Chapter Summaries

Ning Su rescued Qing Lin from the Mo Family and offered to take her with him, promising to help her become strong. As they prepared to return to Stone Desert City, a veiled woman emerged from a sandstorm and tried to seize Qing Lin.

• Luo Bu's men killed the mercenaries who had abandoned Qing Lin, and Mo Ran took her toward Yan Cheng for the Mo Family.
• Ning Su appeared in a gust of sand, rescued Qing Lin, and sent Mo Ran and his men flying with a single wave.
• Ning Su asked Qing Lin to come with him and promised she would no longer be mocked or bullied, but offered to take her home first so she could decide.
• A sand tornado struck as Ning Su and Qing Lin set off, and he knocked aside a hand reaching for Qing Lin.
• A veiled woman in green appeared as the sand dispersed and admitted she had underestimated Ning Su.

Ning Su fought Green Barbarian of Sky Serpent Mansion, who had come to take Qing Lin, and revealed his strength as a Dou Huang and a Five-Colored Giant Python. After devouring Green Barbarian’s attack and advancing to Two-Star Dou Huang, Ning Su struck her at point-blank range with a Flame Green Lotus, leaving her fate unclear.

• Green Barbarian confronted Ning Su and demanded that he hand over Qing Lin, but he refused.
• Green Barbarian attacked Ning Su and learned that he was a One-Star Dou Huang.
• Green Barbarian unleashed her Six-Star Dou Huang strength, but Ning Su froze her attacks with Extreme Cold Ice Mist and transformed into his Five-Colored Giant Python form.
• Ning Su endured Green Barbarian’s Sea of Thorns with two layers of armor, then devoured her stronger Slaughter Thorns and advanced to Two-Star Dou Huang.
• Ning Su used Sand-Treading Travel to appear behind Green Barbarian and hit her at point-blank range with a Flame Green Lotus, creating a massive explosion.

Ning Su drove off Green Barbarian and persuaded Qing Lin to leave her unhappy life behind and come with him. After bringing her to Mo City, he took her to buy new clothes, where the proprietress noticed the green scales on Qing Lin’s arms.

• Green Barbarian escaped after Ning Su’s attack, and Ning Su returned to Qing Lin unharmed.
• Ning Su told Qing Lin that she did not have to define herself by humans or Magical Beasts and invited her to leave with him.
• Qing Lin accepted Ning Su’s offer and agreed to stay by his side.
• Ning Su brought Qing Lin to Mo City to wait for a flying convoy to the Gama Holy Capital and took her to buy clothes.
• The proprietress saw the green scales on Qing Lin’s arms and rushed out of the fitting room in alarm.

Ning Su treated Qing Lin’s scales as nothing unusual, bought her several beautiful outfits, and promised to show her around the Gama Holy Capital. As the Alchemist Competition began there, Yao Lao urged Xiao Yan to participate and use it to prepare for the Three-Year Pact.

• Ning Su compared his scales with Qing Lin’s, easing her discomfort, and she tried on several outfits that he bought for her.
• Ning Su and Qing Lin stayed at an inn before traveling to the Gama Holy Capital the next day, where he promised to take her sightseeing.
• Alchemists gathered in the Gama Holy Capital for the eight-year competition, while the Jia Ma Empire’s hostility toward the Chuyun Empire made participation by its alchemists dangerous.
• Xiao Yan arrived in the capital ahead of the Three-Year Pact, and Yao Lao encouraged him to enter the competition to improve his skills and make Nalan Yanran regret her decision.

As the Alchemist Competition approached, Jia Xing Tian and Fa Ma recruited Yun Yun and the Mitel family to help coordinate the empire’s factions against the Snake-People Race. Ning Su and Qing Lin arrived in the Gama Holy Capital, where Ning Su reassured her as she admired the city; when the crowded inns offered them only one room, Qing Lin grew nervous about sharing it with him.

• Fa Ma invited Yun Yun to judge the Alchemist Competition, and Jia Xing Tian explained that he wanted to unite the empire’s factions against the Snake-People Race.
• Mittel Teng Shan supervised the Mitel family’s delivery of medicinal ingredients for the competition, and Ya Fei learned that Jia Xing Tian had arranged the contribution to draw the factions together.
• Ning Su and Qing Lin entered the Gama Holy Capital, where Qing Lin marveled at the city and Ning Su reassured her that its people would not look down on her.
• Ning Su booked a room at an inn, but the innkeeper explained that rooms were being rationed and assigned them one double room.
• Qing Lin followed Ning Su upstairs, her heartbeat quickening at the thought of sharing a room with him.

Ning Su protected Qing Lin from Tao Lian, then discovered that Tao Lian and his teacher, Yan Li, were Chuyun Empire alchemists plotting to steal the Jia Ma Empire competition’s Champion title. After Ning Su swallowed them both, he gained increased poison resistance and advanced his alchemy skill to the fourth-rank peak.

• Ning Su considered how to obtain the Spirit Fusion Pill formula and let Qing Lin arrange hot water for a bath.
• Tao Lian tried to grab Qing Lin, but Ning Su stopped him and took her back to their room.
• Yan Li reprimanded Tao Lian and revealed their plan to enter the competition in disguise and disgrace the Jia Ma Empire.
• Ning Su overheard the plot, confronted Yan Li and Tao Lian, and swallowed them both.
• Ning Su gained poison-related benefits and advanced his alchemy skill to the fourth-rank peak.

After gaining Yan Li’s alchemy skills, Ning Su decided to enter the Alchemist Competition and pursue the Spirit Fusion Pill formula. While shopping for a medicinal cauldron at the Mitel Auction House, he met Ya Fei, who wondered whether he was a Fourth-Rank Alchemist.

• Ning Su realized that devouring Yan Li and his disciple had given him their alchemy skills, and he decided to compete for the Champion title to obtain the Spirit Fusion Pill formula.
• Xiao Yan passed the Nalan Family’s appeal for help with Nalan Jie’s Scorching Poison but refused to assist because of his grudge against the family.
• Ning Su and Qing Lin passed the Nalan Family residence, and Ning Su chose not to help Nalan Jie because the Jia Ma Empire opposed the Snake-People Race.
• Ning Su took Qing Lin to the Mitel Auction House to buy ingredients and a medicinal cauldron for the competition.
• Ning Su pointed out a Fourth-Rank medicinal cauldron, and Ya Fei approached to assist him, surprised that he might be a Fourth-Rank Alchemist.

Ning Su bought a fourth-rank medicinal cauldron and high-grade ingredients from Ya Fei, revealing himself as a remarkably young Fourth-Rank Alchemist. He practiced alchemy for three days before the Alchemist Competition began, while Xiao Yan also arrived to buy ingredients ahead of the contest and his Three-Year Pact.

• Ning Su chose the True Dragon Cauldron and told Ya Fei that he would use it himself, convincing her he was a Fourth-Rank Alchemist.
• Ya Fei helped Ning Su buy every medicinal ingredient on his list, and he confirmed that he would enter the Alchemist Competition.
• Xiao Yan arrived at the Auction House, reunited with Ya Fei, and bought ingredients for the competition as he prepared for the Three-Year Pact.
• Ning Su practiced alchemy at the inn for three days and became proficient before the Alchemist Competition began.

Ning Su entered the Jia Ma Empire Alchemist Competition and carefully kept a low profile while refining a Bone-Growing Pill. His pill passed inspection with a quality that surpassed the pills made by Liu Ling and Yao Yue, drawing the crowd’s attention.

• Fa Ma opened the competition and introduced Jia Xing Tian and Yun Yun as judges.
• The contestants began the first round, which required them to complete an incomplete pill formula and refine the pill.
• Ning Su used his alchemy experience to work out the Bone-Growing Pill formula and deliberately took his time to avoid exposing himself.
• Liu Ling and Yao Yue finished their pills first, and contestants who failed to refine or pass inspection were eliminated.
• Ning Su’s pill produced a brilliant green pillar of light that outshone Liu Ling and Yao Yue’s pills.

Ning Su drew the judges’ attention by refining the competition’s highest-quality pill, and the second round tested whether contestants could identify a flawed formula. Ning Su, Xiao Yan, the Little Princess, and Liu Ling passed after leaving out the unnecessary ingredient.

• Ning Su’s pill produced a pillar of light, and Fa Ma identified him as a young alchemist from Mo City who had caught Yun Yun and the other judges’ interest.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan that Ning Su was another competitor, but Xiao Yan said he was not worried about him.
• Fa Ma began the second round, requiring contestants to refine a third-tier pill using a formula devised by the Alchemist Guild.
• After most contestants’ first attempts failed, Yao Lao told Xiao Yan that one ingredient in the formula was unnecessary.
• Ning Su, Xiao Yan, the Little Princess, and Liu Ling passed by leaving out an ingredient, prompting other contestants to reconsider the formula before the round ended.

After the second assessment confirmed Ning Su, Xiao Yan, Liu Ling, and the Little Princess as the strongest contestants, the guild prepared for the final round of the Alchemist Competition. The championship round began, and Ning Su and Xiao Yan considered refining fourth-grade peak-tier pills.

• The second-round results showed that Ning Su's pill was the highest quality, while Xiao Yan, Liu Ling, and the Little Princess were evenly matched.
• Yun Yun and Jia Xing Tian discussed recruiting Ning Su, while Ning Su returned to the inn and let Qing Lin help him bathe after she insisted on serving him.
• Fa Ma and the other officials discussed the championship contenders and said they had found no sign of the two suspected Chuyun Empire alchemists.
• Fa Ma announced that contestants had to refine their best pill using their own materials, and the third round began.
• Ning Su considered refining his fourth-grade peak-tier Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pill, while Xiao Yan decided to attempt the same pill on his teacher's advice.

Xiao Yan and Ning Su competed to refine Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pills in the final round of the alchemy assessment. As their pills reached the final stage, both revealed Heavenly Flames, leaving the venue stunned.

• Xiao Yan and Ning Su secretly chose to refine the same pill, while Xiao Yan and Yao Lao discussed Ning Su as a likely rival.
• Liu Ling and the Little Princess completed fourth-rank pills, leaving Xiao Yan and Ning Su as the last contestants still refining.
• Xiao Yan struggled to condense his pill, so Yao Lao lent him the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, which Fa Ma and the crowd recognized as a Heavenly Flame.
• Ning Su saw Xiao Yan use the Bone Spirit Cold Flame and summoned the Green Lotus Core Flame to strengthen his own pill.
• Xiao Yan recognized Ning Su's flame as the Green Lotus Core Flame, and Yao Lao confirmed its identity, leaving Xiao Yan shocked that Ning Su possessed the flame Queen Medusa had taken.

Ning Su and Xiao Yan finished refining matching Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pills, and the judges awarded Ning Su the Alchemist Competition championship for his superior heat control. After receiving the Spirit Fusion Pill formula, Ning Su faced invitations from the Alchemist Guild, the Gama Royal Family, and the Misty Cloud Sect.

• Xiao Yan and Yao Lao discussed Ning Su's Green Lotus Core Flame while Xiao Yan completed his pill.
• Nalan Yanran realized that Xiao Yan and Ning Su might be able to help save her grandfather, Nalan Jie.
• Xiao Yan and Ning Su both refined Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pills, and the judges found their pills nearly equal in quality.
• Fa Ma announced Ning Su as the champion because his pill showed better heat control.
• Fa Ma gave Ning Su the Six-Grade Spirit Fusion Pill formula and invited him to join the Alchemist Guild.
• Jia Xing Tian and Yun Yun each invited Ning Su to join their faction.

After winning the Alchemist Competition, Ning Su rejected recruitment from the Alchemist Guild, the Gama Royal Family, and the Misty Cloud Sect, then rested before preparing to leave. Nalan Yanran asked him to use his Heavenly Flame to save her grandfather, but Ning Su refused and departed with Qing Lin.

• Ning Su rejected Jia Xing Tian, Yun Yun, and the Alchemist Guild representative's offers to join their factions.
• Ning Su returned to the inn, where Qing Lin congratulated him, prepared his bath, and watched over him as he slept for two days and nights.
• Ning Su woke refreshed and told Qing Lin they would leave so he could return and refine the Spirit Fusion Pill.
• Nalan Yanran asked Ning Su to save her grandfather from Scorching Poison with his Heavenly Flame, explaining that Xiao Yan had refused to help.
• Ning Su declined Nalan Yanran's request and left with Qing Lin.

Ning Su returned to the Snake-People Race with Qing Lin and learned that the ingredients for the Spirit Fusion Pill were unavailable in their Herb Repository. He arranged for the clan to search elsewhere, then stood by Qing Lin when the Great Elder objected to her staying, leaving Qing Lin waiting anxiously in his courtyard.

• Ning Su escaped the Jia Ma Empire with Qing Lin and brought her into the Snake-People Race, where Hua She'er arranged for her to stay in his courtyard.
• Ning Su visited Medusa, who remained in the form of the Seven-Colored Little Snake, and told Hua She'er that he had obtained the Spirit Fusion Pill recipe to repair Medusa's soul.
• Ning Su and the Great Elder searched the Herb Repository but found none of the pill's required ingredients, so the Great Elder agreed to have the clan investigate nearby countries.
• The Great Elder told Ning Su that the Snake-People Race would not accept Qing Lin because of her human blood, and Ning Su said he would leave with Qing Lin if she were driven away.
• Qing Lin remained in Ning Su's courtyard, unsettled by the Snake-People's stares, and welcomed him when he returned.

Ning Su comforted Qing Lin about feeling out of place among the Snake-People Race, then told Medusa he had won the Alchemist Competition and obtained the Spirit Fusion Pill formula. Medusa was thrilled by the prospect of fusing her souls and teased Ning Su about how much he had grown.

• Qing Lin told Ning Su that she felt uncomfortable back among the Snake-People Race, and he promised to help others respect her.
• Ning Su handled the Snake-People Race's affairs while Medusa recovered and spent his spare time caring for the Seven-Colored Sky-Swallowing Python.
• Medusa transformed while Ning Su was preparing the snake's bath, then asked him to massage her shoulders and recount his trip to the Gama Holy Capital.
• Ning Su told Medusa that he had won the Alchemist Competition and received the Spirit Fusion Pill formula as his prize.
• Ning Su explained that the clan was searching for the ingredients to refine the pill, and Medusa thanked him and teased him about becoming handsome.

Medusa questioned Ning Su about his feelings for her before receiving news that Yun Shan had become a Dou Zong and Xiao Yan had escaped the Misty Cloud Sect. She ordered the Snake-People Race to gather ingredients for the Spirit Fusion Pill, then met Qing Lin and recognized her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.

• Medusa asked Ning Su whether he liked or feared her, and he admitted that he liked being with her before leaving to call Little Flower.
• The Great Elder reported that Xiao Yan had defeated Nalan Yanran at the Misty Cloud Sect, Yun Shan had emerged as a Dou Zong, and Nalan Jie had died from Scorching Poison.
• Medusa chose to let the Snake-People Race recuperate while she fused her soul and ordered the elders to help Ning Su obtain ingredients for the Spirit Fusion Pill.
• Medusa visited Qing Lin in Ning Su's courtyard, and Qing Lin looked at her when asked.
• Medusa recognized Qing Lin's eyes as the legendary Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.

Medusa recognized Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and arranged for her to train with the Snake-People Race. She warned Ning Su that the Sky Serpent Mansion would pursue Qing Lin, then accepted his gift of shoes and rewarded him with a kiss.

• Medusa recognized Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, let her stay, and told Ning Su to find her cultivation methods and Dou Techniques.
• Medusa warned Ning Su that the Sky Serpent Mansion was searching for the pupils, and Ning Su revealed that he had already fought Green Barbarian and her companions.
• Ning Su gave Medusa a pair of red high heels and helped her put them on.
• Medusa praised the shoes, kissed Ning Su on the forehead, and stroked his head as a reward.

After Xiao Yan was driven from the Jia Ma Empire by the Misty Cloud Sect, Ning Su organized the Snake-People Race’s search for ingredients needed for Medusa’s Spirit Fusion Pill. Ning Su prepared to travel in search of the last missing ingredients, leaving Qing Lin to cultivate, and the Great Elder arrived with unexpected good news.

• Ning Su returned to his courtyard after Medusa threw him out of her bedchamber, privately vowing to kiss her back next time.
• Xiao Yan hid in Black Ghost Fortress while fleeing the Jia Ma Empire after the Misty Cloud Sect and Soul Hall attacked the Xiao Family, and he vowed to return for revenge.
• The Snake-People Race found several ingredients for the Spirit Fusion Pill, while Ning Su learned that Crane Bamboo and Snow Soul Fruit remained missing.
• Ning Su told Qing Lin to keep cultivating while he went out to search for medicinal ingredients.
• The Great Elder brought Ning Su unexpected good news before he set off.

Ning Su set out with Yue Mei and the Charming Snake Tribe to rob a caravan carrying the Snow Soul Fruit. Meanwhile, Feng Shan betrayed the Mitel Auction House during a desert trade and abducted Ya Fei, leaving the rest of her party dead.

• The Great Elder told Ning Su that a Mulan Empire caravan carried the Snow Soul Fruit, and Ning Su decided to rob it.
• The Great Elder arranged for Yue Mei and the Charming Snake Tribe to accompany Ning Su.
• Ya Fei and Leilei met Feng Shan’s group at a desert pavilion and exchanged five million Gold Coins for the medicinal herbs.
• Feng Shan revealed that he intended to take the money, reclaim the herbs, and abduct Ya Fei, then ordered his men to attack.
• Feng Shan’s stronger group killed Leilei and the Mitel Family’s other companions, then captured Ya Fei and took her away.