Chapter Summaries

Gu He advanced Liu Ling to Five-star Dou Zong and Qing Lin to Six-star Dou King, then rewarded both with Seventh-Grade Pills. He gave Liu Ling five hundred more Seventh-Grade Pills to distribute through the Misty Cloud Sect’s treasury under strict conditions.

• Liu Ling broke through to Five-star Dou Zong and left the spatial seal to summon Qing Lin.
• Gu He imparted cultivation to Qing Lin, raising her to Six-star Dou King.
• Gu He gave Liu Ling and Qing Lin three Seventh-Grade Pills each and received two Ninth-Grade Treasure Pills and ten thousand Seventh-Grade Pills from the system.
• Gu He decided to make some Seventh-Grade Pills available to trusted Misty Cloud Sect members in exchange for progress or contributions.
• Gu He gave Liu Ling a Storage Ring containing five hundred Seventh-Grade Pills and asked him to oversee their distribution.

Liu Ling brought five hundred Seventh-Grade Pills from Gu He to add to the Misty Cloud Sect treasury and revealed his strength as a Five-star Dou Zong. He distributed one pill to each elder and led them to store the rest in the treasury.

• Liu Ling left Nine-Colored Valley for the sect's main hall after assuring Gu He he would handle the matter.
• Liu Ling told Yun Leng and the elders that Gu He had sent treasures for the sect and warned them to keep the matter secret.
• Liu Ling revealed five hundred Seventh-Grade Pills and used his Five-star Dou Zong aura to seal the hall.
• The elders inspected the pills and confirmed they were all Seventh-Grade Pills.
• Liu Ling gave each elder one pill, explained that the rest would support a new sect reward system, and went with Yun Leng and the elders to the treasury.

Liu Ling stored the Misty Cloud Sect’s Seventh-Grade Pills and set out alone for the Tagor Desert, hoping to give Yue Mei a Shapeshifting Pill. Gu He left Yun Yun and Little Yu Chen to enter seclusion, using a Void Gate to travel to a distant mountain range.

• Liu Ling placed more than four hundred Seventh-Grade Pills in the sect treasury and assigned Yun Leng and two elders to manage and record their distribution.
• Liu Ling learned that Gu He and Yun Yun had taken Little Yu Chen to visit Yun Shan, then asked Gu He for permission to travel within the Jia Ma Empire.
• Liu Ling left the Misty Cloud Sect alone and headed toward the Tagor Desert to find Yue Mei with the Shapeshifting Pill.
• Gu He told Yun Yun he would enter seclusion and gave her a Void Jade Talisman to summon him in an emergency.
• Gu He activated a Void Gate and arrived in a mountain range five thousand li from the Misty Cloud Sect.

Gu He absorbed Qing Lin’s and Liu Ling’s returned cultivation and began refining Zi Yan’s 123 years of cultivation to advance toward the Battle Saint realm. Meanwhile, Liu Ling traveled to the Charming Snake Tribe to find Yue Mei but could not sense a Dou Wang expert there.

• Gu He absorbed Qing Lin’s returned cultivation in half a day and refined Liu Ling’s 22 years over about seven days, reaching the peak of the High-level Half-Saint realm.
• Gu He extracted Zi Yan’s 123 years of cultivation and used the Destiny Divine Flame to refine the surging energy, expecting the process to take nearly a month.
• Liu Ling arrived at Stone Desert City and flew onward into the Tagor Desert in search of Yue Mei.
• Liu Ling followed a map to the Charming Snake Tribe and concealed himself as he passed over its city wall.
• Liu Ling searched the Charming Snake Tribe but could not sense Yue Mei or any other Dou Wang expert.

Liu Ling entered the Charming Snake Tribe to find Yue Mei and offer her a Shapeshifting Pill, but discovered that she and other leaders were away on a campaign. The chapter ended with Liu Ling deciding to leave without forcing the tribe members to reveal more.

• Liu Ling descended into the lightly guarded Charming Snake Tribe after failing to sense Yue Mei's aura.
• A black bird spotted Liu Ling, and Snake Woman Yue Shu ordered the guards to attack him with poisoned spears.
• Liu Ling evaded the spears, appeared beside Yue Shu, and was recognized as the captain of the Senior Disciple Mercenary Group from Stone Desert City.
• Liu Ling said he had come to find Yue Mei and bring her a Shapeshifting Pill, but Yue Shu questioned his intentions.
• Liu Ling released his Dou Zong aura and learned that the snake people planned to advance into the Monster Beast Mountain Range and surrounding countries, not wage war against the Jia Ma Empire.
• Liu Ling inferred that Yue Mei and the other leaders had gone to fight, then chose to leave without pressing Yue Shu further.

Liu Ling traveled toward Queen Medusa’s temple while the Snake People Tribe reacted to his arrival and prepared for negotiations with the Jia Ma Empire. The chapter ended with Queen Medusa warning her leaders that the tribe would invade the countries beyond the desert if the negotiations failed.

• After Liu Ling left the Charming Snake Tribe, Yue Shu ordered messengers to alert Yue Mei and the temple that a powerful human had entered the desert’s depths.
• Liu Ling traveled for two more days and learned that Queen Medusa had summoned the leaders of the Snake People Tribe’s eight major tribes to the temple.
• Liu Ling reached the heavily guarded temple city, concealed his aura with soul power, and continued toward it.
• Queen Medusa told the eight tribal leaders that the Snake People Tribe would prepare to attack the countries beyond the desert if its negotiations with the Jia Ma Empire failed.

Liu Ling arrived at the Snake People Tribe’s temple and offered Yue Mei a Shapeshifting Pill, asking her to leave with him. As Yue Mei reached to accept it, Mo Bass challenged her to stay and help the tribe in its time of need.

• Queen Medusa and the Snake People Tribe leaders went to the city walls after strange birds cried out and found Liu Ling hovering outside the temple.
• Queen Medusa recognized Liu Ling as his mysterious expert’s disciple and was shocked that he had become a five-star Dou Zong in two years.
• Yue Mei welcomed Liu Ling, but hurriedly asked Queen Medusa not to punish him for entering the tribe’s territory.
• Liu Ling told Yue Mei he had brought the Shapeshifting Pill he had promised her and offered it to her.
• Liu Ling asked Yue Mei to come live with him in the human world, and Yue Mei reached for the pill.
• Mo Bass questioned whether Yue Mei would abandon the Snake People Tribe instead of staying to help it.

Liu Ling agreed to ask the Jia Ma Empire to let the Snake People Tribe migrate into the Monster Beast Mountain Range, and Queen Medusa and the tribe's leaders swore not to initiate attacks on Jia Ma Empire citizens. Yue Mei accepted the Shapeshifting Pill, and Liu Ling prepared to return to the imperial capital to negotiate.

• Mo Bass, Yin Shi, and other leaders reminded Yue Mei that the Snake People Tribe needed her during its planned migration, causing her to hesitate over the Shapeshifting Pill.
• Yue Mei explained that the tribe planned to pass through a Jia Ma Empire fortress on its way to the Monster Beast Mountain Range, and Liu Ling promised to seek the imperial family's approval.
• Yue Mei accepted the Shapeshifting Pill after Liu Ling reassured her that he would not force her to leave with him.
• Liu Ling asked Queen Medusa to promise that the Snake People Tribe would never initiate attacks on ordinary people of the Jia Ma Empire after migrating.
• Queen Medusa and seven Snake People leaders swore solemn oaths, and Liu Ling said he would return to the Jia Ma Imperial Capital to negotiate while the tribe prepared to migrate.

Liu Ling and Yue Mei left the Snake People Tribe’s capital after Queen Medusa approved Yue Mei’s departure and ordered preparations for migration. At the Charming Snake Tribe’s camp, Yue Mei entrusted its leadership to Yue Zhu, and Liu Ling gave her pills to help strengthen her.

• Liu Ling promised the Snake People Tribe leaders he would return to the Jia Ma Imperial Capital to secure permission for their migration, and Queen Medusa allowed Yue Mei to accompany him.
• Queen Medusa ordered the Snake People Tribe to prepare equipment for the migration as Liu Ling and Yue Mei flew away.
• Liu Ling and Yue Mei visited the Charming Snake Tribe’s army, where Yue Mei explained that Liu Ling would help the tribe migrate to the Monster Beast Mountain Range.
• Yue Mei asked Yue Zhu to manage the Charming Snake Tribe while she was away, and Liu Ling gave Yue Zhu three pills to aid her cultivation.

Liu Ling helped Yue Mei take the Shapeshifting Pill, and she successfully transformed into human form. After bringing her to Stone Desert City, he told Cassida he planned to build a continent-wide mercenary order.

• Yue Zhu accepted Liu Ling's gift and agreed to manage the Charming Snake Tribe while Yue Mei left with him.
• Liu Ling took Yue Mei to an oasis, where she swallowed the Shapeshifting Pill and underwent a painful transformation in the lake.
• Yue Mei emerged with a human body, and Liu Ling joyfully saw that her snake tail had become a pair of legs.
• Liu Ling brought Yue Mei to Stone Desert City, where Cassida and the mercenaries were astonished to see her beside him.
• Liu Ling told Cassida he intended to develop the Senior Disciple Mercenary Group into a sacred land for mercenaries across the continent and establish a complete mercenary order.

Liu Ling brought Yue Mei to the Misty Cloud Sect before seeking imperial approval for the Snake People Tribe’s relocation. Yun Yun welcomed Yue Mei into Nine-Colored Valley and approved Liu Ling’s plan, while Gu He remained away.

• Liu Ling left Cassida in charge of the mercenary group and departed with Yue Mei to discuss the Snake People Tribe’s relocation with the imperial family.
• After returning near the imperial capital, Liu Ling took Yue Mei to the Misty Cloud Sect, where the disciples and elders watched them arrive.
• Liu Ling left Yue Mei at Gu He's courtyard and went to Nine-Colored Valley to seek Gu He's approval, but learned that Gu He was away.
• Yun Yun welcomed Yue Mei as Liu Ling’s chosen wife and said she believed Gu He would support the Snake People Tribe’s relocation plan.
• Liu Ling returned to Yue Mei and told her that Yun Yun wanted to meet her and had approved his plan to speak with the imperial family.

Liu Ling brought Yue Mei to Nine-Colored Valley, where Yun Yun welcomed her and gave her gifts, and Yue Mei's cultivation advanced. Two days later, Liu Ling and Yue Mei arrived at the imperial palace to negotiate with the Jia Ma Empire, and Eldest Princess Yao Ye ordered that Liu Ling be brought in immediately.

• Liu Ling took Yue Mei to Nine-Colored Valley, where she met Qing Lin, Cai'er, and Gu Yu Chen.
• Yun Yun welcomed Yue Mei and gave her an exquisite sword and a medicinal pill as gifts.
• Yue Mei cultivated in Nine-Colored Valley for two days and broke through to the late stage of the Nine-star Dou King realm.
• Liu Ling and Yue Mei went to the imperial palace to negotiate with the imperial family.
• After hearing Liu Ling had arrived, Yao Ye ordered her attendant to bring him into the hall at once.

Liu Ling brought Yue Mei to the palace to ask the imperial family to let the Snake People Tribe cross its territory and relocate to the Monster Beast Mountain Range. Jia Xing Tian and Yao Ye learned that Yue Mei was a Snake Person and reacted with concern as Liu Ling’s request revealed his close ties to her people.

• Yao Ye hurried to the palace gates to welcome Liu Ling and met Yue Mei, whom Liu Ling introduced as his partner.
• Yao Ye hosted Liu Ling and Yue Mei in the palace, where Jia Xing Tian sensed a Dou Zong aura and came out of seclusion.
• Liu Ling told Jia Xing Tian and Yao Ye that he wanted the imperial family to allow the Snake People Tribe to cross its territory and relocate to the Monster Beast Mountain Range.
• Liu Ling explained that he wanted to help Yue Mei’s people escape their barren desert home.
• Jia Xing Tian surmised that Yue Mei had used a Shapeshifting Pill to take human form.

Liu Ling secured the Jia Ma Imperial Family’s approval for the Snake People Tribe to move into the Monster Beast Mountain Range, easing Yue Mei’s worries. He and Yue Mei returned to the Snake People Tribe Temple, where he told Queen Medusa the migration could begin.

• Jia Xing Tian agreed to Liu Ling’s relocation request, and Princess Yao Ye promised to issue the necessary orders.
• Liu Ling assured Jia Xing Tian and Princess Yao Ye that he would hold Queen Medusa and the Snake People Tribe leaders accountable if they broke their oath.
• After leaving the palace, Liu Ling told Yue Mei that his Master’s reputation had helped secure the agreement, and Yue Mei thanked him for easing her worries.
• Liu Ling and Yue Mei left Nine-Colored Valley the next morning and arrived at the Snake People Tribe Temple after about ten days of travel.
• Liu Ling told Queen Medusa and the tribe’s leaders that they could begin the migration and that the Jia Ma Imperial Family had ordered the fortress to avoid conflict with them.

Liu Ling helped Yue Mei begin moving the Charming Snake Tribe toward the Monster Beast Mountain Range, while Gu He completed his seclusion and broke through from Half-Saint to One-star Battle Saint. The Snake People migration was still far from finished when Gu He’s breakthrough stirred the surrounding countries.

• Queen Medusa and the seven Snake People Tribe chiefs thanked Liu Ling after he secured their chance to relocate to the Monster Beast Mountain Range.
• Liu Ling left the Medusa Temple with Yue Mei and helped prepare the Charming Snake Tribe’s slow, heavily supplied migration.
• Liu Ling and Yue Mei escorted the relocation force toward the Monster Beast Mountain Range, but after more than ten days the leading contingent had covered less than half the distance.
• A huge energy vortex and terrifying pressure formed above a valley, drawing people from nearby countries while magical beasts fled from the area.
• Gu He emerged from seclusion as a One-star Battle Saint, and the energy fluctuation from his breakthrough shook and destroyed the valley.

After breaking through to the One-star Battle Saint realm, Gu He returned to Nine-Colored Valley and approved Liu Ling’s arrangements for the Snake People Tribe. He agreed to let Qing Lin travel after Liu Ling returned and began preparing to revive Heavenly Fire Venerable.

• Gu He left the mountain valley after reaching the One-star Battle Saint realm, while treasure hunters rushed to search the rubble he had left behind.
• Gu He returned to Nine-Colored Valley, reunited with Little Yu Chen, and learned that Liu Ling had arranged safe passage for the Snake People Tribe through the Jia Ma Empire.
• Gu He approved the migration, and Qing Lin asked to travel beyond the mountain; Gu He agreed she could go after Liu Ling returned.
• Gu He ordered Gu You, Xue He, and Mo Yu to gather ingredients for a Bone-Regenerating Blood-Melting Pill to revive Heavenly Fire Venerable.
• Gu He told Gu You to find a body with Dou Zun cultivation for Heavenly Fire Venerable, and Gu You promised to carry out the order.

Gu He refined a Bone-Regenerating Blood-Melting Pill and reunited with Heavenly Fire Venerable, preparing to resurrect him in a Dou Zun's body. After Gu He refined the body, Heavenly Fire Venerable entered it to begin the fusion.

• Gu You killed a Soul Hall Venerable, then gathered the required ingredients and a Dou Zun corpse with Xue He and Mo Yu.
• Gu He met Gu You in the Northern Region, took the materials, and refined a Five-Colored Pill Lightning Bone-Regenerating Blood-Melting Pill.
• Gu He returned to the Northwest Continent and released Heavenly Fire Venerable from the Storage Ring, revealing that he had reached the Saint realm.
• Gu He gave Heavenly Fire Venerable the pill and placed his soul power into the Dou Zun corpse.
• Gu He used his Destiny Divine Flame to refine the corpse, and Heavenly Fire Venerable swallowed the pill and entered the body.

Gu He revived Heavenly Fire Venerable in a new body and asked him to secretly protect Qing Lin during her travels. He brought Heavenly Fire Venerable to Nine-Colored Valley, where Liu Ling, Qing Lin, and Yue Mei welcomed him.

• Heavenly Fire Venerable swallowed the Bone-Regenerating Blood-Melting Pill, and Gu He used the Destiny Divine Flame to refine his body until it regenerated into his former appearance.
• Heavenly Fire Venerable awoke in his new body, thanked Gu He, and promised to protect Gu He's disciple for three years.
• Gu He used a purple ring of light to transport himself and Heavenly Fire Venerable to Nine-Colored Valley.
• Liu Ling returned with Yue Mei, and Gu He rewarded her with medicinal pills before giving Liu Ling and Qing Lin three Seventh-Grade Pills each.
• Gu He introduced Heavenly Fire Venerable to Liu Ling, Qing Lin, and Yue Mei, who bowed to him.

Liu Ling proposed establishing a Mercenary Guild to protect mercenaries and bring order to their world, and Gu He promised his full support. Liu Ling left Nine-Colored Valley with Yue Mei and Xiao Jin to begin the plan, while Qing Lin also received permission to leave and gain experience.

• Liu Ling described his plan for a Mercenary Guild that would register mercenary groups, assign missions, rank members, and protect their interests, and Gu He approved it.
• Three days later, Gu He gave Liu Ling a Storage Ring filled with pills to fund the Guild and promised to bring him home whenever he needed.
• Liu Ling and Yue Mei bowed farewell to Gu He, then left Nine-Colored Valley with Xiao Jin accompanying them.
• Qing Lin asked to go out and gain experience, and Gu He agreed after warning her to use her Void Jade Talisman if she encountered danger.

Gu He entrusted Qing Lin’s protection to Heavenly Fire Venerable, then settled into family life with Yun Yun and their daughter, Little Yu Chen. A month after Yu Chen’s first birthday, Gu He answered a summons and found West and South Dragon Island forces confronting East Dragon Island over Zi Yan’s royal bloodline.

• Gu He asked Heavenly Fire Venerable to protect and guide Qing Lin, and Heavenly Fire Venerable agreed before secretly following her.
• Gu He and Yun Yun moved into the Misty Cloud Sect with Little Yu Chen so she could grow up among other children, and the Jia Ma Empire learned of their daughter.
• A month after Little Yu Chen’s first birthday, Gu He sensed a summons from the Void Jade Talisman and projected himself to East Dragon Island.
• Xia Ao led forces from West and South Dragon Island to East Dragon Island, demanding that the royal-blooded Zi Yan be sent to West Dragon Island.
• Zhu Li rejected Xia Ao’s demand and declared that the other Dragon Kings had no authority to enforce the Ancient Void Dragon clan’s laws.