Chapter Summaries

Xiao Han escaped the Flying Ship’s explosion with Lin Xuan, then tricked Poison Lady into returning the stolen Rings before vanishing with the Divine Concealment Cloak. He emerged in the Tagore Desert near Yue Mei, who spotted him and ordered her people to bring him over.

• Poison Lady saw Xiao Han carrying Lin Xuan away from the exploding Flying Ship and ordered her followers to chase him.
• Xiao Han left Lin Xuan in a town and drew Poison Lady’s pursuit away from her.
• Xiao Han stopped when exhaustion slowed him, bargained for the stolen Rings, and claimed his Flying Dou Technique was hidden elsewhere.
• After Poison Lady returned the Rings, Xiao Han used the Divine Concealment Cloak to disappear and escape her grasp.
• Xiao Han emerged in the Tagore Desert near Yue Mei and tried to sneak away, but she noticed him and ordered someone to bring him to her.

Xiao Han escaped Yue Mei by using the Divine Concealment Cloak, then rested at an oasis in the Tagore Desert. The next morning, he approached a group of snake-people attacking mercenaries and prepared to confront them.

• Yue Mei captured Xiao Han after mistaking him for a spy, but he escaped her pursuit with the Divine Concealment Cloak.
• Yue Mei ordered the snake-people to alert their commanders about the human intruder and returned to report the incident to the Empress.
• Xiao Han found an oasis, set up camp, and slept through the night.
• The next morning, Xiao Han woke to find snake-people attacking mercenaries from the Mo Tie Mercenary Group.
• A mercenary asked Xiao Han to summon their Regiment Leader in Shimo City, but the snake-person leader ordered his men to kill Xiao Han.
• Xiao Han ignored the mercenaries' warnings and walked toward the snake-people, ready to fight.

Xiao Han defeated a group of snake-men who threatened the Mo Tie Mercenary Group, revealing that he was a Da Dou Shi. After refusing the mercenaries’ invitation and giving only his surname, Xiao, he continued on toward his business in the Tagore Desert.

• Xiao Han walked toward the snake-men after calling them Cheeky Snakes, and their leader ordered a six-star Dou Shi to attack him.
• The snake-man’s blade struck Xiao Han’s Dou Qi Armor and shattered, revealing that Xiao Han was a Da Dou Shi.
• Xiao Han grabbed the snake-man by the neck and sent him flying with one slap, then ordered the remaining snake-men to leave.
• The snake-men’s leader begged for mercy, and Xiao Han let the group flee with their injured companion.
• Xiao Han declined the Mo Tie Mercenary Group’s offer to host him, said his surname was Xiao, and packed away his tent and supplies into his Ring.
• The mercenaries watched Xiao Han leave and speculated about whether he belonged to the Xiao Clan or another great clan.

Xiao Han traveled through the Tagore Desert to find Queen Medusa at the site of the Green Lotus Core Flame. He found her gravely injured by the Heavenly Flame and recognized that Fire Poison threatened her life.

• Xiao Han crossed the desert in comfort, using his knowledge of the story to head for the Green Lotus Core Flame instead of sneaking into Snake-People territory.
• Xiao Han arrived at the flame’s location and sensed intense heat beneath the sand.
• Xiao Han spotted an unconscious woman on a nearby dune and rushed to her side.
• Xiao Han recognized the woman as Queen Medusa and saw that Heavenly Flame burns and spreading Fire Poison had left her in grave danger.

Xiao Han cared for the weakened Queen Medusa after expelling some of the Fire Poison from her body. After she ate ice cream and regained a little composure, he prepared medicinal liquid to treat the poison still inside her.

• Queen Medusa woke and held a sword to Xiao Han's throat, warning him to keep their earlier encounter secret.
• Queen Medusa collapsed after spitting blood, and Xiao Han caught her and warned that anger could worsen the Fire Poison in her body.
• Xiao Han carried Queen Medusa to the ice bed and offered her food, then replaced the barbecue with ice cream because she could not eat it.
• Queen Medusa tried the ice cream, enjoyed it, and watched Xiao Han prepare medicine while he mixed ingredients.
• Xiao Han finished the medicinal liquid and told Queen Medusa to take a bath.

Xiao Han prepared a medicinal bath that eased Medusa’s Fire Poison, and stayed to monitor it while she soaked. The bath ended when the wooden tub suddenly split apart, and Xiao Han settled by the bonfire for the night.

• Xiao Han told Medusa the medicinal liquid was ready and left the tent while she went to soak.
• Medusa found Xiao Han sitting by the bonfire, then returned to the tub and entered the medicinal liquid.
• Xiao Han came into the tent to monitor the medicinal liquid, and Medusa let him stay as long as he did not peek.
• Xiao Han and Medusa chatted during the bath, and Medusa learned his name as her condition improved.
• Xiao Han estimated Medusa needed three more baths to cure her Fire Poison, but the wooden tub split apart as he was about to leave.
• Xiao Han praised Xiao Rou’s wooden tub by the bonfire, then sat cross-legged through the night.

After recovering from the Fire Poison, Medusa prepared to try for the Green Lotus Core Flame again, while Xiao Han accepted a mission to help her advance to Dou Zong. Xiao Han claimed he knew a way to help her obtain the Heavenly Flame, but his attempt to get a shoulder massage ended in a scream.

• After four medicinal baths, Medusa recovered her strength and reached Peak Dou Huang.
• Xiao Rou offered Xiao Han a 300,000-point mission to help Medusa obtain the Green Lotus Core Flame and advance to Dou Zong, and he accepted it.
• Medusa warned Xiao Han to keep their recent intimate treatment secret, then admitted she intended to try for the Heavenly Flame again.
• Xiao Han offered Medusa ice cream and argued with her about the medicinal herbs and treats she had used.
• Xiao Han said he could help Medusa take the Heavenly Flame and maneuvered her into agreeing to give him a shoulder massage.
• Medusa put her hands on Xiao Han's shoulders, and he screamed for help.

Medusa beat Xiao Han and teased him until he threatened to retaliate. Xiao Han turned the tables and pushed her down, then fled before Medusa could take revenge.

• Medusa sat on Xiao Han's back and tugged his ear while asking whether he still wanted a lesson.
• Xiao Han begged Medusa to let him go, then threatened to stop her if she kept bullying him.
• Medusa refused to release Xiao Han, so he flipped her onto the ground and stood up.
• Xiao Han accused Medusa of bullying him despite her status and ran away when she looked ready to erupt.
• Medusa sat up and cursed Xiao Han.

Xiao Han gave Medusa the Ice Silkworm Soft Armor so she could approach the Green Lotus Core Flame, then waited as she went to claim it. Medusa returned with the flame, while Xiao Han wondered whether her attempt to advance to Dou Zong would bring trouble.

• Xiao Han gave Medusa the Ice Silkworm Soft Armor and explained that it could shield her from the Heavenly Flame's heat.
• Medusa put on the armor, and she and Xiao Han waited together until midnight.
• Xiao Han told Medusa to take the Green Lotus Seat along with the Green Lotus Core Flame because it could store and stabilize Heavenly Flames.
• Medusa flew off to claim the flame while Xiao Han worried that something might go wrong during her advance to Dou Zong.
• Medusa returned about half an hour later carrying the Green Lotus Core Flame, and Xiao Han recognized that she had succeeded.

Medusa returned with the Heavenly Flames and planned to use her clan’s forbidden method to break through the Dou Emperor barrier in secret. Xiao Han accompanied her to the Desert Stone Forest to guard her, but Medusa realized he had lied about being unable to fly.

• Medusa showed Xiao Han the cyan Heavenly Flame she had obtained and explained that she would avoid returning to the Snake-People Race while attempting her breakthrough.
• Xiao Han and Medusa chose the remote Desert Stone Forest, and she flew him there after he pretended to need her help because he could not fly.
• At dawn, Medusa began preparing to break through on the tallest stone pillar while Xiao Han went to check the area for danger.
• Medusa saw Xiao Han stepping through the air and recognized that he had concealed his ability to fly.
• Medusa shouted that Xiao Han was shameless as he hurried down from the stone pillar.

Xiao Han spent half a year tempering his Dou Qi while Medusa underwent a dangerous transformation beneath the Green Lotus Core Flame. As Medusa neared her breakthrough, Gu He and four other Dou Emperor experts arrived, leaving Xiao Han to find a way to protect her.

• Medusa cultivated beneath the Green Lotus Core Flame while Xiao Han worried over her perilous rebirth.
• Xiao Han chose to strengthen his foundation instead of pursuing a realm breakthrough, repeatedly tempering his Dou Qi.
• After half a year, Xiao Han remained a one-star Da Dou Shi, but his ordinary punch shattered a thick stone pillar.
• Xiao Han sensed Medusa nearing her breakthrough as the Heavenly Flame grew increasingly violent.
• Gu He and four other Dou Emperor experts arrived on a Flying Magical Beast, and Xiao Han hid while searching for a way to protect Medusa.

Medusa reached the critical point of her breakthrough as Gu He and four Dou Emperors arrived to seize her Heavenly Flame. Xiao Han disguised himself as the Green Lotus Core Flame’s Fire Spirit and began bluffing Gu He into accepting him as a master.

• Medusa sensed the newcomers but followed Xiao Han’s advice and focused on breaking through while he promised to handle them.
• A black-robed woman killed one of Gu He’s Dou Emperor companions with a single sword strike after he insulted her.
• Gu He sent two Dou Emperors toward Medusa, but Xiao Han appeared in their way, concealing his identity with a Heavenly Flame aura.
• Xiao Han claimed to be the Green Lotus Core Flame’s Fire Spirit and told Gu He he had been captured by Medusa after pursuing her beauty.
• Xiao Han praised Gu He’s alchemy and Soul Power, then asked him to become his master.

Xiao Han tricked Gu He, Yun Yun, and two Dou Emperors into feeding power into the Ice Sealing Reversal Array, which froze them. As Xiao Han gloated over his victory, a seven-colored pillar of light rose from the tallest stone pillar, bearing the aura of a Dou Zong.

• Xiao Han claimed he needed Gu He's help to retrieve the Green Lotus Core Flame and told him to pour power into a supposed Spirit Gathering Array.
• Gu He and two Dou Emperors fed their Dou Qi into the array, then Yun Yun added her power when Xiao Han said it was not enough.
• The Ice Sealing Reversal Array unleashed a cold wave and froze Gu He, Yun Yun, and the other two Dou Emperors.
• Xiao Han revealed his deception, mocked the trapped group, and teased Yun Yun while they glared at him from inside the ice.
• A seven-colored pillar of light erupted from the tallest stone pillar as dark clouds and lightning filled the sky, carrying the aura of a Dou Zong.

After Medusa broke through, Xiao Han escaped with her and gave Xiao Yan the Green Lotus Core Flame and a silver robe. He left Xiao Yan to face four furious Dou Emperors, who mistook him for Xiao Han’s accomplice, and Xiao Yan fled in despair.

• Medusa emerged from her breakthrough weakened, so Xiao Han carried her away with the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Xiao Han encountered Xiao Yan in the desert and gave him the Green Lotus Core Flame and a silver robe before leaving with Medusa.
• Yao Lao warned Xiao Yan that four Dou Emperors were pursuing him, and they arrived and mistook him for the man who had scammed them.
• Xiao Yan realized Xiao Han had set him up and fled from the four pursuing Dou Emperors.

After escaping Gu He and the other Dou Emperors, Xiao Han spent several quiet days caring for Medusa as she recovered. Before returning to the Snake-People Race, she gave him a Jade Token and left him with a promise to wait for him to grow stronger; Xiao Han then set off for the City of Ice and Snow.

• Xiao Han reassured Medusa that Xiao Yan would be safe and shared Bird's Nest Porridge with her beside the bonfire.
• Over the next few days, Xiao Han and Medusa cooked, talked, and grew more familiar as her injuries healed.
• Medusa told Xiao Han she would return to the Snake-People Race, and he asked her to dance for him before they parted.
• Medusa gave Xiao Han a Jade Token that would let her sense him if he was in danger, then told him he was still too weak.
• The next morning, Medusa departed after saying she would wait for Xiao Han to grow stronger, and he set off for the training ground in the City of Ice and Snow.

Xiao Han admired the snow and plum blossoms atop Tianshan before rescuing Dantai Yuyan from an avalanche. After giving her a Tianshan Snow Lotus for her sick mother, he agreed to take her to the City of Ice and Snow and visit her home.

• Xiao Han flew to Tianshan and spent three days enjoying its snowy plum grove, carving verses into a stone wall.
• As Xiao Han departed, an avalanche threatened Dantai Yuyan, who was climbing the mountain alone to find a Tianshan Snow Lotus for her sick mother.
• Xiao Han rescued Dantai Yuyan with Sword Flight and gave her a Tianshan Snow Lotus.
• Dantai Yuyan invited Xiao Han to her home in the City of Ice and Snow, and he agreed to take her there and accept her hospitality.

Xiao Han arrived in the City of Ice and Snow with Dantai Yuyan and discovered that her family treated her as a lowly servant. When Tantai Jiao humiliated Yuyan and threw their meal onto the floor, Xiao Han forced Tantai Jiao face-first into the food.

• Xiao Han and Dantai Yuyan entered the City of Ice and Snow, where Xiao Han admired the floating Imperial Palace.
• Dantai Yuyan brought Xiao Han to the Tantai Family residence, where guards and family members treated her with contempt.
• Xiao Han used Xiao Rou to learn that Dantai Yuyan was Tantai Jiao’s half-sister, born to a maidservant and scorned by the Eldest Young Lady.
• Dantai Yuyan prepared a meal for Xiao Han, but Tantai Jiao barged in and swept the food onto the floor.
• Tantai Jiao raised her hand to strike Dantai Yuyan, but Xiao Han stopped her and forced her face into the spilled food.

Xiao Han defended Dantai Yuyan after humiliating Tantai Jiao, then effortlessly defeated the guards she sent against him. As the Tantai Family gathered around him, Xiao Han declared that none of them could withstand a single blow.

• Xiao Han pinned Tantai Jiao to the ground, insulted her, and kicked her away after she tried to fight back.
• Dantai Yuyan apologized and urged Xiao Han to leave, but he stayed to eat the food she had prepared.
• Tantai Jiao returned with guards and ordered them to attack Xiao Han, who sent them flying with a word of Soul Power.
• Tantai Jiao summoned Guard Lin, but Xiao Han repelled him with another word and scattered the charging guards with a surge of Soul Power.
• The Tantai Family gathered around Xiao Han, and he calmly declared that everyone present was too weak to withstand a single blow.

Xiao Han stopped the Tantai Family from confronting him, then explored the City of Ice and Snow with Dantai Yuyan. After learning that the Empress’s decree promised entry to the Imperial Ancestral Tomb for curing the Princess’s eye illness, he took it down and was summoned to the Ice Palace.

• Tantai Yuan stopped his family from attacking Xiao Han and warned Tantai Jiao that Xiao Han was a Third-grade Alchemist, perhaps even more powerful.
• Xiao Han stayed in Dantai Yuyan’s courtyard, and Tantai Yuan ordered Yuyan to look after him.
• Xiao Han and Dantai Yuyan toured the city, where she explained the Empress’s decree seeking a doctor for the Princess’s eye illness.
• Xiao Han took down the decree, triggering a pillar of light and alerting the City of Ice and Snow.
• A woman at the Ice Palace ordered that Xiao Han be brought up.

Xiao Han was summoned to the Empress’s Palace to treat the Princess, but he killed a guard who demanded a humiliating search before letting him enter. After Xiao Han appraised the Empress from behind her curtains, she ordered her men to drag him out and castrate him.

• The Empress summoned Xiao Han to the Ice Palace, and he promised Dantai Yuyan he would return after treating the Princess.
• A maid escorted Xiao Han by cyan luan to the Empress’s Palace, where a guard demanded he strip for a search and surrender his Ring.
• When the guard drew his sword and threatened him, Xiao Han shattered the weapon with Soul Power and killed him by breaking his neck.
• The Empress ordered the other guards to let Xiao Han enter, and he walked into the palace hall.
• After Xiao Han scrutinized the Empress behind the crystal curtains, she ordered her men to drag him out and castrate him.