Recaps

Sun Qi brought Xiao Yan and Yao Chen to the Jia Ma Imperial Capital, then confronted the Misty Cloud Sect with Xiao Yan over his broken engagement to Nalan Yanran. The empire’s experts gathered to watch, and they were stunned when they realized Sun Qi and Zi Yan were unusually young Dou Wangs.

• Yao Chen teased Sun Qi about marrying Yun Yun, who watched the group ride past on a cloud.
• Sun Qi and Zi Yan’s Dou Wang presences alerted the experts in the Jia Ma Imperial Capital, including Jia Xingtian and Fa Ma.
• Sun Qi shouted a challenge at the Misty Cloud Sect, drawing Nalan Jie and the capital’s other experts to the sect.
• Sun Qi landed in the sect’s plaza with Xiao Yan and Yao Chen, where four Misty Cloud Sect Dou Wang elders demanded an explanation.
• Nalan Yanran recognized Xiao Yan, who said their grudge would be settled early; the gathered experts then realized the two Dou Wangs were a young man and a little girl.

Sun Qi confronted the Misty Cloud Sect over its members’ visit to the Xiao Clan, but found neither Yun Shan nor a Soul Hall Protector there. He overwhelmed the sect with hundreds of Dou Wang clones and attacked Gu He, leaving the sect elders rushing to intervene.

• Yao Chen reported that he sensed no Soul Hall Protector and found that Yun Shan was also absent from the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Sun Qi demanded that the sect hand over Nalan Yanran and the others who had gone to the Xiao Clan, or face the destruction of the entire sect.
• Sun Qi scattered golden hairs that transformed into hundreds of golden-armored clones, each with a Dou Wang presence.
• Sun Qi demanded that Liu Ling be brought out, and Gu He stepped forward, identifying himself as Liu Ling’s master and a sixth-tier alchemist.
• Sun Qi rejected Gu He’s appeal and struck him with his Golden Cudgel, forcing Gu He onto the defensive.
• Yun Ling and three other Dou Wang moved to help Gu He, but Sun Qi’s clones converged on them.

Sun Qi and Zi Yan overwhelmed the Misty Cloud Sect after Nalan Yanran refused to face Sun Qi’s demand, and Yao Chen possessed Sun Qi to reveal Dou Zong power and suppress the sect. Yao Chen left the aftermath to Sun Qi as Yun Yun rushed back to the sect, where its members remained pinned to the ground.

• Zi Yan smashed Yun Ling’s stone saber and sent him flying while Sun Qi defeated Gu He and buried him unconscious beneath rubble.
• Sun Qi threatened Nalan Yanran, and Nalan Jie offered to take her to the Xiao Clan to apologize and pay compensation.
• Yun Ling withdrew from Zi Yan’s fight and challenged Sun Qi, prompting Yao Chen to take control of Sun Qi’s body.
• Yao Chen’s Dou Zong power suppressed everyone inside the Misty Cloud Sect and buried them three inches into the ground.
• Yun Yun sensed the eruption of power and hurried toward the sect, while Yao Chen withdrew and left the rest to Sun Qi.

After Sun Qi and Xiao Yan left the damaged Misty Cloud Sect, Xiao Yan planned to move his clan to the Black-Corner Region while Sun Qi went his own way. In Qingshan Town, Sun Qi and Zi Yan encountered the well-liked physician Xiao Yi Xian, and the chapter ended with a young woman preparing to descend a cliff in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

• Yao Chen suggested killing the Misty Cloud Sect’s members, but Xiao Yan and Sun Qi decided to spare them and move the Xiao Clan to the Black-Corner Region.
• Yun Yun returned to the Misty Cloud Sect, but Nalan Yanran stopped her from pursuing Sun Qi and later apologized as Nalan Jie explained what had happened.
• Sun Qi parted ways with Xiao Yan and Yao Chen, who headed to Jia Nan Academy while Sun Qi continued his own training.
• In Qingshan Town, Sun Qi and Zi Yan saw Xiao Yi Xian, and Sun Qi considered bringing her to Starfall Pavilion because of her Woeful Poison Body.
• That night, a young woman at a cliff in the Magical Beast Mountain Range secured a rope and prepared to climb down.

Xiao Yi Xian entered a hidden cave to search for treasure, where Sun Qi rescued her from a group of mercenaries and left her pills to cultivate. Sun Qi then planned to enter the Magical Beast Mountain Range with Zi Yan to recruit the tier-six Amethyst Winged Lion King.

• Xiao Yi Xian opened the hidden cave door and found a skeleton and three stone boxes inside.
• A group of mercenaries confronted Xiao Yi Xian, but Sun Qi appeared and killed them before burning away their bodies and traces.
• Sun Qi gave Xiao Yi Xian a bottle of pills, told her to cultivate in the cave for two days, and flew away; she found the pills were tier-two or tier-three.
• Sun Qi returned to the inn and told Zi Yan they would enter the Magical Beast Mountain Range to recruit the Amethyst Winged Lion King.
• Zi Yan excitedly dragged Sun Qi out of bed the next morning, eager to reach the mountain range and challenge the beast.