Chapter Summaries

Gu He retrieved the Green Lotus Platform from the magma world and gave it to Qing Lin, earning a ten-thousandfold return from the system. The Green Lotus Sacred Platform appeared in the System Space as Qing Lin received her gift.

• Gu He cut the Green Lotus Platform free with a jade blade, left its roots intact, and stored the lotus in the System Space.
• Gu He left the cyan-lit region with the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake and forced it to come with him or die; the snake chose to follow and he stored it in the System Space.
• Gu He covered the passage to the magma world with an iron plate and buried it under sand before returning to the Desert Iron Mercenary Group's residence.
• Gu He waited for Qing Lin to finish cultivating, then gave her the Green Lotus Platform and told her to cultivate while sitting on it.
• The system announced that Gu He's gift to Qing Lin had earned him the Green Lotus Sacred Platform, which was distributed to the System Space.

Gu He extracted the Green Lotus Sacred Platform and gave Qing Lin a blue lotus platform that increased her cultivation speed. He then prepared a second gift for her, intending to help develop her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.

• Gu He learned that the Green Lotus Sacred Platform could increase cultivation speed fifteenfold, provide a defensive shield, and fly.
• Gu He gave Qing Lin a blue lotus platform, and she tested it and confirmed that it improved her cultivation.
• Gu He considered Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake he had stored for her.
• Gu He told Qing Lin that he would give her a second gift, and she eagerly agreed to receive it.

Gu He helped Qing Lin awaken her special ability by having her meet the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, allowing her to form a bond with it. After Qing Lin recovered from collapsing, she discovered she could sense the snake’s thoughts and summon it into her sleeve.

• Gu He released the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake and reassured Qing Lin when its appearance frightened her.
• Gu He guided Qing Lin to look into the snake’s eyes, awakening three green flowers in her pupils that imprinted matching marks on its heads.
• Qing Lin collapsed after the strange light faded, and Gu He gave her a medicinal pill to help her recover.
• The system rewarded Gu He with a Seventh-tier Crimson Flame Demonic Flood Dragon for giving Qing Lin the snake, but he focused on caring for her.
• Qing Lin sensed a connection with the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake and ordered it to shrink into her sleeve.

Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils awakened, and Gu He examined the snake-shaped mark left by the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake. He summoned and named a Seventh-tier Crimson Flame Demonic Flood Dragon, then received the materials for the Xiao brothers’ Purple Jade Pills.

• Gu He reassured Qing Lin about the scales and snake-shaped pattern on her arm, then wondered how to develop her pupils’ abilities.
• Gu He entered the System Space, extracted the Crimson Flame Demonic Flood Dragon, and learned it possessed an Eighth-tier bloodline and mid Seventh-tier strength.
• The Crimson Flame Demonic Flood Dragon asked Gu He to name it, and he called it Crimson Flood Dragon.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li entered and gave Gu He the materials needed to refine the Purple Jade Pills.
• Gu He told the Xiao brothers to return the next day to collect the pills, and they left.

Nalan Yanran reached Seven-star Dou Zhe, but her worries about falling behind Xiao Yi Xian and Liu Ling deepened when Yun Yun asked whether she would take Gu He as her master. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan left Wutan City to begin harsh training, and Gu He departed Stone Desert City with Qing Lin toward the Tagor Desert.

• Nalan Yanran broke through to Seven-star Dou Zhe and worried that she could not compete with Xiao Yi Xian or Liu Ling in the upcoming Inner Sect Competition.
• Yun Yun returned to the Misty Cloud Sect, praised Nalan Yanran's cultivation, and asked whether she would be willing to take Gu He as her master.
• Elder Yao told Xiao Yan to prepare supplies for extended mountain training, and Xiao Yan left Wutan City vowing to return stronger and face Nalan Yanran.
• Gu He gave the Xiao Family brothers the Purple Jade Pill and left the Desert Iron Mercenary Group with Qing Lin.
• Gu He summoned Xiao Jin outside Stone Desert City, reassured Qing Lin, and flew with her toward the depths of the Tagor Desert.

Gu He traveled with Qing Lin toward the Medusa Temple, and Yue Mei’s warning prompted the Snake People Tribe to impose martial law and summon its leaders and elders. The chapter ended with Yue Mei telling Mo Bass that Queen Medusa was unavailable as the feared human approached the temple.

• Gu He crossed the Tagor Desert with Qing Lin on Xiao Jin, intending to leave her somewhere safe before confronting the Snake People Tribe.
• Yue Mei spotted Gu He’s golden flying beast passing over her oasis and hurried to warn the Medusa Temple that a powerful enemy was approaching.
• Queen Medusa ordered martial law throughout the Snake People Tribe and summoned the leaders of its eight major settlements and the four Grand Elders.
• Mo Bass arrived at the Medusa Temple and learned from Yue Mei that the enemy was at least a Nine-star Dou Huang accompanied by a peak sixth-tier Magical Beast.
• Mo Bass tried to seek an audience with Queen Medusa, but Yue Mei told him that the queen was not seeing anyone and was communicating through Hua She'er.

Gu He arrived at the Medusa Temple atop the Crimson Flame Demonic Flood Dragon and asked Queen Medusa to surrender the Green Lotus Core Flame. Queen Medusa refused his offer of a Dou Zong Pill and a Shapeshifting Pill, leaving Gu He ready to fight.

• Yue Mei and Mo Bass sensed Gu He and the Crimson Flame Demonic Flood Dragon approaching the Medusa Temple and went to the city walls.
• Gu He asked Mo Bass to arrange a meeting with Queen Medusa, then called for her himself when Mo Bass refused.
• Queen Medusa appeared and confronted Gu He, who explained that he had tracked her Heavenly Flame from a seven-colored snake scale found near Stone Desert City.
• Gu He offered Queen Medusa a Dou Zong Pill and a Shapeshifting Pill in exchange for the Heavenly Flame, startling Yue Mei and Mo Bass.
• Queen Medusa rejected the exchange, and Gu He unleashed his aura and warned her that she would regret her decision.

Gu He overwhelmed the Snake People Tribe's defenders and defeated the Four Great Elders, including their combined Heavenly Snake Poison Brake Seal. Queen Medusa agreed to hand over the Heavenly Flames on the condition that Gu He spare her tribe.

• Queen Medusa summoned the Four Great Elders, who joined forces to confront Gu He.
• Gu He swiftly injured the elders in close combat, then forced them to use the Heavenly Snake Poison Brake Seal.
• Gu He summoned the Vermilion Bird Phantom, which destroyed the elders' giant energy snake and swept them from the sky.
• Gu He emerged from the firestorm unharmed and demanded that Queen Medusa surrender the Heavenly Flames or face the destruction of her tribe.
• Queen Medusa agreed to surrender the Heavenly Flames if Gu He promised not to attack the Snake People Tribe again.

Gu He subdued and secured Queen Medusa’s Green Lotus Core Flame, then offered her pills and negotiated to lend her the flame for her planned evolution. Queen Medusa accepted his conditions, including giving him her cultivation technique, and Gu He explained that he wanted it for Qing Lin.

• Queen Medusa led Gu He to the island where the Green Lotus Core Flame was held in check by a crystal lotus seat and a pool of Ice Spirit Cold Spring.
• Queen Medusa released the restraint on the flame, and Gu He subdued it with his Destiny Divine Flame and stored it in a Green Lotus Seat.
• Gu He offered Queen Medusa an Azure Nether Longevity Pill and healing elixirs, which she accepted after learning the pill could extend a Dou Emperor’s lifespan by ten years.
• Queen Medusa asked to borrow the Green Lotus Core Flame for her evolution, and Gu He agreed in exchange for half the Ice Spirit Cold Spring, her cultivation technique, and Sand Mandala.
• Queen Medusa agreed to the conditions, and Gu He explained that he wanted her cultivation technique for his Snake People Tribe-blooded disciple, Qing Lin.

Gu He brought Qing Lin to meet Queen Medusa, who discovered the girl’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and tried to keep her in the Snake People Tribe. After Qing Lin refused, Gu He returned with her to Desert City and began refining Hai Bodong’s Po E Pill, leaving the chapter with the pill refinement underway.

• Queen Medusa agreed to provide the Snake People cultivation technique and Sand Mandala after meeting Gu He’s disciple, and Gu He collected half the Ice Spirit Cold Spring before leaving.
• Queen Medusa recognized Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and offered to make her the Snake People Tribe’s Holy Maiden, but Qing Lin refused and ran to Gu He.
• Gu He reminded Queen Medusa of their agreement, and she accepted that he would return in three months to help with the Heavenly Flame.
• After seven days of travel, Gu He and Qing Lin reached Desert City, where Gu He reunited with Hai Bodong and requested the final map fragment in exchange for refining his pill.
• Hai Bodong gave Gu He the Po E Pill prescription and prepared medicinal ingredients; Gu He took them into a quiet room and summoned the Dragon Soul Cauldron to begin refining.

Gu He successfully refined a Po E Pill for Hai Bodong, who insisted on testing it before handing over the map fragment. After swallowing the pill in his underground ice chamber, Hai Bodong broke Queen Medusa’s seal and regained his Dou Emperor strength.

• Gu He refined the Po E Pill with the Dragon Soul Cauldron, stored it in a jade bottle, and kept the remaining medicinal ingredients as extra payment.
• Hai Bodong received the pill but asked to test its effects before giving Gu He the map fragment, prompting an argument before Gu He reluctantly agreed.
• Hai Bodong led Gu He to an underground ice chamber and swallowed the Po E Pill while Gu He waited.
• The pill’s purple energy weakened and expelled the dark-cyan snake mark sealing Hai Bodong’s Dou Qi.
• Hai Bodong regained his Dou Emperor strength and laughed in triumph.

After Hai Bodong recovered from the seal, he considered taking back his fragment map but decided against provoking Gu He. Gu He reclaimed the map and offered to restore Hai Bodong’s lost cultivation if he gathered rare medicinal ingredients, leaving Hai Bodong to wonder whether Gu He had planned this from the start.

• Hai Bodong briefly considered attacking Gu He to reclaim the fragment map, then withdrew his hostility after realizing Gu He was dangerous to offend.
• Hai Bodong handed his fragment map to Gu He, who joined it with the other piece and stored both away.
• Gu He asked Hai Bodong to gather rare medicinal ingredients, but Hai Bodong refused because the items were too difficult to find.
• Gu He offered to restore Hai Bodong’s cultivation within a year using a Spirit Revival Purple Pill if he gathered the ingredients.
• Hai Bodong asked whether Gu He had been waiting for him all along.

Gu He secured Hai Bodong’s help gathering ingredients for a Po Zong Pill by promising to restore his cultivation and offering future pills, then returned to the Misty Cloud Sect with Qing Lin. The chapter ended as Liu Ling celebrated his breakthrough and Gu He brought Qing Lin into the sect as a new disciple.

• Hai Bodong agreed to work for Gu He after Gu He promised to refine the Resurrection Purple Spirit Pill if Hai Bodong made progress within a year.
• Gu He revealed that he planned to refine a Po Zong Pill for Yun Yun and Xiao Jin, and promised Hai Bodong a future Po Zong Pill or Imperial Pill if he gathered the ingredients.
• Gu He left Desert City with Qing Lin on Xiao Jin and headed for the Misty Cloud Sect, while Hai Bodong prepared to return to the Mittel Family and the Imperial Capital.
• Liu Ling broke through to become a Six-star Dou Master at the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Gu He introduced Qing Lin to the Misty Cloud Sect and carried her up the mountain to meet her senior disciples.

Gu He returned to the Misty Cloud Sect with Qing Lin and introduced her to Xiao Yi Xian, who welcomed her as a junior sister and gave her Spirit Quenching Liquid. Xiao Yi Xian revealed she had become a Third-grade Alchemist, and Liu Ling rushed to the courtyard after hearing Gu He had returned.

• Gu He brought Qing Lin to his courtyard and told her it would be her home in the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Yi Xian ran out to greet Gu He and embraced him, then realized Qing Lin was with him.
• Gu He introduced Qing Lin to Xiao Yi Xian, and Xiao Yi Xian welcomed her and gave her Spirit Quenching Liquid.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Gu He she had become a Third-grade Alchemist with help from the Soul Quenching Pill he gave her.
• Liu Ling hurried to Gu He's courtyard after learning he had returned, excited because he had just broken through.

Gu He reunited Liu Ling with his new Junior Sister, Qing Lin, and Liu Ling learned that Xiao Yi Xian had already become a Third-grade Alchemist. After Xiao Yi Xian took Qing Lin to choose a room, Gu He began transmitting power to Liu Ling, who broke through to Eight-star Dou Shi.

• Liu Ling welcomed Qing Lin and offered her a Third-grade Qi Replenishing Pill, which she accepted after Gu He encouraged her.
• Gu He learned that Liu Ling had become a Third-grade Alchemist and praised him and Xiao Yi Xian for their progress.
• Xiao Yi Xian revealed that she had also become a Third-grade Alchemist, leaving Liu Ling feeling deeply outclassed.
• Gu He asked Xiao Yi Xian to take Qing Lin to choose a room in the courtyard.
• Liu Ling received Gu He's Power Transmission and broke through first to Seven-star Dou Shi, then to Eight-star Dou Shi.

Gu He’s Power Transmission pushed Liu Ling from a six-star Dou Shi to the peak of the nine-star Dou Shi realm before Liu Ling reached his limit. Gu He received fifteen years of cultivation from the system and, after Liu Ling awoke, prepared to give him a second reward.

• Gu He withdrew his power when Liu Ling said he could no longer endure it, triggering a system return of fifteen years of cultivation.
• Gu He considered how to strengthen his disciples’ body tempering and waited in the pavilion while Liu Ling refined the energy.
• Liu Ling broke through to the peak of the nine-star Dou Shi realm and woke after stabilizing his cultivation.
• Liu Ling praised Gu He’s power, and Gu He told him to keep tempering his body.
• Gu He took out a jade bottle containing the Companion Amethyst Crystal Source as Liu Ling prepared to receive a second reward.

Gu He gave Liu Ling a bottle of Companion Amethyst Crystal Source, which could help him advance and absorb a stronger Purple Flame. The system rewarded Gu He with a Phoenix Blood Stone, and after learning it could yield the Heavenly Flame Undying Fire, he decided to refine it with his Destiny Divine Flame before preparing Liu Ling’s third reward.

• Gu He gave Liu Ling Companion Amethyst Crystal Source and warned him to consume it in three portions because its energy was dangerous.
• Liu Ling recognized the treasure’s effects and believed it would help him reach the Da Dou Shi realm and obtain a stronger Beast Fire.
• The system triggered a ten-thousandfold return and gave Gu He a Phoenix Blood Stone.
• Gu He touched the Phoenix Blood Stone, burned his palm, and learned it could grant the Heavenly Flame Undying Fire when refined.
• Gu He decided to refine the Phoenix Blood Stone with his Destiny Divine Flame, then told Liu Ling to put away the Companion Amethyst Crystal Source and prepare to receive his third reward.

Gu He gave Liu Ling an Amethyst Winged Lion King Cub as his third reward, and the system rewarded Gu He with a Void Beast Cub carrying a Ninth-tier bloodline. Gu He began a master-servant contract with the Void Beast, which left its silver orb glowing after it received his essence blood.

• Gu He brought Liu Ling into the courtyard and presented him with an Amethyst Winged Lion King Cub, which delighted Liu Ling.
• Liu Ling realized the cub had a Sixth-tier bloodline and wondered whether Gu He had taken it and the Companion Amethyst Crystal Source from the Amethyst Winged Lion King.
• Gu He told Liu Ling to feed the cub pills and magical beasts so it would grow close to him, and Liu Ling left happily with his new pet.
• The system rewarded Gu He with a Void Beast Cub carrying a Ninth-tier bloodline after he gave Liu Ling the Amethyst Winged Lion King Cub.
• Gu He entered the System Space and agreed to form a master-servant contract with the Void Beast Cub, offering a drop of his essence blood as the silver orb shone and a young beast cried.

Gu He summoned the Void Beast cub, learned about its powerful void abilities, and named it Little Silver. Meanwhile, Yun Yun struggled with her feelings after learning Gu He had returned, and agreed to take Nalan Yanran to see him the next day.

• Gu He summoned the Void Beast cub, which recognized him as its master and eagerly nestled in his arms.
• Gu He learned that the Void Beast possessed abilities such as Void Shuttle, Void Cut, and Void Seal, and that it was already powerful enough to rival a Dou Zong.
• Gu He named the cub Little Silver and brought it out of the System Space, where it vanished from his soul perception.
• Nalan Yanran told Yun Yun that Gu He had returned and mentioned seeing him carry a little girl, whom she suspected might be his new disciple.
• Yun Yun realized she still had complicated feelings about Gu He and confirmed that he had promised to take Nalan Yanran as his disciple.
• Yun Yun agreed to take Nalan Yanran to see Gu He the next day.

Gu He welcomed Qing Lin into his home and gave her the Snake Spirit Art as her third promised gift. The gift triggered a Ten Thousandfold Return that granted him the Heavenly Snake Art, while he learned that Nalan Yanran wanted to become his disciple.

• Gu He reassured Qing Lin that she was part of his family, and Xiao Yi Xian helped her settle into a room beside hers.
• Gu He gave Qing Lin the Snake Spirit Art and told her to wait until she reached the Dou Zhe realm before cultivating it.
• The Ten Thousandfold Return granted Gu He the low-grade Heaven-rank Heavenly Snake Art.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Gu He that Nalan Yanran had come seeking him as her teacher.
• Gu He said he had discussed Nalan Yanran with Yun Yun and expected her to become his fourth disciple, while Xiao Yi Xian wondered about his reasons for taking in so many disciples.