiao Yan if he joined the Sea Cloud Palace, but Xiao Yan refused to betray his friends.
• Fu Yulong searched for the hidden expert he believed had killed Mu Han and the others, and Bai Hua told him their group had killed them, leaving Fu Yulong stunned.

Xiao Yan confronted Fu Yulong over the deaths of Mu Han and two others, but the Middle Origin Return Realm palace master overwhelmed him in battle. Xiao Yan briefly turned the tables with a surprise attack before Fu Yulong shattered his Giant Elephant Art.

• Xiao Yan claimed responsibility for killing Mu Han and the other two, and Fu Yulong attacked him.
• Xiao Yan dodged Fu Yulong's initial strikes and used the Giant Elephant Art to withstand his Swift Dysentery Palm.
• Fu Yulong repeatedly battered Xiao Yan while Bai Hua and the others could not keep up with their fight.
• Xiao Yan used a curtain of black light to attack Fu Yulong from behind and landed hundreds of blows, but Fu Yulong suffered no substantial injury.
• Fu Yulong caught Xiao Yan's golden fist and unleashed a pillar of energy that broke apart the Giant Elephant Art.

Xiao Yan was overwhelmed by Fu Yulong until his Heavenly Flames and hidden power transformed his cultivation and strength. He landed a heavy blow on Fu Yulong and prepared to continue the fight.

• Fu Yulong broke Xiao Yan’s Giant Elephant Art and sent him crashing toward the city, where Bai Hua caught him.
• Fu Yulong knocked Bai Hua away and prepared to tear open Xiao Yan’s chest, intent on uncovering his secrets.
• Xiao Yan erupted in Heavenly Flames, forcing Fu Yulong to retreat and revealing the flames’ power to him.
• Xiao Yan released magical beast bloodline pressure and raised his cultivation presence to the Origin Return Realm.
• Xiao Yan struck Fu Yulong with a punch that numbed his defending arm, then appeared before him with killing intent.

Xiao Yan and Fu Yulong fought fiercely above the city, with Xiao Yan’s scales and Great Dao of the Void countering Fu Yulong’s attacks. The fight turned when Fu Yulong’s Water and Sky as One Line sliced through Xiao Yan’s Sevenfold Heaven-Breaking Ruler, leaving the clash unresolved.

• Fu Yulong crashed into the city below, then launched himself back into the air to attack Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan blocked Fu Yulong’s saber with purplish-gold scales and knocked the weapon from his hand with a massive black ruler.
• Fu Yulong used the Great Dao of Clouds and Water, but Xiao Yan’s Great Dao of the Void made its power disappear against the ruler.
• Xiao Yan unleashed the Sevenfold Heaven-Breaking Ruler, and Fu Yulong countered with Water and Sky as One Line.
• Fu Yulong’s attack sliced through Xiao Yan’s ruler and broke it apart.

Xiao Yan fought Fu Yulong for nearly four hours, leaving both gravely injured before Fu Yulong gained the upper hand. As Fu Yulong moved to finish Xiao Yan, Bai Hua and the Liu Clan members stepped in, and an elder of the Alchemist Alliance arrived to confront him.

• Xiao Yan used his Origin-Breaking Needles to break through Fu Yulong's Water and Sky as One Line and wound Fu Yulong's palm.
• Xiao Yan and Fu Yulong exchanged fierce attacks for nearly four hours, until both stopped, exhausted and badly injured.
• Fu Yulong moved toward Xiao Yan, but Bai Hua and the Liu Clan members flew in front of him to defend Xiao Yan.
• A figure appeared in the sky and mocked Fu Yulong for his repeated interference in Qingyang City.
• Fu Yulong recognized the newcomer as an elder of the Alchemist Alliance and warned him not to interfere.

Zhou Tai arrived in Qingyang City and forced the injured Fu Yulong to withdraw, protecting Xiao Yan and the others. After Xiao Yan began recovering, Zhou Tai introduced his disciple Mu Leng, who knelt to thank Xiao Yan for his past guidance.

• Fu Yulong weighed the danger of fighting Zhou Tai and the others, then withdrew from Qingyang City.
• Xiao Yan revealed that he had killed Mu Han and relied on a pill to heal his injuries once Fu Yulong was gone.
• Zhou Tai's young disciple arrived, and Zhou Tai pointed him toward Xiao Yan.
• Mu Leng knelt before Xiao Yan and thanked him for the guidance he had given him in the past.

Xiao Yan reunited with Mu Leng, who credited him with inspiring his growth as an alchemist, and learned more about the Liu Clan’s recent history. The chapter ended with Xiao Yan reflecting on Murong Qianqian’s arrival and Lian’er’s unexpected condition.

• Xiao Yan remembered meeting Mu Leng in Yanluo City, and Mu Leng thanked him for inspiring his progress in alchemy.
• Mu Leng introduced himself as a Third-Tier Alchemist and a core disciple of the Southern Region's Alchemist Alliance, while Xiao Yan said he belonged to the Western Region's Alchemist Alliance.
• Xiao Yan thanked Zhou Tai for helping drive Fu Yulong back, and the two discovered they belonged to the same faction.
• Bai Hua told Xiao Yan that the Liu Clan had grown stronger and that Liu Feng's remnant soul had dissipated, leaving only Xiao Yan's Soul Power in the Gold-Inscribed Plaque.
• Bai Hua explained that Murong Qianqian had come to the Liu Clan because of Xiao Yan's unintentional remark, and Xiao Yan reflected that Lian'er's condition was not what he had expected.

Xiao Yan learned that Lian'er’s Woeful Poison Body had grown too powerful for Bai Hua to suppress without sacrificing his essence blood. He examined the sleeping Lian'er in a poison-contaminated chamber and discovered her condition was grave.

• Bai Hua told Xiao Yan that Lian'er's Woeful Poison Body had erupted years ago and that he had used his essence blood to restrain it.
• Xiao Yan, Bai Hua, and Zhou Tai traveled through a secret passage to the underground chamber where Lian'er lay asleep.
• Zhou Tai was shocked by the poison force, which had contaminated the earth around Lian'er.
• Xiao Yan used his pale blue flames to clear the mist around Lian'er and illuminate the corroded ice bed.
• Xiao Yan examined Lian'er's wrist with strands of flame, and his expression darkened.

Xiao Yan tried to expel the poison from Lian'er with his Heavenly Flames, but the poison had spread throughout her body and developed a consciousness that fought back. He destroyed the poison that erupted around her, yet he could not remove any of it from within her without risking harm.

• Xiao Yan discovered that Lian'er's poison had spread into her Qi vortex and grown stronger by feeding on her Dou Qi.
• The poison attacked Xiao Yan's Heavenly Flames and entered his palm, so he burned it away and pulled back.
• Xiao Yan used his flames to contain the poison gas that burst from Lian'er as Zhou Tai questioned his actions and Bai Hua said he was expelling the poison.
• The poison formed a venomous snake and lunged at Xiao Yan, but he crushed it with his Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yan found that the poison repeatedly resisted his flames, leaving him unable to expel it without risking injury to Lian'er.

Xiao Yan spent three days using Heavenly Flames to expel most of the poison from Lian'er, but the remaining poison had infected her Qi vortex and Soul Origin and was beyond his ability to remove. He sealed her Qi vortex to stop the poison from spreading and said he would seek someone who might be able to save her.

• Xiao Yan used Heavenly Flames at five points on Lian'er's body to refine and expel the poison while carefully protecting her from injury.
• Bai Hua and Zhou Tai left the hidden chamber, and Xiao Yan continued treating Lian'er alone for three days.
• Xiao Yan told Bai Hua, Zhou Tai, Liu Huabai, and Liu Xincheng that he had removed most of the poison but could not reach what remained in Lian'er's Qi vortex and Soul Origin.
• Xiao Yan sealed Lian'er's Qi vortex with Heavenly Flames to keep the poison from spreading and said he would seek someone who might save her.

Luo Jin, Leng Bingshuang, and their companions arrived in Qingyang City, where Xiao Yan learned that Xiao Yi Xian had left to train alone. After discovering she had headed south, Xiao Yan rushed after her while she continued toward a teleportation formation to the Central Region.

• Luo Jin, Leng Bingshuang, the Heaven-Reaching Giant Ape, and the One-Horned Whale Serpent arrived at Qingyang City, and Xiao Yan welcomed them into the Liu Clan residence.
• Leng Bingshuang gave Xiao Yan a jade slip and told him that Xiao Yi Xian had left on her own because she did not want to burden him.
• Xiao Yan pressed Leng Bingshuang for Xiao Yi Xian's direction, and she finally told him that she had gone south.
• Xiao Yan blasted through the hall's floor and roof as he raced after Xiao Yi Xian, vowing to bring her back.
• Xiao Yi Xian traveled south through a mountain forest, hoping to reach the Central Region through a teleportation formation, but someone discovered her.

Xiao Yi Xian traveled alone toward the Central Region to seek greater power, but Zhang Yi of the Ghost Hall ambushed her and tried to capture her. Just as he seized her, Xiao Yan arrived and caught her.

• Xiao Yi Xian reflected on leaving Xiao Yan as she made her way through the Southern Region.
• Zhang Yi spotted Xiao Yi Xian and decided to capture her for a reward from the Ghost Hall.
• Xiao Yan followed the trace of Xiao Yi Xian's presence toward the Ancient Wilderness City.
• Xiao Yi Xian recognized Zhang Yi and used poison mist to try to escape him.
• Zhang Yi dispelled the poison mist, caught Xiao Yi Xian, and began to take her away.
• Xiao Yan appeared, knocked Zhang Yi away, and caught Xiao Yi Xian.

Xiao Yan rescued Xiao Yi Xian from Zhang Yi and brought her back to Qingyang City. The next day, Xiao Yi Xian examined Lian'er’s erupted Woeful Poison Body and, despite finding her condition difficult, offered a possible solution.

• Xiao Yan caught Zhang Yi after he attacked Xiao Yi Xian, then beat him until he lay motionless in the mountain forest.
• Xiao Yan took Xiao Yi Xian back to the Liu Clan in Qingyang City, where Leng Bingshuang, Bai Hua, and the others had been waiting.
• Leng Bingshuang saw Xiao Yan holding Xiao Yi Xian by the wrist but said nothing, and Xiao Yan fell asleep from exhaustion.
• The next day, Xiao Yan took Xiao Yi Xian to the hidden chamber to examine Lian'er and seek a way to save her.
• Xiao Yi Xian found Lian'er's condition difficult to treat but offered her thoughts after examining her.

Xiao Yan realized Bodhisattva Body Transformation Saliva could cleanse the poison from Lian'er's Soul Origin and help suppress her Woeful Poison Body. Luo Jin revealed a possible way to obtain it through the Three Sects of the Southern Region, but its exact source remained unclear.

• Xiao Yi Xian explained that the poisonous force had taken control of Lian'er's Soul Origin, making ordinary treatment dangerous.
• Xiao Yan proposed using Bodhisattva Body Transformation Saliva to cleanse Lian'er's Soul Origin, and Zhou Tai agreed it could work.
• Liu Xincheng questioned where they could find the rare treasure, and Luo Jin said he might know.
• Luo Jin explained that his elders had once obtained Bodhisattva Body Transformation Saliva through a trade with the Three Sects of the Southern Region.
• Luo Jin asked Zhou Tai which of the three sects was strongest, and Zhou Tai realized what he meant.

Luo Jin described the Burning Flame Valley, leading Xiao Yan to suspect its Ancestor Fen Tian was connected to the Dou Qi Continent and to see a way to obtain the Bodhisattva Body Transformation Saliva for Lian'er. Back at the Liu Clan courtyard, Murong Qianqian reunited with Bai Hua while Xiao Yan embraced Leng Bingshuang, leaving Xiao Yi Xian watching with a bitter smile.

• Luo Jin explained that the Burning Flame Valley's Bodhisattva Body Transformation Saliva and its powerful master had helped it become the Southern Region's strongest sect.
• Xiao Yan questioned Luo Jin about the valley and learned that its master was called Ancestor Fen Tian and had the surname Tang.
• Xiao Yan connected Ancestor Fen Tian to Tang Zhen of the Burning Flame Valley on the Dou Qi Continent and decided to seek the saliva to save Lian'er.
• After Xiao Yan reinforced Lian'er's restriction, the group left the secret chamber and returned to the Liu Clan courtyard.
• Murong Qianqian ran up and embraced Bai Hua, surprising Leng Bingshuang, who had thought Qianqian was in love with Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan teased and kissed Leng Bingshuang, while Xiao Yi Xian watched the couple with a bitter smile.

Leng Bingshuang and Murong Qianqian teased each other while Xiao Yan and the others planned to seek Bodhisattva Body Transformation Saliva at Burning Flame Valley. After the Liu Clan gained wealth and support in Qingyang City, Fu Yulong confronted Wu Kui about the defeat.

• Murong Qianqian teased Leng Bingshuang about her relationship with Xiao Yan, and the two women playfully wrestled.
• Luo Jin said Bodhisattva Body Transformation Saliva took fifty years to form, while Zhou Tai revealed that Burning Flame Valley’s sect competition would take place in two months and might offer it as a reward.
• Xiao Yan and Luo Jin learned they could reach Burning Flame Valley in half a month, but Xiao Yan decided to stay in Qingyang City until the threat from Sea Cloud Palace was settled.
• Neighboring factions flocked to the Liu Clan with gifts after the clan defeated Sea Cloud Palace, and Xiao Yan accepted their treasures to strengthen the clan.
• Fu Yulong complained to Wu Kui that Xiao Yan and other experts in Qingyang City had made the attack difficult.

Fu Yulong reluctantly agreed to help Wu Kui capture Xiao Yan after learning that more terrifying forces would come after him if he refused. In Qingyang City, Xiao Yan attempted to break through to the Origin Return Realm overnight, and the chapter ended as the energy vortex dispersed and he opened his eyes.

• Wu Kui offered Fu Yulong a reward for capturing Xiao Yan, but Fu Yulong refused to risk provoking the Alchemist Alliance.
• Wu Kui warned that refusing would bring a threat far worse than the Alchemist Alliance and said reinforcements would arrive the next day before they headed to Qingyang City.
• Xiao Yan decided to attempt a breakthrough to the Origin Return Realm before leaving for Burning Flame Valley in two months.
• Luo Jin, Zhou Tai, Bai Hua, and the others watched as Xiao Yan drew in a vast vortex of Origin Qi and worried that the attempt was reckless.
• After cultivating through the night and exhausting three Spirit Stones, Xiao Yan opened his eyes as the vortex dispersed.

Xiao Yan survived his dangerous breakthrough and reached the Origin Return Realm, astonishing everyone at Sea Cloud Palace. That evening, three brothers sent by a sect master arrived, and Fu Yulong attacked their leader before an unknown figure blocked his punch.

• Leng Bingshuang and Xiao Yi Xian tried to reach Xiao Yan, but Bai Hua and Luo Jin stopped them from entering the room.
• Xiao Yan emerged unharmed, and Leng Bingshuang sensed that his power had grown stronger.
• Xiao Yan revealed that he had broken through to the Origin Return Realm, and his overwhelming presence proved it.
• Three elders, Tian Long, Tian She, and Tian Teng, arrived at Sea Cloud Palace that evening to carry out their mission.
• Tian Long insulted Fu Yulong, who attacked him, but a figure appearing in a flash of black light blocked Fu Yulong's punch.

Fu Yulong tested three puppets that could rival Early-Stage Origin Return Realm experts, then led them to Qingyang City while Xiao Yan cultivated after his breakthrough. Zhou Tai attacked the puppets and was badly injured before Luo Jin rescued him, leaving the group facing the puppets in the sky.

• Fu Yulong clashed with one of the three puppets and realized they could rival ordinary Early-Stage Origin Return Realm experts.
• Fu Yulong and the others considered claiming the reward for capturing Xiao Yan, while Wu Kui’s companions did not know he intended to keep it all for himself.
• Xiao Yan cultivated in Qingyang City to stabilize his new Origin Return Realm strength as his companions rested.
• Fu Yulong arrived in Qingyang City with four companions, and Luo Jin and the others flew up to confront them.
• Zhou Tai charged the three Eight-Star Dou Di, but their puppets shattered his attack and sent him flying before Luo Jin rescued him.

Xiao Yan arrived to find Zhou Tai badly injured by the Tian Brothers’ puppets and took them on himself. He summoned two avatars to fight alongside him, but their first attack was easily shattered, leaving the battle’s outcome uncertain.

• Xiao Yan gave Zhou Tai a medicinal pill and confronted the Tian Brothers over their attack.
• Tian Long and his brothers mocked Fu Yulong and sent their three puppets to attack Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan told Luo Jin and Leng Bingshuang to watch Fu Yulong and the other opponent while he faced the puppets alone.
• Xiao Yan summoned two peak Nine-Star Dou Di avatars using the Nine Revolutions Avatar Art.
• The three Xiao Yans attacked with Wasteland-Spanning Fingers, but the puppets shattered the techniques and overwhelmed them in the opening exchange.

Xiao Yan revealed that he had tricked the Tian Brothers, killed them, and stopped their puppets. Fu Yulong and Wu Kui fled Qingyang City, leaving Xiao Yan and his companions victorious.

• Xiao Yan reappeared before the Tian Brothers after they mocked his apparent defeat and killed all three with pale blue flames.
• The three puppets fell into the city after their controllers died, and Xiao Yan reassured Luo Jin, Leng Bingshuang, and Xiao Yi Xian that he was unharmed.
• Xiao Yan challenged Fu Yulong and Wu Kui to continue fighting, but Wu Kui refused to risk confronting him.
• Fu Yulong and Wu Kui fled, with Fu Yulong promising that he and Xiao Yan would meet again.

Xiao Yan examined the three Origin Return Realm puppets and learned that they came from the Heavenly Puppet Sect, which backed the Sea Cloud Palace. He took control of one puppet and gave the other two to Xiao Yi Xian and Liu Huabai, while suspecting the sect’s men had another reason for targeting him.

• Xiao Yan tested a puppet’s metal-hard body and found it tougher than the Northern King’s, though old cracks and damage weakened it.
• Zhou Tai identified the puppets as products of the Heavenly Puppet Sect, and Luo Jin explained the sect backed the Sea Cloud Palace and sought control of Qingyang City.
• Xiao Yan doubted that the Heavenly Puppet Sect had sent powerful fighters only over Qingyang City and suspected they had been interested in him, as Ye Luotian had been.
• Xiao Yan engraved his spiritual imprint on one puppet and ordered it to kneel, then assigned the other puppets to Xiao Yi Xian and Liu Huabai.

Xiao Yan gave the Liu Clan a powerful puppet and received their pledge of loyalty through a Lightning Punishment Oath. After more than a month of peace, he and six companions prepared to leave Qingyang City, while Leng Bingshuang and the One-Horned Whale Serpent stayed behind.

• Liu Huabai imprinted his soul on the puppet and led the Liu Clan in pledging to follow Xiao Yan, prompting the clan to swear a Lightning Punishment Oath.
• Xiao Yan thanked the Liu Clan and warned them to keep the puppet hidden unless they had no other choice.
• Xiao Yan examined the three brothers’ Storage Rings and found rare materials, Cultivation Methods, and Combat Skills, but no Spirit Stones.
• After more than a month of calm, Xiao Yan decided to leave Qingyang City early with Bai Hua, Xiao Yi Xian, Luo Jin, the Heaven-Reaching Giant Ape, Zhou Tai, and Mu Leng.
• Leng Bingshuang stayed to take Murong Qianqian to the Western Region, while the One-Horned Whale Serpent remained to guard the Liu Clan; Bai Hua gave the serpent a drop of his blood essence.

Xiao Yan’s group stopped in Liu Cang City to rest on their journey toward the Burning Flame Valley, where the city’s powerful residents took notice of them. Liu Clan leader Liu Changsheng invited them to his clan, but Xiao Yan told him they only wanted to rest and asked him to leave.

• Xiao Yan’s group entered Liu Cang City and sensed numerous powerful experts, including an Origin Return Realm cultivator protecting the city.
• When men made lewd remarks about Xiao Yi Xian, she frightened them with her killing intent, and Xiao Yan’s pale blue flame turned them into ice sculptures after the group moved on.
• An old man at a Liu Clan estate sensed the arrivals and ordered a guard to summon the clan leader.
• Liu Changsheng came to the guesthouse and invited Xiao Yan and the others to visit the Liu Clan.
• Xiao Yan refused the invitation, explaining that the group only wanted to rest for the night.