Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan and Xiao Heng reviewed the Jia Ma Empire’s forces and prepared for the coming invasion, while Xiao Yi Xian negotiated the Poison Sect’s role in the enemy alliance. The Golden Goose Sect and Mulian Valley planned to attack at dawn the day after tomorrow, unaware that the Poison Sect had already defected.

• Xiao Heng told Xiao Yan that the Jia Ma Empire’s allies had enough Dou Zong-level strength to win, and Xiao Yan agreed to prepare for battle.
• Xiao Heng said he would leave that night, while Hai Bodong briefed Xiao Yan on the intelligence and responsibilities of leading the Yan Alliance.
• More than two hundred thousand troops gathered near Town Ghost Pass as the Golden Goose Sect and Mulian Valley prepared to crush the Jia Ma Empire in a frontal assault.
• Xiao Yi Xian told the Golden Goose Sect and Mulian Valley that Mr. Long would appear when battle began, then agreed that the Poison Sect would face Queen Medusa while the other two forces led the attack.
• The three forces agreed to begin their assault at sunrise the day after tomorrow and aimed to conquer the Jia Ma Empire within three days.

Xiao Heng and Xiao Yi Xian coordinated the Poison Sect’s alliance with the Jia Ma Empire ahead of the coming battle, while Xiao Yan’s commanders finalized their plans. As both armies prepared for war, Yan Luotian remained confident and the Three Elders of Mu Gu joined their strength to imitate a Dou Zong.

• Xiao Heng met Xiao Yi Xian in the Poison Sect camp and learned that the attack would begin at dawn the day after tomorrow, with Queen Medusa assigned to their side.
• Xiao Yi Xian kept the alliance secret from most Poison Sect members, and a bird carried her intelligence to Xiao Yan, Hai Bodong, and Queen Medusa.
• Xiao Yan told the Jia Ma Empire’s leaders that Xiao Heng would handle the enemy Dou Zongs and warned them not to attack their Poison Sect allies.
• The two armies gathered in strength, and Yan Luotian dismissed the Jia Ma Empire’s suspicious calm before heading to his tent to indulge himself.
• The Three Elders of Mu Gu combined their power to let one of them briefly reach the Dou Zong realm.

The Luoyan and Mulian Empires launched a massive assault on the Jia Ma Empire’s defenses, where Xiao Yan, Hai Bodong, and Queen Medusa fought to hold them back. The battle remained unresolved as Xiao Yan faced the Mulian Three Elders and Queen Medusa challenged Yan Luotian.

• Yan Luotian and the Mulian Empire ordered their forces to attack the Jia Ma Empire, and Xiao Yan and Hai Bodong directed the defenders’ crossbow volley.
• Hai Bodong intercepted a Mulian Valley Dou Emperor with his ice techniques, but the Mulian Three Elders blocked his attack and moved to fight him.
• Xiao Yan rescued Hai Bodong, then used the Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations to battle the Mulian Three Elders, who knocked him back with coordinated attacks.
• Yan Luotian damaged the city wall and killed defenders before Queen Medusa attacked him; he evaded her strike with his golden wings.
• Queen Medusa gained the advantage in their sword clash, and Yan Luotian retreated before urging her to abandon the Jia Ma Empire’s defense.

Queen Medusa, Xiao Yi Xian, and Yan Luotian faced off while the armies of the two great empires battled the Jia Ma Empire. Xiao Yan defeated the Mulian Three Elders with Xiao Heng's help, and the chapter ended as Xiao Yi Xian's attack met Queen Medusa's energy python.

• Yan Luotian called Xiao Yi Xian to face Queen Medusa, but the two women traded insults and prepared to fight.
• The armies clashed across the battlefield as Hai Bodong, Jia Xing Tian, Fa Ma, and the other defenders struggled against the enemy's numbers.
• Xiao Yan fought the Mulian Three Elders, then used lightning-fast movement and a sword strike to kill two of them before beating their eldest brother into the ground.
• Xiao Yan complained that Xiao Heng had watched him struggle, and Xiao Heng told him to help Elder Hai and end the battle.
• Queen Medusa attacked Yan Luotian with a seven-colored energy python, and Xiao Yi Xian launched a stream of gray leaves toward it.

Xiao Yi Xian killed Yan Luotian, and the Poison Sect joined the Jia Ma Empire against the Luoyan and Mulian Empires. After Xiao Yan revealed the deaths of their leaders, the fighting continued until Xiao Heng urged the enemy forces to surrender, leaving the allied armies to deal with the aftermath.

• Xiao Yi Xian redirected her attack at Yan Luotian, killed him, and ordered the Poison Sect to attack the Golden Goose Sect and Mulian Valley.
• Yao Ye sent the Jia Ma Empire’s forces out to join the Izumo Empire in attacking the Luoyan and Mulian Empires.
• Xiao Yan displayed the heads of the Golden Goose Sect Master and the Mulian Three Elders, but their forces resisted despite their leaders’ deaths.
• Xiao Heng, Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Medusa killed the enemy’s Dou Emperors and Dou Kings as the battle turned against the two empires.
• Xiao Heng repeatedly called for surrender, prompting many soldiers to kneel, and the large-scale battle ended after about an hour.

After tallying more than a hundred thousand dead, Xiao Heng decided that their forces would attack the weakened Luoyan and Mulian Empires, while setting terms for prisoners, compensation, and dividing the conquered lands. Haunted by the battle’s casualties, he withdrew to a hill, where Old Yao warned that his doubts about cultivation were dangerous.

• The leaders of Jia Ma and Izumo gathered to review the losses and debate what to do with the prisoners and the defeated empires.
• Xiao Yan supported keeping the prisoners, and the Poison Sect elder urged an attack on Luoyan and Mulian; Xiao Heng agreed and ordered the campaign while demanding that most civilians be spared and the dead receive compensation.
• Xiao Heng arranged to divide the conquered empires between Jia Ma and Izumo and grant the Snake People the lands west of the Monster Mountain Range, requiring peaceful coexistence with humans.
• After the meeting ended, Xiao Heng sat alone overlooking the battlefield, and Gu Yue tried to comfort him.
• Old Yao joined Xiao Heng and called his doubts about the cruelty of cultivation dangerous, while Gu Yue promised to stay by his side.

After Old Yao helped Xiao Heng rediscover his reasons for cultivating, Xiao Heng’s Sea of Consciousness and Sword Intent grew stronger. A month later, the Jia Ma and Izumo Empires invaded the Luoyan Empire, and Xiao Heng joined the allied army’s assault on Ding Tian Pass.

• Old Yao urged Xiao Heng to remember that he cultivated to survive, protect the people he cared about, and gain the freedom to refuse what he did not want to do.
• Xiao Heng thanked Old Yao, slept peacefully, and awoke to find his Sea of Consciousness, Sword Intent, cultivation method, and understanding had improved.
• After a month of preparation, the Jia Ma and Izumo Empires marched a hundred thousand troops toward the Luoyan Empire, whose remaining forces allied with the Mulian Empire.
• Yun Jing informed Xiao Heng that the allied army would attack Ding Tian Pass, where the enemy had gathered its remaining troops and experts.
• Xiao Yan gave the allied army a prewar speech and led the charge, while Xiao Heng, Medusa, Xiao Yi Xian, Hai Bodong, and the others followed.
• Xiao Yan struck the city wall with Flame Splitting Wave Ruler, and a black ice dragon sent an enemy Dou Emperor flying as the battle began.

Xiao Heng, Xiao Yan, and their allies conquered the Luoyan and Mulian Empires, then divided the spoils and ended the Jia Ma and Izumo Empires’ long enmity with an alliance. After retiring from the war, Xiao Heng celebrated with Xiao Yan, and the two drank and talked until dawn.

• Xiao Heng, Xiao Yan, Medusa, and Xiao Yi Xian led the allied army to overwhelm the Luoyan and Mulian forces, capturing Luoyan City and destroying the Golden Goose Sect and Mulian Valley.
• Yan Dingzong surrendered Luoyan City and took his own life, while the allied army seized the capitals and treasuries of both empires.
• Xiao Heng found a seventh-tier dragon-type Magic Core in Mulian Valley’s Treasure Pavilion and agreed to refine it into a pill for Gu Yue.
• Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian decided that Jia Ma would receive the Luoyan Empire and Izumo the Mulian Empire, with Izumo ceding territory to the Snake People Tribe; the two empires then formally allied.
• Xiao Heng retired after the war, and he and Xiao Yan grilled meat, drank together, and talked until dawn.

After the war, Xiao Heng traveled with Xiao Yan and the others toward the Jia Ma Empire, where Queen Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian fought over where he would go first. Xiao Heng ended up agreeing to visit the little valley before returning to the Snake-People Tribe, while Xiao Yi Xian’s attendant advised her on how to handle the rivalry.

• Xiao Yan left the cleanup work to Elder Hai and the others and headed back to the Jia Ma Empire, while Xiao Heng traveled with Xiao Yi Xian, Queen Medusa, and Gu Yue.
• Xiao Yi Xian suggested visiting the little valley, but Queen Medusa insisted they return to protect Zi Yan; the two women traded insults and nearly fought before Xiao Heng intervened.
• Queen Medusa allowed Xiao Heng to visit the little valley first, then left for the Snake-People Tribe; Xiao Yi Xian twisted Xiao Heng’s waist in anger before leaving as well.
• Hua She'er asked Queen Medusa where they were going, and the Queen ordered her to return directly to the Snake-People Tribe; Hua She'er had become a Dou Emperor after taking a Shape-Shifting Pill.
• Xiao Yi Xian’s attendant advised her on handling Xiao Heng’s other women, and Xiao Yi Xian listened as a plan formed in her mind.
• Gu Yue imagined becoming strong enough to drive away Xiao Heng’s other women and keep him for herself.

Xiao Heng and Xiao Yi Xian revisited the little valley, where Xiao Heng promised to cure her Calamity Poison Body and she resolved to return someday. After parting from him, Xiao Yi Xian headed for the Izumo Empire while Xiao Heng went to handle his other matters.

• Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Heng visited the overgrown valley and remembered their past there.
• Xiao Heng promised to cure Xiao Yi Xian's Calamity Poison Body, and she chose to leave the cottages untouched and return another time.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Heng she would wait for him in the Izumo Empire rather than go to the Snake People Tribe and see Medusa.
• Xiao Yi Xian confronted Xiao Heng about his other women, and he admitted there were a few more before she grudgingly let the matter rest.
• Xiao Heng kissed Xiao Yi Xian's forehead and left the Blue Eagle, and she flew toward the Izumo Empire after he disappeared.

Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan discussed Xun Er’s powerful family, Xiao Heng’s lost clan, and the Poison Pill Method for the Calamity Poison Body. Xiao Yan planned to remain with the Yan Alliance and cultivate, while Xiao Heng stayed because Zi Yan was advancing.

• Xiao Yan teased Xiao Heng about Xun Er, and Xiao Heng teased him about Ya Fei.
• Xiao Yan asked about Xun Er’s background, and Xiao Heng revealed that her family included experts above Dou Zun.
• Xiao Yan offered Xiao Heng the Ancient Jade, but Xiao Heng refused and explained that his clan had been destroyed and his parents were missing.
• Xiao Heng asked for information about the Calamity Poison Body, and Xiao Yan gave him a scroll containing the Poison Pill Method.
• Xiao Yan said he would stay with the Yan Alliance to handle its affairs and cultivate, while Xiao Heng said he could not leave because Zi Yan was advancing.

Xiao Heng refined a dragon-type pill for Gu Yue, who began advancing to the seventh tier after swallowing it. He then met Bear Two and Bear One, who had just fought, and learned that Bear Two had beaten his older brother again.

• Xiao Heng returned to Medusa's Holy Temple and checked on Zi Yan's cocoon while discussing Gu Yue's unusual growth with Medusa.
• Xiao Heng refined a pill from a Seventh-Tier dragon-type magic core and medicinal ingredients for Gu Yue.
• Gu Yue swallowed the pill, began drawing in the energy of heaven and earth, and formed a silver cocoon as she advanced toward the seventh tier.
• Medusa and Xiao Heng discussed Gu Yue's rapid growth and Medusa's own bloodline-driven progress.
• Xiao Heng met Bear Two and Bear One outside the Holy Temple, where Bear Two bragged that he had beaten his older brother twice.

Xiao Heng traded resources with Little Grass for Spirit Stones and discovered that they greatly accelerated cultivation. He shared some with Medusa, Xiao Yi Xian, Xiao Yan, and the Snake People Tribe, while keeping enough to speed up his own training.

• Xiao Heng asked Little Grass for cultivation-boosting fruits and Spirit Stones, trading Magic Cores and medicinal herbs for ten thousand crystals.
• Xiao Heng tested a Spirit Stone and found that it let him absorb in minutes what normally took an hour.
• Xiao Heng ordered Hua She'er to gather resources from the Yan Alliance and Poison Sect, and sent Spirit Stones to Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Yan.
• Medusa tested a Spirit Stone, and Xiao Heng explained its benefits before asking her to gather resources from the Snake People Tribe.
• Xiao Heng exchanged resources from the Snake People Tribe, Yan Alliance, and Poison Sect for more Spirit Stones, distributing some to tribal chiefs and alliance stewards.
• Xiao Heng began cultivating daily with Spirit Stones, and his strength rapidly increased.

After months in seclusion, Zi Yan emerged from her cocoon having briefly grown into a mature form before reverting to a little girl. She learned that Gu Yue was also advancing and ended the chapter happily eating the fruits Xiao Heng had brought.

• Xiao Heng and Medusa watched as Zi Yan's purple cocoon cracked open and she emerged in a mature form.
• Medusa gave Zi Yan clothes, but an eerie green light caused her body to shrink back into a little girl.
• Zi Yan bit Xiao Heng after he laughed at her, then learned that Gu Yue was advancing toward the seventh tier.
• Xiao Heng comforted Zi Yan by promising she might surpass Gu Yue in a few years, and Zi Yan kissed his cheek as thanks.
• Medusa led Zi Yan to the pavilion, where Zi Yan eagerly ate the fruits Xiao Heng had brought.

Xiao Heng received another large resource shipment, exchanged most of it for Spirit Stones, and kept a share for himself. Gu Yue began her advancement, drawing down Thunder that she insisted on facing herself, and the chapter ended as three bolts struck her silver cocoon.

• Hua She'er delivered the Yan Alliance and Poison Sect's monthly supplies, and Xiao Heng exchanged them through Little Grass for Spirit Stones while taking a third as his handling fee.
• Xiao Heng teased Zi Yan, who exposed his bathing-room peek at Medusa, and Medusa confronted him before Gu Yue's advancement interrupted them.
• A silver pillar rose from Gu Yue's cocoon, and dark clouds gathered as Thunder formed above the lake island.
• Gu Yue told Xiao Heng not to block the Thunder, so he withdrew his Dou Qi and Medusa removed the Space Seal.
• Three bolts of lightning struck Gu Yue's cocoon, cracking it and filling the area with blinding light.

Gu Yue completed her transformation into a silver-haired human girl, and Xiao Heng prepared to leave after Queen Medusa refused to abandon her duties to the Snake People Tribe. On his final night, Queen Medusa offered him an intimate parting reward and told him to return alive.

• Gu Yue emerged from her cocoon as a silver-haired girl, reunited with Xiao Heng, and teased Zi Yan with her new spear.
• Xiao Heng told Queen Medusa he planned to leave, but she said she had to remain and protect the Snake People Tribe.
• Xiao Heng said he would depart the morning after tomorrow for the Izumo Empire with Xiao Yi Xian, whose Calamity Poison Body was nearing maturity.
• Xiao Heng arranged Spirit Stones and other resources for Queen Medusa, Hai Bodong, and their allies before his departure.
• On his final night, Queen Medusa refused to go with Xiao Heng and promised him a greater reward when he returned alive.

Xiao Heng left the Snake-People Tribe with Zi Yan and Gu Yue, then traveled to the Izumo Empire to reunite with Xiao Yi Xian and prepare to seek a poison-pill ingredient in the Black Corner Region. After Xiao Yi Xian joined them, the four set off together, with Xiao Heng eager to secure the ingredient before her condition worsened.

• Xiao Heng departed with Zi Yan and Gu Yue after saying goodbye to Medusa, who watched them leave and returned to her solemn role.
• Xiao Heng told Zi Yan and Gu Yue they would first pick up Xiao Yi Xian in the Izumo Empire before heading to the Black Corner Region, and he promised Zi Yan they might find her clan.
• Xiao Heng reached the Poison Sect’s back mountain, where a patrol captain recognized him as Mr. Long and stopped a young guard from treating him as an intruder.
• Xiao Yi Xian sensed Xiao Heng’s arrival, greeted him, and confirmed she had arranged matters at the Poison Sect before agreeing to leave.
• Xiao Yi Xian met Zi Yan and Gu Yue, learned Gu Yue had become a Dou Zong, and congratulated her.
• Xiao Heng, Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, and Gu Yue set off to find the poison-pill ingredient, while Xiao Heng worried about Xiao Yi Xian’s graying hair.

Xiao Heng and his companions reached Black Emperor City to attend an auction where he hoped to obtain the Bodhi Body Transformation Pill. After a gang of thieves threatened them, Xiao Heng killed them all and the group continued into the city.

• Xiao Heng learned that a major auction in Black Emperor City would feature the Bodhi Body Transformation Pill and led Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, and Gu Yue there.
• The group arrived in Black Emperor City two days before the auction, and Zi Yan complained that Xiao Heng had kept the medicinal herbs she found.
• Xiao Yi Xian questioned Xiao Heng about the female friend connected to the Thousand Medicine Workshop and pinched his waist when he admitted she was pretty.
• Xiao Heng stopped a thief who had stolen Zi Yan's money pouch, and the thief summoned members of the Divine Hand Gang to threaten the group.
• After the gang members threatened Xiao Heng and the women, Xiao Heng burned the gang to ashes and returned Zi Yan's pouch, which she rejected as dirty.

Xiao Heng entered the Thousand Medicine Workshop in Black Emperor City, revealed his authority as its Workshop Master, and collected herbs while Xiao Yi Xian confronted him about Li Xuan. He gave the Workshop three Sixth-grade pills for its auction, declined to involve it in his plans, and left with his companions to find somewhere to rest.

• Xiao Heng used his token to identify himself as the Thousand Medicine Workshop's Workshop Master, and manager Zhang Ye escorted him and his companions to a private lounge.
• Xiao Yi Xian questioned Xiao Heng about Li Xuan, then pinched him while Zi Yan and Gu Yue watched.
• Xiao Heng collected the herbs and told Zhang Ye not to disturb Li Xuan, who was in seclusion attempting to break through to Dou Zong.
• Xiao Heng gave Zhang Ye three Sixth-grade Heavenly Spirit Bone Regeneration Pills to auction for the Thousand Medicine Workshop.
• Xiao Heng declined to have the Workshop arrange auction invitations and left with Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, and Gu Yue to find a place to rest.

Xiao Heng and his companions entered the Black Emperor Pavilion ahead of the auction, where they discovered that the Bodhi Body Transformation Pill needed to help Xiao Yi Xian was among the lots. Xiao Heng and Xiao Yi Xian agreed they would claim it by strength if necessary, then their flirtation was interrupted by Zi Yan, who bit Xiao Heng during a scuffle over medicinal ingredients.

• Xiao Heng led the group to the Black Emperor Pavilion and entered through the gate reserved for Dou Emperor experts, introducing himself as Mr. Long.
• The Pavilion's old man gave Xiao Heng a token and secretly sent word to the Sect Master about the mysterious visitors.
• Xiao Heng obtained the auction list, and Xiao Yi Xian saw that it included the Bodhi Body Transformation Pill she needed.
• Xiao Heng reassured Xiao Yi Xian that they could obtain the pill, and he teased her until she blushed and ran upstairs after Zi Yan interrupted them.
• Xiao Heng threatened to withhold Zi Yan's medicinal ingredients, so she bit his arm while Gu Yue tried to pull her away.