Chapter Summaries

Ning Su rescued Ya Fei from Feng Shan and the Fengxing Auction House, then recovered the traded medicinal herbs and Snow Soul Fruit. After Ya Fei discovered Ning Su was one of the Snake-People Race, the snake-people debated what to do with her as Ning Su approached with a dagger.

• Feng Shan revealed that he had slaughtered the Mittel Family party to avenge his mother and planned to imprison and assault Ya Fei.
• Ning Su and the Snake-People Race attacked Feng Shan's group, killed the guards, and captured Feng Shan in the sand.
• Ning Su killed Feng Shan after learning he would not reveal where the medicinal herbs were kept.
• Ya Fei told Ning Su the herbs were in Feng Shan's Storage Ring, and Ning Su found the Snow Soul Fruit among them.
• Ya Fei learned Ning Su was one of the Snake-People Race, and the group argued over her fate as Ning Su approached her with a dagger.

Ning Su brought Ya Fei to the Snake-People Royal City, while she mistook his actions and the Snake-People’s gossip as signs that he planned to take advantage of her. He left her in a room under guard, and Ya Fei was bewildered when he did nothing more.

• Ning Su cut Ya Fei’s restraints and took her with him instead of killing her or returning her to the Jia Ma Empire.
• Ya Fei overheard Snake-People speculate that Ning Su had brought her back to enjoy her beauty and grew convinced he wanted her body.
• Ning Su brought Ya Fei to the Snake-People Royal City, where residents compared her to Qing Lin and gossiped about Ning Su.
• Ning Su led Ya Fei to a room, removed a small bug from her hair, and told her to stay in the courtyard for her safety.
• Ning Su left without touching Ya Fei, leaving her confused about his intentions.

Ning Su kept searching for the final ingredient needed to restore Medusa while holding Ya Fei in the Snake-People Race’s territory. After the Mittel Family received his letter, Mittel Teng Shan learned Ya Fei had been captured and summoned Elder Hai.

• The Great Elder told Ning Su that Crane Bamboo was the only ingredient still missing, and Ning Su ordered her to notify him as soon as it was found.
• Ning Su gave the Great Elder a letter to send to the Mittel Family, proposing that they exchange something for Ya Fei.
• Ya Fei woke unharmed and met Qing Lin, who said Ning Su had treated her well and that she wanted to stay by his side.
• Ning Su visited Ya Fei, told her to ask Qing Lin for anything she needed, and left to search for more medicinal ingredients.
• Mittel Teng Shan received Ning Su’s letter, learned that Ya Fei had fallen into the Snake-People Race’s hands, and ordered the elders to invite Elder Hai.

The Mittel Family decided to ransom Ya Fei from the Snake-People Race, and Hai Bodong agreed to lead the exchange. Meanwhile, Ning Su failed to find Crane Bamboo and considered searching the Chuyun Empire, while Ya Fei persuaded Qing Lin to take her out just as Ning Su returned.

• Mittel Teng Shan told the elders that the Snake-People Race demanded a large batch of medicinal ingredients to release Ya Fei, and Hai Bodong decided the family should pay.
• Hai Bodong agreed to personally lead the ransom mission into Snake-People territory despite his fear of Queen Medusa.
• After searching cities around the Tagor Desert without finding Crane Bamboo, Ning Su decided the Chuyun Empire might be the only place to look.
• Ya Fei coaxed Qing Lin into taking her for a walk around the Royal City, and the two saw Ning Su returning as they were about to leave.

Ning Su traded Ya Fei back to the Mitel Family for a Storage Ring of medicinal ingredients. Hai Bodong left with Ya Fei, while Ning Su returned to the Royal City with supplies he planned to use to strengthen the Snake-People Race.

• Ning Su took Ya Fei out of the palace and told her the Mitel Family could ransom her.
• Ning Su and Ya Fei met Hai Bodong and the Mitel Family outside the Snake-People Royal City.
• Hai Bodong handed Ning Su a Storage Ring of medicinal ingredients in exchange for Ya Fei.
• Ning Su released Ya Fei, and she thanked him before Hai Bodong took her away.
• Hua She'er asked why Ning Su had let Ya Fei go, and Ning Su said the ingredients would help strengthen the Snake-People Race.

Ning Su strengthened the Snake-People Race with pills, gave Qing Lin one to help her break through, and left for the Chuyun Empire to find Crane Bamboo. In the empire, a black-robed woman also searched for Crane Bamboo before her Calamity Poison Body erupted again.

• Ning Su distributed pills made from medicinal ingredients he had obtained, helping many Snake-People Race cultivators advance to Da Dou Shi and Dou Ling.
• Ning Su gave Qing Lin a pill for her bottleneck and told her he would return from the Chuyun Empire in at least ten days, promising to bring her a gift.
• Hai Bodong and his companions returned Ya Fei safely to Mo City, where she explained how the Fengxing Auction House had betrayed her and Ning Su’s group had intervened.
• Ning Su set off alone for the Chuyun Empire to find Crane Bamboo, the final ingredient he needed for the Spirit Fusion Pill.
• A black-robed woman in a border town heard mercenaries discuss the Snake-People Race and Queen Medusa, then headed for the Monster Mountain Range to search for Crane Bamboo before her Calamity Poison Body erupted.

Ning Su searched the Myriad Poison Mountain Range for Crane Bamboo while eating poisonous herbs to increase his resistance and venom toxicity. After meeting Xiao Yi Xian, he finally spotted Crane Bamboo in a valley.

• Ning Su ate poisonous herbs throughout the Myriad Poison Mountain Range, raising his Poison Resistance as he searched for Crane Bamboo.
• Ning Su met Xiao Yi Xian, who warned him that the Soul-Leaving Fruit was poisonous, but he ate it and assured her it could not kill him.
• Ning Su asked Xiao Yi Xian where to find Crane Bamboo, but she said she did not know and continued deeper into the mountain range.
• Ning Su reached 90% Poison Resistance and kept searching after failing to find Crane Bamboo across most of the range.
• Ning Su entered the final valley and spotted a snow-white segment of Crane Bamboo.

Ning Su and Xiao Yi Xian split a stalk of Crane Bamboo before the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect trapped them in the valley. Ning Su defeated the sect members sent after him and realized Xiao Yi Xian was losing to Scorpion Bee, but he hesitated to intervene because she still had half of the Crane Bamboo.

• Ning Su and Xiao Yi Xian fought over the Crane Bamboo, splitting it in half when their palms clashed.
• Scorpion Bee and the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect surrounded the valley and attacked Ning Su and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Ning Su escaped the encirclement and swallowed the sect members' poison barrier and Five Poisons Sky Strike, increasing his Poison Resistance.
• Ning Su burned the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect attackers to ash with the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Scorpion Bee pressured Xiao Yi Xian with his greater cultivation, while Ning Su recognized her as Xiao Yi Xian and considered intervening for her half of the Crane Bamboo.

Xiao Yi Xian unleashed her unstable Calamity Poison Body to fight Scorpion Bee, but her old injuries left her unable to defend herself until Ning Su intervened and killed him. After Xiao Yi Xian gave Ning Su her half of the Crane Bamboo and collapsed, Ning Su realized her Calamity Poison Body had erupted and carried her away.

• Xiao Yi Xian unleashed the Calamity Poison Body and struck Scorpion Bee, but her old injuries flared up and left her unable to gather Dou Qi.
• Ning Su saved Xiao Yi Xian from Scorpion Bee, then bit Scorpion Bee and poisoned him with his mixed venom.
• Ning Su devoured Scorpion Bee's cultivation and reached Seven-Star Dou Huang.
• Xiao Yi Xian gave Ning Su her half of the Crane Bamboo, then fainted as Calamity Poison Body energy seeped from her body.
• Ning Su picked up the Crane Bamboo, realized Xiao Yi Xian's Calamity Poison Body had erupted, and carried her toward the valley.

Ning Su absorbed Xiao Yi Xian’s escaping Calamity Poisonous Gas, reaching 100% Poison Resistance, and helped her recover after her Calamity Poison Body erupted. He told her the condition would erupt again within half a month and offered another way to suppress it, leaving Xiao Yi Xian to decide whether to trust him.

• Ning Su settled the unconscious Xiao Yi Xian in a mountain cave and absorbed the Calamity Poisonous Gas leaking from her body.
• Ning Su’s Venom Toxicity rose to 150% and his Poison Resistance reached 100%.
• Xiao Yi Xian woke, recognized Ning Su, and learned he had temporarily suppressed her Calamity Poison Body.
• Xiao Yi Xian worried that Ning Su had been exposed to her poison, and Ning Su reassured her that it could not harm him.
• Ning Su warned Xiao Yi Xian that her unstable Calamity Poison Body would erupt again within half a month and offered a way to suppress it without giving her the Crane Bamboo.

Ning Su gave Xiao Yi Xian a Heavenly Fire Pill to suppress her Calamity Poison Body, while she returned to her hidden Poison Sect and privately considered whether to trust him. Ning Su returned to the Snake-People Race with every ingredient needed for the Spirit Fusion Pill and prepared to refine it for Medusa.

• Ning Su offered to help Xiao Yi Xian control her Calamity Poison Body, then gave her a Fifth Grade Heavenly Fire Pill before she flew away.
• Xie Shan learned that Scorpion Bee and the others had died and ordered the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect to keep searching for Xiao Yi Xian and the Poison Sect.
• Xiao Yi Xian returned to the hidden Poison Sect, treated her injuries, and kept Ning Su's pill despite suspecting it might be dangerous.
• Ning Su returned to the Snake-People Race, greeted Hua She'er and Qing Lin, and prepared to refine the Spirit Fusion Pill in a secluded alchemy room.

Ning Su spent ten days raising his success rate with Sixth-Grade Pills before attempting to refine the Spirit Fusion Pill. With Medusa, Hua She'er, and Qing Lin waiting anxiously outside, he succeeded and placed the finished pill in Medusa’s hand.

• Ning Su refined pills for five days and raised his Sixth-Grade success rate from forty percent to sixty percent.
• Medusa visited Ning Su in the alchemy room, praised his efforts, and promised him a Queen’s Reward after he made the Spirit Fusion Pill.
• Medusa stayed quietly beside Ning Su as he continued refining pills for five more days and raised his success rate to eighty percent.
• Ning Su rested for a day, then began refining the Spirit Fusion Pill while Medusa, Hua She'er, Qing Lin, and the snakefolk guards waited outside.
• Ning Su emerged from the alchemy room and gave Medusa the successfully refined Spirit Fusion Pill.

Medusa swallowed Ning Su’s Spirit Fusion Pill in the Snake-People Race’s Forbidden Land and completed her soul fusion, advancing to Three-Star Dou Zong. As Jia Xing Tian and Yun Shan sensed the disturbance and worried over the balance of power, Medusa declared that she would resume control of her people and settle old scores with the great empires.

• Ning Su gave Medusa the Spirit Fusion Pill, and they prepared for her to take it in the Forbidden Land.
• Medusa swallowed the pill, entered a glowing energy shield, and rose from One-Star Dou Zong to Three-Star Dou Zong as her soul fused with the Seven-Colored Sky-Swallowing Python.
• Jia Xing Tian sensed a faint soul fluctuation from the Tagor Desert and worried about the growing power of the Misty Cloud Sect and the Snake-People Race.
• Yun Shan sensed Medusa’s aura and considered challenging her, while Protector Wu told him he still needed Xiao Yan to find what the Soul Hall sought.
• Medusa emerged from the Forbidden Land with her soul fusion complete, and she announced that she would resume control of the Snake-People Race and settle old scores with the great empires.

Medusa resumed control of the Snake-People Race and prepared to challenge the Jia Ma Empire, while Ning Su enjoyed being relieved of his duties. Medusa offered him one request as a reward, and he asked her to take care of herself and stay with him forever.

• Medusa reviewed threats from the surrounding empires and ordered preparations to gradually show the Jia Ma Empire the Snake-People Race's strength.
• Ning Su stayed silent during the meeting and was glad Medusa had taken back responsibility for managing the tribe.
• Medusa thanked Ning Su for helping her refine the Spirit Fusion Pill and offered him one request as a Queen's Reward.
• Ning Su helped Medusa remove her shoes, and she teased him about treating her like a pet.
• After considering his options, Ning Su asked Medusa to take good care of herself and stay with him forever.

Ning Su reassured Medusa and learned she approved of his growth, then took Qing Lin out to train after she reached One-Star Dou Ling. He brought her to fight nearby snake-type Magical Beasts, where she tried to control a Thorn Demon Snake with her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.

• Medusa agreed to take care of herself and stay with Ning Su, then praised his work for the Snake-People Race and reacted with shock to his Seven-Star Dou Huang cultivation.
• Ning Su told Medusa he had devoured a Seven-Star Dou Huang in the Chuyun Empire, and she suggested feeding him Jia Xing Tian or Yun Shan.
• Qing Lin told Ning Su she had reached One-Star Dou Ling with Sister Little Flower's guidance, so Ning Su promised to take her out for training.
• Ning Su took Qing Lin from the Royal City to nearby Magical Beast grounds and caught a Tier 4 Beginner Thorn Demon Snake for her to practice against.
• Qing Lin activated her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and used Jade Snake Control as the Thorn Demon Snake lunged at her.

Ning Su trained Qing Lin to control and fight with her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, then taught her to absorb the cultivation of the snake-type magical beasts she controlled. After Qing Lin rapidly advanced, the two were ambushed in the desert by Sky Serpent Mansion forces and an Eight-Winged Black Snake Emperor.

• Qing Lin controlled the Thorn Demon Snake and fought magical beasts under Ning Su's guidance to build her combat experience.
• Ning Su taught Qing Lin how to absorb the cultivation of her four Fourth-Order Magical Beasts, raising her from a One-Star Dou Ling to a Five-Star Dou Ling.
• Qing Lin and Ning Su spent the night camping together, then resumed hunting magical beasts the next day as Qing Lin improved at controlling multiple snakes in battle.
• Ning Su sensed an ambush, pulled Qing Lin out of danger, and saw attackers surround them as an Eight-Winged Black Snake Emperor arrived.
• Ning Su recognized the attackers as Sky Serpent Mansion forces and complained that they would not give up.

Ning Su and Qing Lin fought off an ambush by the Sky Serpent Mansion, with Ning Su defeating Green Barbarian and White Fang. As he prepared to devour them, Jia Xing Tian arrived with several Dou Wangs, saying he had come to investigate the Snake-People Race’s rapid growth.

• Green Barbarian and White Fang led the Sky Serpent Mansion’s ambush, while their allies attacked Qing Lin.
• Ning Su encouraged Qing Lin to fight, and she held her own against the attackers with help from her captured Magical Beasts.
• Ning Su revealed his Seven-Star Dou Huang strength, swallowed Green Barbarian and White Fang’s combined attacks, then defeated them with a punch and the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Ning Su prepared to devour White Fang, but dodged an energy palm from Jia Xing Tian, who arrived with several Dou Wangs.
• Jia Xing Tian told Ning Su he had come to investigate the Snake-People Race’s rapid development.

Ning Su fought Jia Xing Tian while Green Barbarian and White Fang tried to capture Qing Lin, and he grew stronger by devouring Jia Xing Tian’s attack. Queen Medusa arrived to confront the invaders, and Yun Shan appeared as well.

• Jia Xing Tian confronted Ning Su over his Snake-People identity and attacked him with Mysterious Yellow Palm.
• Green Barbarian and White Fang targeted Qing Lin, but Ning Su transformed and blocked Green Barbarian from seizing her.
• Jia Xing Tian struck Ning Su with Mysterious Thunder Palm, which Ning Su devoured, advancing to Eight-Star Dou Huang.
• Jia Xing Tian, Green Barbarian, and White Fang prepared to attack Ning Su together after revealing their alliance and their bargain over Qing Lin.
• Queen Medusa arrived and confronted Jia Xing Tian and Sky Serpent Mansion, then Yun Shan appeared nearby.

Medusa and Yun Shan clashed while Ning Su faced Jia Xing Tian, Green Barbarian, and White Fang. Ning Su defeated all three without a Dou Zong opponent among them, leaving White Fang paralyzed by controlled venom and Green Barbarian slammed into the ground.

• Medusa taunted Yun Shan about his failure to capture Xiao Yan, and the two began fighting.
• Jia Xing Tian, Green Barbarian, and White Fang attacked Ning Su together with close-range techniques.
• Ning Su curled up and survived their combined assault without injury, then spun up a storm of wind and sand.
• Ning Su struck Jia Xing Tian with his tail and sent him flying.
• White Fang bit Ning Su’s tail but could not pierce it, so Ning Su bit White Fang’s wing and paralyzed him with venom.
• Green Barbarian attacked Ning Su from the side, but he slammed her into the ground with his tail.

Queen Medusa defeated Yun Shan and the other attackers, but Protector Wu rescued Yun Shan before she could kill him. Ning Su subdued Green Barbarian and White Fang, advanced to Nine-Star Dou Huang by devouring Green Barbarian, and prepared to help Qing Lin control White Fang.

• Queen Medusa overwhelmed Yun Shan, Jia Xing Tian, Green Barbarian, and White Fang, then tried to kill Yun Shan.
• Protector Wu of the Soul Hall intervened, fought Queen Medusa to a standstill, and escaped with Yun Shan.
• Ning Su subdued Green Barbarian and White Fang, while Jia Xing Tian fled and Queen Medusa went after him.
• Ning Su checked that Qing Lin was safe after she defeated more than a dozen Sky Serpent Mansion fighters, and praised her.
• Ning Su devoured Green Barbarian and advanced to Nine-Star Dou Huang, then asked Qing Lin to use her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils on White Fang.