Chapter Summaries

Yun Xi prepared to help Medusa evolve, but Yue Mei and the Snake-People interrupted him as Gu He discovered the Heavenly Flames had vanished. Medusa rejected the Great Priest’s attempt to stop her and asserted her authority as queen.

• Yun Xi froze Yue Mei’s sword in midair when she attacked him to protect Medusa.
• Yue Mei, the Great Priest, Mo Bas, and the other Snake-People entered the underground chamber and knelt before Medusa.
• Gu He searched for the Heavenly Flames, sensed their aura disappear, and raged over losing them.
• The Great Priest urged Medusa to reconsider evolving with the Heavenly Flames, warning that failure would endanger her and the Snake-People Race.
• Medusa defended her decision by pointing to the Dou Huang threats facing her people, then released her energy and declared, “I am the Queen!!”

Gu He confronted Medusa after learning the Heavenly Flame’s aura had vanished, and their battle began over the Green Lotus Core Flame. Medusa broke Gu He’s left hand with a powerful strike, leaving the fight unresolved.

• The Black-Robed Man told Gu He that the Heavenly Flame’s aura had disappeared, but he refused to give up and demanded that Medusa reveal where she had hidden the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Medusa taunted Gu He, and he charged at her while the Black-Robed Man rushed to follow.
• Medusa attacked with Thousand Serpent Palm, Purple Spirit, but Gu He shattered the serpent phantom with Thousand Flame Sword Qi.
• Medusa used Thousand Serpent Palm, Unite as One, to close the distance, and Gu He countered with Purple Eagle Incineration.
• Medusa tore through Gu He’s attack and snapped his left hand as he began Wind's Extremity, Falling Kill.

Medusa battled Yun Yun, who rescued Gu He, while Xun'er and Yun Xi recognized the Yun Lan Sect Master. Hai Bo Dong arrived and bowed to Xun'er, drawing everyone’s attention to her as she hid behind Yun Xi.

• Yun Yun intercepted Medusa’s attack, used a powerful sword strike to split the island, and escaped with Gu He.
• Medusa attacked Yun Yun as she fled, and the blast knocked away Yun Yun’s hood, revealing her identity to Xun'er and Yun Xi.
• Yun Yun handed Gu He to Feng Li and Yan Shi, then asked Medusa whether the Heavenly Flames were still there.
• Hai Bo Dong descended from the underground entrance, searched the crowd, and apologized to Xun'er for arriving late.
• Yun Yun realized Xiao Xun'er had reached the Dou Ling level, and everyone turned to stare at her as she hid behind Yun Xi.

Yun Xi drove Gu He and the other intruders from the underground space, then began Medusa’s evolution by forcing the fused power of three Heavenly Flames into her. Medusa endured the flames’ agony as Xun’er watched from the shore.

• Yun Xi revealed that he had refined the Heavenly Flame, and Gu He charged at him in fury.
• Yun Xi forced everyone except Xun’er and Medusa to their knees, then ordered them to leave within three minutes.
• Yun Yun led the fleeing crowd, including Gu He, out of the underground space.
• Yun Xi began Medusa’s evolution by sending his fused Golden Emperor Burning Flame, Bone Chilling Flame, and Green Lotus Core Flame into her body.
• Medusa transformed into her magical beast form and writhed in the sea of fire while Xun’er watched anxiously with Yun Xi.

Medusa endured Yun Xi’s fire-based evolution and emerged with a vast aura, while Yun Yun, Gu He, and the other humans tried to retreat. The Five Great Tribe leaders intercepted them, and Yin Shi’s group launched the Five Snakes Poison Brake Seal.

• Yun Xi explained to Xun'er that Medusa’s resolve determined the strength of the flames and that her evolution depended on her persistence.
• The Snake-People gathered above ground and silently hoped Medusa would survive, while Hai Bo Dong abandoned his expectation of fighting her.
• A bolt of heavenly lightning struck Medusa, dispersing the Heavenly Flame, and her powerful aura erupted as the Snake-People celebrated her success.
• Gu He urged Yun Yun to retreat, and Yun Yun and the other Dou Wang experts fled into the sky.
• The Five Great Tribe leaders arrived and blocked the humans; Yin Shi challenged Yun Yun and Gu He before the elders unleashed the Five Snakes Poison Brake Seal.

Gu He and his companions fought five Snake-People Race leaders, but Yun Yun broke their serpent attack before Hai Bo Dong intervened and drained the leaders’ Dou Qi. Hai Bo Dong said he was acting on a mysterious lord’s orders, and Yun Yun’s further questions were interrupted by a sinister gaze from below.

• The gray-robed elder and four Snake-People Race leaders formed the Five Snakes Poison Brake Seal and unleashed a giant green serpent at Gu He and his companions.
• The serpent shattered Gu He’s and the others’ attacks, but Yun Yun pierced its poisonous mist with Extreme Wind: Setting Sun Brilliance.
• As Yun Yun prepared to face the serpent again, Hai Bo Dong sent ice dragons into it, exhausting the five leaders’ Dou Qi.
• Hai Bo Dong told Yun Yun he had acted on that lord’s orders and identified Xiao Xun’er as the lord, though he said that was not exactly right.
• Yun Yun tried to ask what Hai Bo Dong meant, but she sensed a cold, sinister gaze from below.

Yun Xi helped Medusa complete her evolution, and she thanked him before agreeing to hear his request. When he asked about strange events in the desert, Medusa described a scythe-wielding Soul Body that had slaughtered a Snake-People tribe, leading Yun Xi and Xun'er to identify it as Scholar.

• Yun Yun decided the failed Heavenly Flame mission was over, but Hai Bo Dong told the group they could not leave before his lord emerged.
• Medusa's evolution released an ancient bloodline pressure that forced the Snake-People to kneel, and she appeared beside Yun Xi and Xun'er as a Dou Zong.
• Medusa thanked Yun Xi for saving her and offered to fulfill the request she had promised him.
• Yun Xi said he wanted to establish a force in the area and asked Medusa about strange events in the desert.
• Medusa recounted how a scythe-wielding Soul Body had killed a Snake-People tribe and overwhelmed their strongest fighters.
• Yun Xi and Xun'er recognized the Soul Body from Medusa's description and named it Scholar.

Yun Xi warned Medusa that beings from other planes could threaten the Dou Qi Continent, so he asked her to establish a force in the Tagor Desert. The Snake-People Race rallied behind the new Cloud Domain Palace, while Medusa confronted Yun Yun and the others over their intrusion.

• Yun Xi told Medusa that Scholar and the Dark Demon Underworld Emperor posed dangers to the Dou Qi Continent and asked her to lead a force against future invaders.
• Xun'er suggested the name Cloud Domain Palace, and Medusa accepted it for the new force.
• Medusa told the Snake-People Race about the threat from other worlds and asked them to join Cloud Domain Palace; they answered with an enthusiastic chorus of support.
• Yun Yun, Hai Bo Dong, Gu He, and the others watched the Snake-People Race proclaim Cloud Domain Palace and sensed that the continent would no longer be peaceful.
• Medusa confronted Yun Yun, asking whether she intended to leave after trespassing, obstructing her evolution, and trying to seize the Heavenly Flames.

Medusa’s snake people surrounded Gu He, Yun Yun, and their companions after they failed to seize the Heavenly Flames, but Xun’er and Yun Xi stopped the attack. After learning Yun Xi was a Dou Sheng, Yun Yun described the Jia Ma Empire’s major powers at his request.

• Medusa accused Yun Yun’s group of trespassing, disrupting her evolution, and trying to take the Heavenly Flames, while the snake people prepared to attack them.
• Yun Yun stayed calm as the group faced overwhelming odds, and Xun’er and Yun Xi appeared and halted the charging snake people.
• Yun Yun and Xun’er recognized each other, and Xun’er introduced Yun Xi as her Guardian Spirit.
• Xun’er said Yun Xi was around Dou Sheng, shocking Gu He, Feng Li, Yun Yun, and the others.
• Yun Xi asked who held influence in the Jia Ma Empire, and Yun Yun named the Misty Cloud Sect, the Alchemist Guild, the Jia Ma Imperial Family, the Mittel Family, the Mu Clan, and the Nalan Clan.

Yun Xi left Medusa and Hai Bo Dong to establish and expand Cloud Domain Palace while he and Xun'er departed the desert for Jia Nan Academy to seek the Fallen Heart Flame. In Tag City, an old man recognized Xun'er as someone surnamed Gu.

• Yun Xi sent Yun Yun to gather leaders from the families and factions, then released Gu He and the others.
• Yun Xi appointed Medusa as Cloud Domain Palace's acting leader and ordered Hai Bo Dong to help her establish the faction while the Snake-People Race recovered.
• Yun Xi left the desert with Xun'er and headed toward Jia Nan Academy to find the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Yun Xi scolded Xun'er for neglecting her Dou Skills and told her to make time to cultivate if she wanted to find her mother.
• In Tag City, an old man addressed Xun'er and said her surname should be Gu.

Xun'er met Mang Tianchi, an elder of the Thunder Clan, who revealed that the Soul Clan had wiped out the Stone Clan. The chapter ended with Xun'er learning that her father, Gu Yuan, might know why the other ancient clans had not intervened.

• Xun'er discovered that an elder on a teahouse balcony knew her Gu Clan identity and suspected he belonged to the Soul Clan.
• Yun Xi identified the elder as an eight-star Dou Zun, and Xun'er went to speak with him.
• The elder introduced himself as a member of the Thunder Clan, and Xun'er cautiously sat down with him.
• Mang Tianchi told Xun'er that the Soul Clan had exterminated the Stone Clan, including its eight Dou Sheng experts, within hours.
• Xun'er asked why the other ancient clans had not intervened, and Mang Tianchi said Gu Yuan might know before revealing his name.

Xun'er received a Jia Nan Academy token from Mang Tianchi and grew suspicious of how conveniently it had appeared. At the Misty Cloud Sect, a gathering of Jia Ma Empire's major factions was interrupted when Yun Shan was hurled into the hall by an unknown attacker.

• Xun'er told Mang Tianchi she planned to train at Jia Nan Academy, and he gave her a token that allowed her to enter directly.
• After Mang Tianchi left with Yan Yan, Xun'er and Yun Xi questioned the strange coincidence linking her training destinations and the token, then decided to return to the Jia Ma Empire.
• Yun Yun gathered Jia Xingtian, Mu Chen, Nalan Jie, Mitre.Tengshan, and Fa Ma at the Misty Cloud Sect to discuss an important matter.
• An explosion interrupted Yun Yun, and Yun Shan crashed into the grand hall; he warned Yun Yun to run.
• The attacker blasted open the hall doors and threw a Soul Body toward the gathered leaders, and Yun Shan recognized him as Vulture Protector.

Yun Xi forced the Jia Ma Empire’s leaders to join the Cloud Domain Palace and left them anticipating a major upheaval. He then returned with Xun'er to the Xiao Family, reminding her that she had come for the Tou She Ancient God Jade.

• Yun Xi revealed himself and overwhelmed Mu Chen, then gave the Jia Ma Empire’s leaders no choice but to join the Cloud Domain Palace.
• Fa Ma, the Mitre Family, the Nalan Family, the royal family, Mu Chen, and the Misty Cloud Sect agreed to join.
• Yun Shan warned Yun Xi that the Soul Hall might retaliate, but Yun Xi dismissed the threat and said the entire Jia Ma Empire was his target.
• After Yun Xi left, Yun Shan confirmed that he had stepped down and Yun Yun was the Misty Cloud Sect Master.
• Yun Xi returned to the Xiao Family with Xun'er and reminded her of her mission to retrieve the Tou She Ancient God Jade.

Xun'er returned to the Xiao Family to retrieve the Tou She Ancient God Jade, but she had never seen it and had to ask Xiao Zhan about the family's precious jade. She learned that Xiao Zhan had given the Clan Leader's Inheritance Jade to Xiao Yan before he left for Jia Nan Academy.

• Yun Xi reminded Xun'er of Gu Yuan's task to retrieve the Tou She Ancient God Jade from the Xiao Family, and Xun'er entered the clan grounds.
• Xiao Zhan came to meet Xun'er and escorted her to his study after she asked to see him.
• Xun'er asked Xiao Zhan about Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian, learning that Xiao Yan had joined Jia Nan Academy and Xiao Yi Xian had gone to Chu Yun Empire.
• Xun'er asked Xiao Zhan whether he had seen a precious piece of jade, and he identified the Clan Leader's Inheritance Jade.
• Xiao Zhan told Xun'er that he had given the Inheritance Jade to Xiao Yan when Xiao Yan left for Jia Nan Academy.

After learning that Xiao Yan possessed the Tou She Ancient God Jade, Xun'er left the Xiao Family and prepared to help Yun Xi be reborn, discovering that his remaining spiritual power was nearly exhausted. She set off for Jia Nan Academy through the Black-Corner Region, while a blood-red figure in the Extraterritorial Void sensed traces of Yun Xi's presence.

• Xun'er heard Xiao Zhan explain that he had given Xiao Yan the Xiao Family's Clan Leader's Inheritance Jade, and Yun Xi suggested killing Xiao Yan to take it back.
• Yun Xi told Xun'er that his spiritual power was nearly depleted and that rebirth would let him absorb Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi; Xun'er agreed to help him.
• Xun'er left the Xiao Family's territory, crossed Ghost Suppression Pass, and set out toward Jia Nan Academy through the Black-Corner Region.
• Yun Xi used his remaining spiritual power to form an Ancient Sword phantom, and Xun'er flew toward the distant horizon on it.
• A blood-red figure in the Extraterritorial Void sensed energy traces from Yun Xi and wondered whether he had escaped the Heavenly Profound Continent.

Xun'er arrived in the Black-Corner Region and entered Black-Ink City, where the guard captain Tian Xie tried to rob and assault her. She struck down the soldiers who surrounded her, leaving Tian Xie to face her response.

• Xun'er reached Black-Ink City after traveling to the Black-Corner Region and dodged an arrow shot at her near the gate.
• Tian Xie demanded a toll from Xun'er, who offered him a bag of gold coins and was allowed into the city.
• After Xun'er entered, Tian Xie introduced himself as Black-Ink City's guard captain and accepted her coins.
• Tian Xie revealed that he wanted more than gold and ordered his soldiers to seize Xun'er.
• Xun'er unleashed a flash of golden light that blasted several soldiers into nearby buildings, then asked Tian Xie to repeat what he had said.

Xun'er overpowered Tian Xie in Black-Ink City and demanded information about the Black-Corner Region and the route to Jia Nan Academy. Tian Xie agreed, but secretly crushed a token that sent a strange energy across the city.

• Xun'er dodged Tian Xie's No Form Palm with Ephemeral Exquisite Steps and vanished from his sight.
• Xun'er struck Tian Xie with Guardian Eight Trigrams Palm, then smashed his strongest shield with Nine Phoenix Sacred Flame Palm.
• Xun'er blasted Tian Xie through a building, leaving him wounded and begging for mercy.
• Xun'er demanded intelligence about the Black-Corner Region and directions to Jia Nan Academy.
• Tian Xie agreed to provide information but secretly crushed a token, spreading strange energy throughout Black-Ink City.

Xun'er escaped Tian Xie's attack and followed a suspicious old man through a passage, where he explained the Black-Corner Region's powerful factions. She recognized his kindness as a trap and confronted him before they reached the exit.

• Xun'er killed Tian Xie with her Heavenly Flames and left the scene as members of the Eight Gates Sect began to respond.
• An old man with a concealed Dou Ling aura invited Xun'er into a passage, and she followed him despite noticing hidden watchers.
• The old man told Xun'er about the Black Ranking List and the major factions controlling the Black-Corner Region.
• Xun'er stopped near the passage exit and accused the old man of deceiving her.
• The old man halted and asked Xun'er how she had discovered his intentions.

Xun'er was ambushed by Black Skull Tomb Fourth Elder Liu Hua and his men, who tried to overwhelm her with their skeleton formation. She destroyed them with her three Heavenly Flames, leaving no survivors.

• Liu Hua revealed himself as Black Skull Tomb Fourth Elder and surrounded Xun'er with his men.
• Liu Hua ordered his men to attack Xun'er, but their skeletons blocked her Guardian Eight Trigrams Palm.
• Xun'er unleashed the Flame God Palm, burning through the skeletons and killing the men caught in the fire.
• Liu Hua tried to flee and defend himself, but Xun'er engulfed him in her Heavenly Flames and burned him to death.

After escaping the passageway, Xun'er struggled against a murderous influence that Yun Xi traced to energy sealed within his body. Yun Xi promised to suppress it when he could, while Xun'er began cultivating to recover and prepare for a breakthrough.

• Xun'er left the passageway and nearly collapsed as a murderous voice pushed her toward killing, but Yun Xi's shout brought her back to her senses.
• At an auction house, an elder from the Eight Gates Sect discussed the auction's reach and dismissed the Blood Sect as a threat.
• Xun'er told Yun Xi about her altered emotions, and he explained that a trace of the sealed energy from the shattered Heavenly Spirit Ancient Halberd was influencing her through their connection.
• Yun Xi said he might be unable to intervene for a while, but reassured Xun'er that he would not fall asleep and would act if necessary.
• Xun'er began cultivating to replenish her Dou Qi and pursue a breakthrough.