Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan began training in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, where Lin Yuan used Qing Lin and the Purple Jade Scale Snake to direct a Beast Tide toward him. After Elder Yao saved Xiao Yan from the beasts, Lin Yuan arrived and identified him as Yao Chen.

• Xiao Yan entered the Magical Beast Mountain Range carrying the Heavy Xuan Ruler and began fighting Magical Beasts, including a Crimson Fire Fox and a Ghost Cat.
• Qing Lin relayed information about Xiao Yan's route to Lin Yuan, who chose to wait for him by a waterfall rather than approach him directly.
• Lin Yuan ordered Qing Lin to move the Fourth-Tier Magical Beasts in District 21, and a large Beast Tide formed behind Xiao Yan.
• Elder Yao took control of Xiao Yan's body, scattered the Beast Tide with his pale white flame, and killed an Ice Frost Sky Wolf for its Magic Core.
• Lin Yuan approached and recognized Elder Yao's signature flame, asking whether he was the legendary alchemist Yao Chen.

Lin Yuan, using the code name Hidden Dragon, revealed that he recognized Yao Chen and invited him and Xiao Yan to talk. After Xiao Yan gained a breakthrough from Lin Yuan’s wine, Yao Chen sensed diluted Earth Core Body Tempering Milk and opened the way to a discussion.

• Lin Yuan identified Yao Chen by his Soul Realm and Bone Chilling Flame, then led him and Xiao Yan to a secluded pool.
• Yao Chen told Xiao Yan that Lin Yuan’s true cultivation was Dou Wang, and Xiao Yan turned his shock into resolve to pursue his own growth.
• Xiao Yan retrieved the Ice Frost Sky Wolf’s magic core before joining Lin Yuan and Yao Chen by the pool.
• Lin Yuan introduced himself as Hidden Dragon and shared wine with Xiao Yan, who broke through to five-star Dou Practitioner after drinking it.
• Yao Chen sensed diluted Earth Core Body Tempering Milk in the wine, and Lin Yuan suggested they had matters to discuss.

Lin Yuan negotiated with Elder Yao over the Earth Core Body Tempering Milk and revealed a fragment map connected to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. Elder Yao agreed to trade for the map by offering two Earth Tier High-Grade Cultivation Methods, one Earth Tier High-Grade Dou Skill, and one Eighth-Grade Alchemist legacy.

• Elder Yao asked what Lin Yuan wanted for the Earth Core Body Tempering Milk, and Lin Yuan initially demanded high-tier methods, skills, or an alchemist legacy.
• Elder Yao probed Lin Yuan about his Heavenly Flame, but Lin Yuan refused to trade it, while Xiao Yan reacted with intense interest.
• Lin Yuan offered information about a Heavenly Flame and revealed a genuine fragment map of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Elder Yao confirmed the map was authentic and asked why Lin Yuan would trade away something tied to the third-ranked Heavenly Flame.
• Lin Yuan explained that he already possessed a Heavenly Flame and preferred useful items, then asked Elder Yao to add another Earth Tier High-Grade Cultivation Method to the deal.
• Elder Yao accepted Lin Yuan's terms, agreeing to trade two Earth Tier High-Grade Cultivation Methods, one Earth Tier High-Grade Dou Skill, and one Eighth-Grade Alchemist legacy for the map.

Lin Yuan completed a trade with Elder Yao and Xiao Yan, gaining cultivation methods, alchemy knowledge, and the Poison Pill Method while securing recorded evidence that Xiao Yan possessed the Demonic Flame Fragment Map. After returning to Qing Lin, he praised her rapid cultivation progress and asked what she wished for, leaving her flustered.

• Lin Yuan traded the Earth Core Body Tempering Milk for the Demonic Flame Fragment Map and selected several high-level cultivation methods, a Dou Skill, an alchemist legacy, and the Poison Pill Method from Elder Yao.
• Elder Yao and Xiao Yan departed, while Lin Yuan noticed Ling Ying secretly following them and retrieved two Image Stones hidden in a magic beast corpse that had recorded the trade.
• Lin Yuan decided the recordings gave him leverage over Xiao Yan and a bargaining advantage with Gu Xun'er, then flew back to the valley in disguise.
• Lin Yuan returned to his original appearance and found that Qing Lin had reached Four-Star Dou Practitioner after improving rapidly through her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Lin Yuan praised Qing Lin and offered to grant a wish, but she blushed and said that helping him was her wish.

Lin Yuan completed his switch to the Heavenly Capital Fire Canon while Qing Lin guarded the valley. After noticing how much stronger and more condensed his Dou Qi had become, he swallowed a Dou Spirit Pill and began cultivating to break through to Nine-Star Dou Wang.

• Lin Yuan asked Qing Lin to guard him during his cultivation-method switch and gave her instructions for arranging the magical-beast defenses around the valley.
• Qing Lin repeated the instructions, then organized the magical beasts while Lin Yuan studied the Heavenly Capital Fire Canon in the cave.
• Two days later, Lin Yuan completed the switch and emerged with stronger, more condensed Dou Qi, while Qing Lin continued cultivating nearby.
• Lin Yuan decided to use a Dou Spirit Pill to break through to Nine-Star Dou Wang, swallowed it, and began refining its medicinal power with the Green Lotus Core Flame.

After reaching Nine-Star Dou Wang, Lin Yuan trained Qing Lin and studied the Three Luminaries Seal Technique while improving his own Mountain River Seal. He completed the Earth Tier Mountain River Seal and fell asleep as Qing Lin massaged his exhausted temples.

• Lin Yuan broke through from Eight-Star Dou Wang to the middle stage of Nine-Star Dou Wang, while Qing Lin celebrated her own advancement to Five-Star Dou Practitioner.
• Lin Yuan made a cultivation plan for Qing Lin, prepared pills for her, and studied the Three Luminaries Seal Technique.
• Lin Yuan focused on using the technique’s principles to improve his Mountain River Seal rather than cultivating its powerful but costly forms.
• Ten days later, Lin Yuan used the Clear Mind State to complete the Earth Tier Mountain River Seal, then felt severe mental exhaustion.
• Qing Lin massaged Lin Yuan’s temples, and he leaned against her and fell into a deep sleep.

Lin Yuan prepared a poisonous gift for Queen Medusa and helped Qing Lin test the limits of her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils. He then weakened and suppressed Hai Bodong’s Snake Curse Seal, restoring his cultivation to Three-Star Dou Wang, and left considering how to improve his dou qi.

• Lin Yuan refined ominous poison pills as a gift for Queen Medusa and followed the Purple Jade Scale Snake to capture a fifth-tier Black Rock Demon Snake.
• Lin Yuan had Qing Lin use her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to subdue the unconscious beast, and she said she could control only one more of its strength.
• Lin Yuan considered how Qing Lin could improve her abilities and planned to obtain the Heavenly Snake Mansion’s inheritance related to her pupils.
• Lin Yuan extracted part of the Snake Curse Seal’s energy from Hai Bodong and sealed its connection to Hai Bodong’s body.
• Hai Bodong broke free of the seal’s restriction, regained his cultivation at Three-Star Dou Wang, and flew into the sky while Lin Yuan reflected on dou qi’s quality and quantity.

Lin Yuan explained how his method would gradually dissolve Hai Bodong’s seal and secured the Mittel Family’s help with his plans. Queen Medusa arrived seeking the heavenly flame, and Lin Yuan lured her into a high-speed chase toward the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

• Lin Yuan told Hai Bodong that the sealed energy channel would weaken the Snake Curse Seal over time, allowing Hai Bodong’s strength to recover.
• Hai Bodong agreed that he and the Mittel Family would serve Lin Yuan, who gave him a list of items to collect and a notebook outlining plans involving the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Hai Bodong gave Lin Yuan the Mittel Family’s highest-level VIP Token and flew to the family headquarters in Jia Ma Holy City.
• Queen Medusa confronted Lin Yuan about the heavenly flame, and he revealed the Core Flame of Green Lotus before taunting her and fleeing.
• Queen Medusa pursued Lin Yuan, who used the Wings of the Eagle alongside his Azure Fire Wings to match her speed as they raced toward the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

Lin Yuan and Queen Medusa fought far from the Snake People Race, with Lin Yuan gaining the upper hand in close combat and countering her ranged attacks. Queen Medusa combined her giant energy snake with a mind-affecting technique, leaving Lin Yuan dizzy as the snake attacked.

• Lin Yuan lured Queen Medusa away from the desert and challenged her to fight without interference.
• Lin Yuan caught Queen Medusa’s opening energy bolt, and the two clashed with spear and sword in the sky.
• Lin Yuan used spiral spear force, Cloud Dragon Seven Manifestations, and soul power to overwhelm Queen Medusa and wound her.
• Queen Medusa detonated her colored longsword to escape close combat, then summoned five snake-shaped energy bodies.
• Lin Yuan destroyed the five energy bodies with azure fire cones, but Queen Medusa recombined them into a giant energy snake and dazed him with her gaze.

Lin Yuan defeated Queen Medusa, sealed her cultivation, and captured her before taking her to meet the Snake People. He then captured Yue Mei and demanded that the Snake People’s elders come negotiate, with Queen Medusa’s life as leverage.

• Lin Yuan used the Heavenly Fire Tribulation, Mountain River Seal to overwhelm Queen Medusa, then sealed her cultivation with the Ancient Dragon Spirit Suppressing Seal and knocked her unconscious.
• Lin Yuan fed Queen Medusa a prepared pill and carried her to an oasis near the Charming Snake Tribe.
• Yue Mei followed a message to the oasis and found Queen Medusa, but Lin Yuan ambushed her and forced her to swallow the same pill.
• Lin Yuan told Yue Mei to summon the Snake People’s elders for negotiations, declaring Queen Medusa’s life a bargaining chip.

Yue Mei brought news of Queen Medusa’s defeat and poisoning to the Snake People Race’s elders, who flew to meet Lin Yuan and negotiate her return. As Lin Yuan began to state his three trade conditions, Queen Medusa woke and recognized him with anger.

• Yue Mei told the four elders that Lin Yuan had defeated and captured Queen Medusa, and that he had poisoned both her and Yue Mei.
• The Third Elder examined Yue Mei and concluded that the poison was beyond her ability to handle.
• The Great Elder led the elders to Lin Yuan, where he explained that Queen Medusa had challenged him for his heavenly flame and was now his bargaining chip.
• Lin Yuan sent Yue Mei to guard the area while the Second Elder checked Queen Medusa, then demanded a trade and dismissed the Fourth Elder’s threat to attack.
• The Great Elder agreed to hear Lin Yuan’s conditions, but Queen Medusa woke before he could state them and recognized him with anger.

Lin Yuan negotiated with Queen Medusa and the Four Great Elders after revealing that he had defeated Medusa without using his full strength. He demanded their help against a future Dou Sect enemy and access to the Snake People Race’s inheritance, then proposed joining the race so he could read it as one of their own.

• Lin Yuan demonstrated his Blood God Transformation, raising his cultivation to Two-Star Dou Huang and silencing Queen Medusa’s threats.
• The Four Great Elders confirmed Medusa’s defeat and discussed the danger Lin Yuan posed, while Medusa learned what had happened after her capture.
• Queen Medusa agreed to negotiate for the release from her seal and the removal of the poison afflicting her and Yue Mei.
• Lin Yuan asked the Snake People Race to intercept a fleeing Dou Sect enemy and let him study their records, techniques, and secret methods.
• Queen Medusa and the elders refused to share their inheritance, so Lin Yuan proposed joining the Snake People Race as a Tier Six Alchemist.

Lin Yuan negotiated entry into the Snake People Race as its Alchemy Master Elder in exchange for alchemy and access to its records and techniques. After Queen Medusa accepted his terms, he removed her poison and seal and prepared to treat Yue Mei.

• Lin Yuan offered to join the Snake People Race as an alchemist and warned Queen Medusa that refusing his deal would not stop him from pursuing what he wanted.
• Queen Medusa accepted his conditions and named him Alchemy Master Elder, and he agreed not to bring outside conflicts to the Snake People Race.
• Lin Yuan demanded a hostage take a pill before he removed the queen’s poison and seal, and the Fourth Elder volunteered and swallowed it.
• Lin Yuan removed Queen Medusa’s poison and Ancient Dragon Spirit Suppressing Seal, restoring her Peak Dou Huang strength.
• Lin Yuan asked for Yue Mei to come over so he could remove her poison.

After Lin Yuan became the Snake People Race’s Alchemy Elder, Qing Lin prepared to handle the Mo Family’s attempt to seize her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils. When Mo Cheng arrived to capture her, Qing Lin confronted him with three powerful magical beasts.

• Lin Yuan removed Yue Mei’s poison, then left for the Snake People Holy City in three days as Queen Medusa and the elders returned to the city.
• Qing Lin reviewed Lin Yuan’s booklets on intelligence and battle tactics in their old courtyard in Shimo City.
• Qing Lin told Lin Yuan that Mo Family members were monitoring her eyes and that Mo Cheng would arrive the next day; Lin Yuan agreed to let her handle the matter.
• Mo Cheng gathered his men at the Mo Family stronghold and set out to capture Qing Lin.
• Qing Lin met Mo Cheng’s party on the road, accompanied by a Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake and two other fourth-tier magical beasts, and told them she had come to keep them from damaging her home.

Qing Lin defeated the Mo Family attackers with her magical beasts, and Lin Yuan secretly watched her first battle before discussing her performance with her. Later, Lin Yuan brought Qing Lin to the Snake People Holy City to meet Queen Medusa and sent his aura toward the divine temple.

• Qing Lin commanded her magical beasts to attack the Mo Family, and Mo Cheng revealed his Mountain Breaking Arm before charging at her.
• Qing Lin used her illusion technique to distract Mo Cheng, allowing two fourth-tier serpentine beasts to sever his arm and crush him.
• Qing Lin ignored the surviving Mo Family members' pleas and ordered the beasts to kill them all, then told Little Black to bury the remains.
• Lin Yuan revealed that he had secretly watched Qing Lin's battle, praised her progress, and invited her to report and reflect on the fight.
• Lin Yuan brought Qing Lin to the Snake People Holy City, reassured her about meeting Queen Medusa, and sent his aura toward the divine temple.

Lin Yuan arrived at the Snake People Holy City and was formally appointed the Fifth Elder in charge of alchemy, receiving the token to the Medicinal Herb Repository. He challenged the Eight Great Leaders to test his appointment, and the chapter ended with him appearing behind Mo Bas and pointing a glowing finger at his heart.

• Queen Medusa welcomed Lin Yuan as the Snake People Race's new Fifth Elder, while the Four Great Elders joined the ceremony.
• Lin Yuan accepted the purple token granting him authority over the clan's medicinal herbs and pills.
• Lin Yuan invited any of the Eight Great Leaders to challenge his appointment, alone or together.
• Mo Bas stepped forward and attacked Lin Yuan, but Lin Yuan blocked his blows with ease and broke the skin between Mo Bas's thumb and forefinger through the force of his defense.
• Mo Bas tried to create distance and prepare a Dou Technique, but Lin Yuan vanished from his sight and appeared behind him, aiming a green-lit fingertip at his heart.

Lin Yuan defeated Mo Bas, secured the Snake People commanders’ obedience, and trained Qing Lin through battles in the Holy City. He and Queen Medusa then confirmed their trap for Gu He was in place, with Lin Yuan expecting the alchemist to come seeking the Heavenly Flame bait.

• Lin Yuan used Green Lotus Core Flame’s energy-compression and eruption traits to severely injure Mo Bas, then accepted the commanders’ submission and gave Mo Bas a healing pill.
• Queen Medusa noticed Lin Yuan’s improved combat control and reflected that her path to evolution depended on him.
• Qing Lin fought Snake People sparring partners while Lin Yuan watched, intending to build her combat skills and confidence.
• Queen Medusa asked Lin Yuan about Qing Lin and the news they had arranged to spread; Lin Yuan said a helper in the Imperial Capital would bring it to Gu He.
• Lin Yuan explained that he had left bait in an underground cave and expected Gu He to venture into the desert in pursuit of a Heavenly Flame.

Lin Yuan assured Queen Medusa that his schemes would not break their agreement, then turned to alchemy while plans to draw Gu He toward the Tagor Desert advanced. Meanwhile, Hai Bodong recovered to Five-Star Dou Wang and arranged for information to reach Gu He, who confirmed the likely presence of Heavenly Flames in the desert and began seeking allies.

• Queen Medusa suspected Lin Yuan’s face and name were false, but kept her suspicions to herself and asked whether his plans went beyond scheming against Gu He.
• Lin Yuan promised not to violate his agreement with Queen Medusa, then went to the medicinal herb treasury to practice techniques from Elder Yao’s Eighth-Grade Alchemist inheritance.
• Hai Bodong told Mitel Tengshan that he had recovered to Five-Star Dou Wang and learned that Tengshan was gathering requested Dou Skills and arranging for news to reach Gu He.
• Gu He received confirmation that Heavenly Flames likely existed in the Tagor Great Desert and ordered a closer investigation.
• Gu He decided he would claim the Heavenly Flames and considered recruiting helpers to deal with Medusa.

Lin Yuan refined an excellent sixth-tier high-grade Snake Marrow Bone Shedding Pill, advancing as an alchemist and resolving to keep practicing with the Snake People Race’s medicinal herbs. Meanwhile, Gu He and his companions found a cave beneath the desert near Shimo City and descended in search of a Heavenly Flame.

• Lin Yuan entered a clear mind state and refined the Snake Marrow Bone Shedding Pill, officially reaching the ranks of Sixth-Grade High-Level Alchemists.
• Lin Yuan gave the pill to the First Elder, and the elders praised its quality before leaving to report to the queen.
• Lin Yuan cultivated and reviewed his progress, deciding to use the Snake People Race’s medicinal herb repository to improve his alchemy further.
• Gu He, Yan Shi, Feng Li, and five Dou Lings searched the desert near Shimo City for the Heavenly Flame.
• Yan Shi found a cave emitting hot air, and Gu He led the group down into it.

After discovering that Queen Medusa had taken the Heavenly Flame, Gu He led a group toward the Snake People Holy City to seek an audience with her. Lin Yuan learned of their arrival and went to watch as Queen Medusa appeared before Gu He and his companions.

• Gu He learned from Yun Yun that Queen Medusa might be trying to evolve through the Heavenly Flame and decided to travel to her territory with his companions.
• Lin Yuan finished writing alchemy notes for Fire Master while Qing Lin warned him that several powerful auras were approaching the city.
• Lin Yuan took Qing Lin to watch the newcomers, while Yue Mei prepared to confront them atop the city wall.
• Gu He identified himself to Yue Mei and asked to speak with Queen Medusa.
• Queen Medusa appeared before Gu He, and the Snake People bowed to her.