Chapter Summaries

Yun Xiu asked to stay with the Snake People in the Tagor Great Desert for a while, and Medusa agreed because her tribe could not risk making him an enemy. After he left with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, Medusa’s chiefs urged her to reconsider using the Heavenly Flame to evolve, fearing she would die and leave the tribe without its stabilizing leader.

• Yun Xiu told Medusa he wanted only to stay with the Snake People in the Tagor Great Desert until he chose to leave, and she agreed.
• Medusa noticed Yun Xiu had refined the Green Lotus Core Flame, then asked him to free her subordinates.
• Yun Xiu released the chiefs, and Medusa ordered Yue Mei to take him, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin away as honored guests.
• Yan Ci questioned whether Medusa would let Yun Xiu remain, and she warned the chiefs not to offend him because the tribe could not afford to.
• Yan Ci and Mobas urged Medusa to reconsider using the Secret Technique and Heavenly Flame to reach Dou Zong, warning that the Snake People Race depended on her.

Medusa kept the Green Lotus Core Flame but showed no sign of beginning her evolution, while Yun Xiu waited in the Snake-person Tribe for two years. Soul Emperor learned where Yun Xiu was and sent Hun Miesheng to summon him back for his Coming-of-Age Ceremony and the Young Master Competition.

• Medusa returned to her secret chamber with the Green Lotus Core Flame and began forming hand seals, but she did not start evolving.
• Yue Mei arranged for Yun Xiu and his companions to stay in a courtyard, where they could leave freely.
• After two years without any sign of Medusa preparing to evolve, Yun Xiu worried that he might have to return to the Hun Clan for the Young Clan Head Competition.
• Hun San told Soul Emperor that Yun Xiu was in the Snake-person Tribe, and Soul Emperor ordered him to summon Yun Xiu for his Coming-of-Age Ceremony.
• Soul Emperor redirected Hun San to have Hun Miesheng make the trip, and Hun Miesheng questioned whether a Dou Saint should be delivering messages.

Hun Miesheng visited Yun Xiu in the Great Northwest to deliver Soul Emperor’s invitation to return to the Hun Clan, but Yun Xiu said he would come back after settling his affairs. Medusa began her dangerous evolution with the Green Lotus Core Flame, leaving Yue Mei to protect the Snake People Race.

• Hun Miesheng told Hun San he would travel to the Great Northwest to find Young Master Hun Xiu and bring him back to the clan.
• Hun Miesheng appeared in Yun Xiu’s room at midnight and delivered Soul Emperor’s invitation for him to return.
• Yun Xiu told Hun Miesheng he would return in a few days after handling his remaining affairs, and Hun Miesheng left without pressing him.
• Medusa told Yue Mei to stabilize the Snake People Race while she attempted to evolve with the Heavenly Flame.
• Medusa transformed into a gigantic purple serpent python, took the Green Lotus Core Flame, and began her evolution.

Medusa began her evolution, but Yun Xiu secretly took her newly evolved Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python form away. Yue Mei and the seven leaders arrived to find the Queen missing and could not sense her aura.

• Medusa released the Green Lotus Core Flame and transformed into a giant purple snake before plunging into the flame.
• Yun Xiu secretly watched as lightning struck Medusa, then took the Green Lotus Core Flame after her apparent death.
• Yun Xiu removed the giant snake's body, revealing a tiny Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python, and fed it Heavenly Spiritual Treasures.
• Yun Xiu vanished from the island with the little snake, while Yue Mei arrived and found no sign of Medusa.
• Hua She'er and the other seven leaders searched the island, but none could find Medusa's life aura.

Mobas and the other chief leaders suspected Yun Xiu had taken Queen Medusa after her evolution and tried to stop him from leaving the Snake People Race's territory. Medusa appeared as a tiny seven-colored snake, and the chapter ended with the leaders furious after Yun Xiu called her his pet.

• Mobas suspected that someone had taken the weakened Queen, and the eight chief leaders went to Yun Xiu's courtyard.
• Yun Xiu left with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin on Grass Stepping Horse, but the eight leaders intercepted them and demanded the Queen's return.
• Grass Stepping Horse revealed its Sixth-Tier Magic Beast strength and drove the chief leaders back.
• A seven-colored snake emerged from Yun Xiu's sleeve, and the leaders recognized her as Queen Medusa.
• Medusa ignored the leaders and ate the Heavenly Spiritual Treasures Yun Xiu offered her, while he denied that she was the Queen and called her his pet.
• Yan Ci and the other chief leaders angrily condemned Yun Xiu for treating their Queen as a pet.

Yun Xiu tried to convince the eight Snake-person leaders that the seven-colored snake was merely his pet, Little Cai, while Yue Mei remained certain she was Queen Medusa. The confrontation ended when Medusa suddenly took human form in Yun Xiu’s arms.

• Yun Xiu showed the leaders the seven-colored snake eating Heavenly Spiritual Treasures and insisted she was his pet, not their Queen.
• Yue Mei realized the snake carried Medusa’s aura, blocked Yun Xiu’s departure, and rallied the other leaders to demand their Queen back.
• Yun Xiu warned the leaders that killing him would leave the Snake People without protection, but Yue Mei continued calling for Medusa to awaken.
• Yun Xiu challenged the leaders to make Little Cai take human form, and Medusa suddenly appeared in his arms.

Yun Xiu carried Medusa away from the Tagor Great Desert after she transformed back into a sleeping snake, then returned with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin to the Hun Clan. There, Soul Emperor summoned Yun Xiu to the back mountain and faced him.

• Medusa transformed into a woman in Yun Xiu's arms, but she was too weak to escape and turned back into a sleeping snake while trying to ask the eight leaders for help.
• Yun Xiu ordered the eight leaders to retreat, then rode away with Medusa as Yue Mei and the others misunderstood the Queen's unfinished plea.
• Yun Xiu figured that Little Cai had awakened Medusa by eating too many Heavenly Spiritual Treasures and traveled through a black hole to the Hun Clan with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin.
• Hun San told Yun Xiu that Soul Emperor was waiting for him at the back mountain, and Yun Xiu sent Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin to his courtyard before going there.
• Soul Emperor greeted Yun Xiu, turned to face him, and brought invisible pressure down on him.

Yun Xiu returned to the Hun Clan, endured Soul Emperor’s test, and was told he could become Young Master after completing the required procedures. As the upcoming Young Master Competition drew near, current Young Master Hun Bufan dismissed Yun Xiu as a threat, though Hun Dongmei and Hun Ling'er warned that he had grown formidable.

• Soul Emperor increased his pressure until Yun Xiu fell to his knees, then criticized his lack of progress over the past two years.
• Yun Xiu concealed his secret of nurturing the Heavenly Flames while Soul Emperor warned him to show restraint with women until he married the Gu Clan girl.
• Soul Emperor said Yun Xiu had the strength to become Young Master, told him to take charge of the back mountain, and then departed.
• News of Yun Xiu’s return spread, prompting Hun Feng to wonder whether he could win the competition and Soul Jade to go visit him.
• Hun Dongmei and Hun Ling'er warned Hun Bufan that Yun Xiu had returned, but Hun Bufan insisted he would retain his position as Young Master.
• Hun Bufan dismissed Hun Bulang as a rival, while Soul Aotian and the others praised him and Hun Dongmei and Hun Ling'er privately worried that his confidence could make him underestimate Yun Xiu.

Hun Xiu returned to the Hun Clan and revealed his face to Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, then learned from Soul Jade that Hun Bufan was the current Young Master and a powerful Dou Saint. Hun Xiu said he only meant to participate in the upcoming Young Master Competition, leaving his chances of challenging Hun Bufan unresolved.

• Hun Xiu returned to his courtyard, removed his mask, and stunned Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin with his appearance.
• Soul Jade visited Hun Xiu to congratulate him on returning and confirmed that he had come back for the Young Master Competition.
• Soul Jade told Hun Xiu that Hun Bufan, a twenty-eight-year-old Divine Grade Bloodline holder and Dou Saint, had been the Hun Clan’s Young Master for ten years.
• Hun Xiu said he had never heard of Hun Bufan and had no plans to claim first place or become Young Master.
• Soul Jade accepted that Hun Xiu intended to gain experience and could try again in the next competition.

At the Hun Clan’s Coming-of-Age Ceremony, Hun Xiu watched the younger generation prove their strength and saw Hun Feng qualify for the Young Master Competition. As Hun Feng praised Hun Xiu’s prospects, a thin man in green appeared and challenged the conversation.

• Hun Xiu watched the ceremony and recognized Hun Dun as a high-level Half-Saint overseeing the tests.
• Soul Jade arrived with Hun Huan'er, Soul Li, Soul Cliff, and Hun Doulol, and Hun Feng later greeted Hun Xiu and the group.
• Hun Dun called Hun Feng to the arena, where the stone tablet revealed he had reached Nine-Star Dou Zun.
• Hun Xiu told Hun Feng that his strength qualified him for the Young Master Competition, while Hun Feng said Hun Xiu would take first place.
• Hun Xiu said he was not yet qualified for first place, and a thin man in green appeared and praised his self-awareness.

Hun Bulang challenged Hun Xiu ahead of the Young Master Competition, but Hun Xiu showed little interest in him and tested as a One-Star Dou Saint. Hun Xiu left the arena with Hun Feng, while Hun Huan'er and the others questioned whether he had concealed his strength.

• Hun Bulang introduced himself as the second-strongest member of the Hun Clan's younger generation and vowed to knock Hun Xiu down in the Young Master Competition.
• Hun Feng told Hun Xiu that Hun Bufan was the strongest of their generation and Hun Bulang's sworn rival.
• Hun Xiu tested his cultivation on the stone tablet, which showed that he was a One-Star Dou Saint.
• Hun Xiu left the arena and headed back with Hun Feng, while Hun Huan'er wondered whether he had hidden his strength.
• Hun Feng told Hun Xiu that he believed his true cultivation was at least Five-Star Dou Saint, but Hun Xiu dismissed the idea.

Hun Bulang tried to unsettle Hun Bufan by warning him that Hun Xiu, a newly come-of-age Dou Saint, could threaten his position in the Young Master Competition. Hun Xiu attempted to quiet his desires through cultivation, but Little Cai transformed into a beautiful woman in his arms and disrupted his concentration.

• Hun Feng concluded that Hun Xiu was a Five-Star Dou Saint because Hun Xiu had not denied his guess.
• Hun Bufan visited Hun Bulang, who told him Hun Xiu's strength could threaten his place in the Young Master Competition.
• Hun Bulang revealed he had witnessed Hun Xiu test as a Dou Saint at his Coming-of-Age Ceremony, unsettling Hun Bufan before he left.
• Hun Bulang vowed to bring Hun Bufan down, while Soul Emperor listened to their conversation and hoped they would not disappoint him.
• Hun Xiu tried to suppress his desires and cultivate, but Little Cai awoke, entered his embrace, and transformed into a beautiful woman, disturbing his state of mind.

Hun Xiu woke from a dream involving Medusa and Little Cai, then prepared for the Hun Clan’s Young Master Competition. At the gathering, he met the current young master, Hun Bufan, and sensed that Hun Bulang was stronger than him.

• Hun Xiu woke in the pool and realized that Medusa appearing in his arms had only been a dream, then went to cultivate.
• Half a month later, Hun Xiu arrived at the Martial Competition Realm to register for the Young Master Competition and met Hun Feng and Soul Jade.
• Soul Jade introduced Hun Bufan, who told Hun Xiu that he was not yet a threat, and Hun Xiu replied that he could still bridge the gap.
• Hun Bufan warned Hun Dongmei and Hun Ling'er not to underestimate Hun Xiu if they faced him in the competition.
• Hun Bulang encouraged Hun Xiu, and Hun Xiu’s pointed reply made Hun Bulang wonder if his hidden strength had been detected.
• Hun Xiu judged that Hun Bulang put more pressure on him than Hun Bufan and guessed that Hun Bulang was stronger.

The Young Master Competition began in the Martial Competition Realm, where Hun Xiu faced Hun Dongmei while Hun Bulang and Hun Bufan won their matches. The chapter ended with Hun Feng and Soul Jade watching Hun Xiu’s ongoing battle and expecting him to win.

• Nihility Devouring Flame began the Young Master Competition, sending contestants to their opponents when they touched Black Flame.
• Hun Xiu met Hun Dongmei, teased her over her name, and fought back when she attacked him with her sword.
• Hun Bulang defeated Hun Feng, who blamed the age difference before Hun Bulang told him to stop making excuses.
• Hun Bufan defeated Soul Jade in one move, then exchanged a tense challenge with Hun Bulang about meeting in the next round.
• Hun Feng helped Soul Jade back to their seats, and both watched Hun Xiu’s light sphere as Hun Feng declared that Hun Xiu would win.

Hun Xiu and Hun Dongmei escalated their battle as each unleashed powerful techniques, and the chapter ended with Hun Dongmei charging at Hun Xiu in her Ten Extremes Great Gale. Spectators believed Hun Xiu was about to lose while Soul Jade worried that he had not moved.

• Hun Dongmei used Wind Dust Sword Art, but Hun Xiu burned away her swords with Black Flame and sent a black dragon at her.
• Hun Bufan told Hun Ling'er that Hun Dongmei's advantage as a Two-Star Dou Saint would overcome Hun Xiu's Sub-Flame.
• Hun Dongmei split Hun Xiu's black dragon with One Sword Across Eternity, then dispersed his Black Flame with Nine Extremes Great Gale.
• Hun Xiu countered Hun Dongmei's tornado with Heaven Slaying Palm, forcing them both backward.
• Hun Dongmei used Ten Extremes Great Gale, Meteoric Slaying, and charged at Hun Xiu as Hun Bufan and Hun Ling'er predicted her victory.
• Hun Bulang lamented Hun Xiu's apparent weakness, while Soul Jade asked Hun Feng why Hun Xiu had not moved.

Hun Xiu defeated Hun Dongmei with a crushing palm strike, surprising the spectators and alarming Hun Bufan. After Nihility Devouring Flame began the next match, Hun Xiu was transported to a stronger arena to face Hun Bufan.

• Hun Feng told Soul Jade that Hun Xiu was a Five-Star Dou Saint, while Hun Bufan and Hun Bulang dismissed the claim.
• Hun Xiu crushed Hun Dongmei’s tornado with a gigantic palm and left her defeated, prompting Hun Bufan and Hun Ling'er to warn one another not to underestimate him.
• Hun Feng and Soul Jade congratulated Hun Xiu, and he realized they had both lost their first matches.
• Nihility Devouring Flame started the next match, and Hun Xiu was sent to a sturdier space to fight Hun Bufan.

Hun Xiu faced Hun Bufan in the Young Master Competition, where the Four-Star Dou Saint revealed his overwhelming advantage over Hun Xiu’s One-Star Dou Saint. Hun Xiu’s Sword Pill attack was erased, and the chapter ended as Hun Bufan raised the Heaven and Earth Sword and slashed at him.

• Hun Bufan told Hun Xiu that his Transcendent Divine Bloodline made him a candidate to become clan head, but said Hun Xiu lacked the strength to challenge him now.
• Hun Bufan released his aura and revealed that he was a Four-Star Dou Saint, three stars above Hun Xiu.
• Hun Xiu refused to admit defeat and challenged Hun Bufan to surrender instead, saying he had a trump card.
• Hun Xiu summoned his Sword Pill and sent countless killing swords at Hun Bufan, who erased them with a burst of force.
• Hun Bufan drew the Heaven and Earth Sword and brought it down in a savage slash toward Hun Xiu.

Hun Xiu survived Hun Bufan’s Heaven and Earth Sword despite being three cultivation ranks weaker, shocking both his opponent and the spectators. Hun Bufan prepared to test him with another strike, while Hun Bulang predicted Hun Xiu would soon lose.

• Hun Feng and Soul Jade worried over Hun Xiu as the realm shook under Hun Bufan’s sword strike, while Nihility Devouring Flame speculated that Hun Xiu might have a trump card.
• Hun Bufan realized the Martial Competition Realm had not shattered and that Hun Xiu could still fight.
• Hun Xiu emerged disheveled but standing, proving he had blocked Hun Bufan’s attack and leaving Hun Bufan astonished.
• Hun Bufan praised Hun Xiu’s talent but doubted he could withstand a second or third strike.
• Hun Feng and Soul Jade celebrated Hun Xiu’s survival, but Hun Bulang told them Hun Xiu was about to lose and walked away.

Hun Xiu used the Xuanyuan Sword to defeat Hun Bufan and win their battle for the young master position. The light sphere shattered after Hun Bufan fell, revealing Hun Xiu’s unexpected victory to the spectators.

• Nihility Devouring Flame questioned whether the Soul Emperor had given Hun Xiu a trump card, and the Soul Emperor said he had not.
• Hun Xiu refused to surrender to Hun Bufan and insisted he would not wait ten years for the young master position.
• Hun Xiu drew the Xuanyuan Sword, whose imperial aura made Hun Bufan sense danger.
• Hun Xiu unleashed Myriad Swords Return to Origin, and the merged swords pierced through Hun Bufan’s defense and chest.
• Hun Bufan praised Hun Xiu before falling, and the sphere of light shattered after he could no longer fight.

Hun Xiu defeated Hun Bufan in the Young Master Competition, and the Hun Clan’s younger generation accepted him as the likely successor. When Nihility Devouring Flame proposed appointing Hun Xiu as Young Master, Hun Bulang objected and claimed he was more suitable.

• Hun Xiu emerged victorious after the sphere of light shattered, leaving Hun Bufan defeated and ending his chance to become Young Master.
• Hun Feng, Soul Jade, and the younger generation celebrated Hun Xiu’s victory, while Hun Bulang realized he had underestimated him.
• Soul Emperor gave Hun Bufan a healing pill and assigned him to the Hall of Souls after the competition.
• Hun Bufan accepted his defeat, praised Hun Xiu as the Hun Clan’s most suitable Young Master, and left the arena with Hun Ling'er.
• Nihility Devouring Flame proposed naming Hun Xiu Young Master, but Hun Bulang objected and said he was more suitable.