Chapter Summaries

Queen Medusa turned against Gu He and his group after Lin Yuan signaled her to attack. She defeated Gu He and pursued the remaining Jia Ma Empire experts as Yun Yun tried to protect them.

• Gu He offered Queen Medusa two sixth-grade Dou Spirit Pills and a seventh-grade Form Transformation Pill in exchange for the Heavenly Flames.
• Lin Yuan told Qing Lin about the Jia Ma Empire experts and secretly urged Queen Medusa to attack, promising to help her with a matter she had mentioned before.
• Queen Medusa declared that the intruders must die or surrender, and Yun Yun revealed herself as the Cloud Mist Sect Master and defended Gu He from an energy bolt.
• Yun Yun trapped Queen Medusa with a wind barrier while the others fled, but Queen Medusa broke through and sped after Gu He.
• Queen Medusa pierced Gu He's Purple Fire Fierce Eagle, shattered his Dou Qi defense, and knocked him unconscious.

Lin Yuan ambushed and captured Yun Yun after Queen Medusa subdued Gu He, then provoked Medusa to strengthen her resolve to evolve through the Heavenly Flame. Medusa deduced that Lin Yuan had lured the Misty Cloud Sect members out as bait and suspected Yun Shan had reached the Dou Zong realm.

• Queen Medusa threw the unconscious Gu He to Yue Mei and pursued Yun Yun as Yun Yun fled across the desert.
• Lin Yuan intercepted Yun Yun, injured her, sealed her cultivation down to a two-star Dou Wang, knocked her unconscious, and gave her a medicinal pill.
• Lin Yuan mocked Queen Medusa for struggling against her opponents and deliberately strengthened her determination to evolve through the Heavenly Flame.
• Queen Medusa realized Lin Yuan had likely used Gu He and Yun Yun as bait to draw out Yun Shan.
• Queen Medusa concluded that Yun Shan might have secretly broken through to the Dou Zong realm.

Lin Yuan revealed that Yun Shan was his target and claimed the right to Gu He's Form Transformation Pill, while Queen Medusa challenged his claim. News of the captives reached the Misty Cloud Sect, where Yun Leng decided to seek help from Yun Shan, unaware that Yun Shan’s breakthrough was part of Lin Yuan’s plan.

• Lin Yuan confirmed to Queen Medusa that Yun Shan was his target and explained that enmity was not always his reason for scheming.
• Lin Yuan and Queen Medusa disputed who should receive Gu He's Form Transformation Pill, and Medusa flew back to the Snake People Holy City.
• Several days later, news spread that Queen Medusa had captured Gu He, Yun Yun, Yan Shi, and five Dou Spirits, while Feng Li escaped.
• Yun Xiong confirmed the capture to Yun Leng, who rejected the idea of negotiating without a powerful ally.
• Yun Leng went to the back mountain to report the matter to Yun Shan, and Yun Shan invited him up.

Yun Shan learned that Yun'er and Gu He had been detained by the Snake People and resolved to confront Queen Medusa and Old Monster Jia. Lin Yuan awaited Yun Shan’s arrival, revealing that he had planned to use Yun Shan as the entry point for his schemes involving Protector Wu and the Xiao Clan’s ancient jade.

• Yun Leng reported to Yun Shan that Yun'er and Gu He had been captured by the Snake People, and Yun Shan said he would handle the matter personally.
• Protector Wu appeared to mock Yun Shan and remind him that the Hall of Souls had enabled his breakthrough, while Yun Shan agreed to cooperate despite his anger.
• After Protector Wu departed, Yun Shan decided to take his anger out on Medusa and Old Monster Jia and looked forward to proving his strength.
• Queen Medusa asked Lin Yuan how he would respond if Yun Shan came, and Lin Yuan said he would face him directly.
• Lin Yuan explained that he had avoided Wu Tan City and the Misty Cloud Sect while preparing to use Yun Shan to advance his plans concerning Protector Wu and the Xiao Clan’s ancient jade.

Lin Yuan explained how he had arranged to draw Yun Shan into the Tagor Great Desert alone and discussed his confidence in facing him with Queen Medusa. He then gave Medusa an evolution plan and a liability waiver, leaving her furious as she prepared for the dangerous procedure.

• Lin Yuan had used Gu He and Yun Yun as bait, publicized their capture, and arranged circumstances to draw Yun Shan away from the Misty Cloud Sect without Protector Wu.
• Lin Yuan and Queen Medusa drank together, and Medusa guessed that pills would help Lin Yuan face Yun Shan; he awarded her the ransom proceeds for guessing correctly.
• Queen Medusa offered Qing Lin a place as the Snake People Race's eldest princess, but Qing Lin refused and chose to remain Lin Yuan's maid.
• Lin Yuan postponed helping Medusa evolve with a Heavenly Flame until after Yun Shan was dealt with and gave her a detailed evolution plan to prepare.
• Lin Yuan handed Medusa a liability waiver stating that she would bear responsibility if the evolution failed, and she reacted with icy anger.

Lin Yuan prepared to face Yun Shan, while Yun Shan’s breakthrough to Dou Sect shook the Jia Ma Empire and brought him to the Tagor Great Desert. After Queen Medusa’s attack failed against Yun Shan, she led him to Lin Yuan, who had been waiting with Yun Yun and Gu He.

• Queen Medusa signed Lin Yuan’s agreement, and Lin Yuan wrote out ten advantages he believed would let him defeat Yun Shan.
• News spread that Yun Shan had become the Jia Ma Empire’s only Dou Sect, and Jia Xingtian warned Yaoye to stop publicizing the Cloud Mist Sect Master’s capture.
• Yun Shan entered the Tagor Great Desert and confronted Queen Medusa, who challenged him to test his new strength.
• Yun Shan stopped Queen Medusa’s Sky Rainbow Sword Qi with his Wall of Wind, demonstrating the gap between Dou Huang and Dou Sect.
• Queen Medusa led Yun Shan to an oasis, where he found Yun Yun and Gu He safe beside Lin Yuan.
• Lin Yuan greeted Yun Shan and said he had been waiting for him.

Lin Yuan confronted Yun Shan over the Misty Cloud Sect’s danger and proposed cooperation, wagering that Yun Shan could not withstand one move. In the desert, Lin Yuan stacked several power-enhancing methods and reached Nine-Star Dou Huang before launching his attack.

• Lin Yuan asked Queen Medusa to keep others away and promised to remove the Fourth Elder’s poison after the matter was settled.
• Lin Yuan admitted he had arranged Yun Yun and Gu He’s detention to bring Yun Shan to him, then warned that the Hall of Souls threatened Yun Shan and the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Lin Yuan offered to free Yun Yun and Gu He if Yun Shan endured one move; Yun Shan accepted, and they moved to a distant sea of sand.
• Lin Yuan used the Origin Breaking Qi Enhancing Pill, Qi Origin Transformation, Blood Origin Transformation, and Clear Mind State, raising his aura to Nine-Star Dou Huang.

Lin Yuan defeated Yun Shan with the Sun Radiance Seal, then sealed Yun Shan’s cultivation and negotiated to meet at an oasis to discuss cooperation. The chapter ended with Lin Yuan inviting Yun Shan to sit and drink as they talked about the future.

• Lin Yuan raised his cultivation to Nine-Star Dou Huang and used the Sun Radiance Seal to break through Yun Shan’s layered Wall of Wind, leaving Yun Shan weakened.
• The Four Great Elders of the Snake People Race stirred the desert’s World Energy to conceal the battle, while Medusa watched from beside the Fourth Elder.
• Lin Yuan sealed Yun Shan’s cultivation at Three-Star Dou Huang, then sealed most of the remaining medicinal power in his body and returned to Three-Star Dou Huang himself.
• Lin Yuan warned Yun Shan against scheming and led him to the oasis, where Yun Shan realized he could not escape the four elders’ presence.
• Lin Yuan and Yun Shan found Yun Yun and Gu He still asleep, and Lin Yuan invited Yun Shan to share wine while they discussed cooperation and the future.

Lin Yuan forced Yun Shan to record himself cursing the Hun Clan and Soul Palace figures as proof of his sincerity toward their cooperation. With the recordings sent away, Lin Yuan turned to discussing the terms of their partnership.

• Lin Yuan argued that sparing Yun Shan, Yun Yun, and Gu He had saved them and the Misty Cloud Sect, and asked Yun Shan to prove his sincerity.
• Lin Yuan gave Yun Shan a booklet naming powerful Hun Clan and Soul Palace figures and demanded that he read its insults before Image Stones.
• Yun Shan refused, fearing the recordings could bring the Soul Palace down on him, but Lin Yuan insisted that refusal meant death for Yun Shan and the others.
• After Yun Shan failed to break Lin Yuan's seal, he agreed to read the booklet and angrily cursed the named figures for the Image Stones.
• Lin Yuan sent the recordings with a Black Rock Ink Snake to the young lady and the Central Plains, then began discussing cooperation with Yun Shan.

Lin Yuan revealed that the Soul Palace had hidden a soul-control incantation in Yun Shan and explained how the Misty Cloud Sect had been drawn into the conflict between the Hun Clan and the Xiao Clan. Yun Shan realized the Soul Palace had left his sect to bear the consequences of targeting the Xiao family, and ended the conversation cursing the Soul Palace and the clans involved.

• Lin Yuan examined Yun Shan and found a hidden incantation fused into his soul, then promised to study how to remove it.
• Yun Shan told Lin Yuan that the Soul Palace was interested in the Xiao Clan of Wu Tan City, and Lin Yuan explained the Eight Ancient Clans and their ties to the Soul Palace.
• Lin Yuan revealed that the Soul Palace served the Hun Clan and that the Xiao family descended from the fallen Xiao Clan, which was allied with the powerful Gu Clan.
• Yun Shan understood that the Soul Palace intended for the Misty Cloud Sect to face retaliation if it destroyed the Xiao family, while refusing the Soul Palace's orders would also put his sect at risk.
• Yun Shan cursed the Soul Palace, Hun Clan, Xiao family, and Xiao Clan, while Lin Yuan concluded that he had stirred Yun Shan's hatred toward the Soul Palace.

Lin Yuan and Yun Shan reached a cooperation to free the Misty Cloud Sect from the Hall of Souls’ influence and its involvement in the Emperor Clan Conflict. Yun Shan agreed to gather intelligence on Protector Wu and keep Lin Yuan informed about matters involving the Xiao Clan and the Hall of Souls.

• Lin Yuan explained that Yun Shan’s three problems were the Image Stone, the restriction on his soul body, and the Misty Cloud Sect’s entanglement with the Hall of Souls.
• Lin Yuan promised to keep the Image Stone secret as long as Yun Shan honored their cooperation and said he would eventually remove the soul restriction.
• Lin Yuan proposed that Yun Shan feign death at the right time so the Hall of Souls would lose its connection to the Misty Cloud Sect, with Lin Yuan acting as the powerful enemy who supposedly killed him.
• Yun Shan revealed that only Protector Wu had contacted him and that Protector Wu was stronger than he was.
• Lin Yuan asked Yun Shan to collect information on Protector Wu, pass him information when needed, and report any news or orders related to the Xiao Clan and the Hall of Souls.
• Lin Yuan gave Yun Shan a notebook and a purple jade ring for their communications, and Yun Shan asked if the ring was a magical beast.

Lin Yuan secured Yun Shan as an informant and returned to the Snake People Holy City, where he removed the Fourth Elder’s poison and discussed finding the Soul Origin Fruit for the Heavenly Soul Pill. Meanwhile, Yun Shan concealed his defiance of the Hall of Souls and began preparing for the Misty Cloud Sect’s survival if Lin Yuan’s plan failed.

• Lin Yuan released Yun Shan, Gu He, and Yun Yun after agreeing to cooperate with Yun Shan, then returned to Queen Medusa and called his battle with Yun Shan a draw.
• Lin Yuan returned to the Alchemy Hall, reassured Qing Lin, and removed the Fourth Elder’s poison the next day.
• Queen Medusa told Lin Yuan she had nearly all the Heavenly Soul Pill ingredients except the Soul Origin Fruit, and Lin Yuan explained where it might grow.
• Protector Wu demanded Gu He’s soul, and Yun Shan persuaded him to let Gu He remain in the Misty Cloud Sect for now.
• After Protector Wu left, Yun Shan resolved to help Lin Yuan once his soul restriction was removed and began preparing for the Misty Cloud Sect’s possible downfall.

Yun Shan exiled Yun Yun for ten years after her defeat, while she left the Misty Cloud Sect and he resolved to protect the sect through the coming crisis. In the Snake People Holy City, Lin Yuan combined Afterimage Clone with Soul Clone to create a long-lasting helper for studying and cultivation.

• Yun Shan stripped Yun Yun of her position as sect master and exiled her, allowing her to return only if she reached the Dou Sect realm within ten years.
• Yun Yun comforted Nalan Yanran, asked Gu He to look after her and the Misty Cloud Sect, then departed on her azure Dou Qi wings.
• Yun Shan watched Yun Yun leave and decided to contact Lin Yuan, hoping he would look after her if they met.
• Lin Yuan formed an Afterimage Clone, infused it with Soul Power, and tested whether it could study a Snake People Race secret art while he cultivated.
• The Energy Clone returned its knowledge and insights to Lin Yuan, confirming that the combined clone could assist with cultivation and learning.

Yun Shan tightened Nalan Yanran’s training while secretly cooperating with the Hall of Souls, and he worried about powerful figures connected to the Xiao family. Lin Yuan learned of Yun Yun’s exile, kept his dealings with Yun Shan from Queen Medusa, and turned his attention to finding the Soul Origin Fruit in the Mulan Empire and studying Mulan Valley’s Three Beast Desolation Art.

• Yun Shan ordered Nalan Yanran to increase her training by fifty percent, then doubled her workload for the week and sent her away to cultivate.
• Protector Wu praised Yun Shan for exiling Yun Yun and told him to await further orders from the Hall of Souls, while Yun Shan privately dismissed the protector’s power as dependent on the Hall’s backing.
• Yun Shan recalled Ge Ye’s account of a girl connected to Xiao Yan who had intimidated him, and suspected powerful experts were watching the Xiao family.
• Queen Medusa told Lin Yuan that Yun Yun had been exiled and forbidden to return until she reached Dou Sect, and Lin Yuan recognized Yun Shan’s decision as a survival strategy.
• Lin Yuan refused to tell Queen Medusa what he had discussed with Yun Shan, then asked her about nearby Soul Origin Fruit; she revealed a lead in the Mulan Empire.
• Lin Yuan resolved to visit Mulan Valley to obtain and study the Three Beast Desolation Art, which he thought might benefit Qing Lin.

Lin Yuan agreed to accompany Queen Medusa to Icefire Valley, where she hoped to undergo evolution with a Heavenly Flame. They set a battle agreement for after her evolution, and planned to depart in half a month so Lin Yuan could grow stronger first.

• Queen Medusa told Lin Yuan that Icefire Valley had an unusual mixture of ice and volcanic fire and lay near Mulan Valley, whose elders could combine their techniques to wield Dou Sect-level power.
• Lin Yuan agreed to help Queen Medusa visit the valley and admitted he wanted to seize Mulan Valley's technique to strengthen himself and pursue his goal of becoming a Dou Di.
• Queen Medusa said she pursued evolution to lead the Snake People Race out of the desert and added that she now also wanted to defeat Lin Yuan in a fair fight.
• Lin Yuan and Queen Medusa struck hands to formalize their future duel and agreed the winner could make any request of the loser.
• They set their departure for half a month later, when Lin Yuan expected to reach Peak Dou Wang, and he advised Queen Medusa to bring the materials for her evolution ritual.

Lin Yuan perfected the Shadow Clone Dou Technique, reached peak Dou Wang, and prepared to travel to the Mulan Empire with Queen Medusa and Qing Lin. The three set off on an Azure Sky Profound Eagle to pursue a breakthrough opportunity for Medusa, despite the danger of encountering the Mulan Three Elders.

• Lin Yuan combined the Remnant Soul Clone and Soul Clone techniques into the Shadow Clone Dou Technique, allowing two long-lasting clones to study and research for him.
• After half a month of cultivation, Lin Yuan broke through from late Nine-Star Dou Wang to peak Dou Wang using the Heavenly Capital Fire Canon.
• Lin Yuan recalled his clones and absorbed their findings, learning that Qing Lin had completed her combat training and begun transmitting messages with soul power.
• Lin Yuan met Queen Medusa and Qing Lin at the agreed location, and Medusa worried that Qing Lin would be endangered by the Mulan Three Elders.
• Queen Medusa confirmed that she had arranged the tribe's affairs and remained determined to seek a breakthrough, so Lin Yuan, Medusa, and Qing Lin flew toward the Mulan Empire on the Azure Sky Profound Eagle.

Lin Yuan and his companions arrived at Icefire Valley, where he discovered that the Soul Origin Fruits had already been taken. After finding an unconscious Ice Flame Jade Snake, he brought Qing Lin forward to reveal her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to Queen Medusa.

• Lin Yuan gave Queen Medusa Earth Flame Lotus Seeds and a wisp of Green Lotus Core Flame to help her prepare for evolution, then used Shadow Clones to study alchemy and refine the Setting Sun Divine Arrow.
• Lin Yuan taught Qing Lin Soul Communication and studied the Tactical Code with her as their group traveled toward Icefire Valley.
• After ten days, Lin Yuan inspected the valley and found traces showing that two Soul Origin Fruits had recently been picked, likely by people from Mulan Valley.
• Lin Yuan uncovered and knocked unconscious an Ice Flame Jade Snake, then caught Qing Lin as she jumped from the flying beast.
• At Lin Yuan's encouragement, Qing Lin approached the snake and revealed her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, startling Queen Medusa.

In Mulan Valley, Qing Lin used her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to subdue the Ice Flame Jade Snake and learned that the Mulan Three Elders had taken the Soul Origin Fruit. As Qing Lin began breaking through, Lin Yuan and Queen Medusa discussed confronting Mulan Valley and learned about its Beast Spirit Gathering Array.

• Queen Medusa recognized Qing Lin's Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and recalled the Snake People Race's ancient promise to grant their bearer status equal to the queen.
• Qing Lin subdued the Ice Flame Jade Snake and learned that three powerful humans had defeated the Arctic Ice Wolf King and taken the Soul Origin Fruit two months earlier.
• Lin Yuan identified the three humans as likely the Mulan Three Elders, while Qing Lin began breaking through toward Four-Star Dou Master after subduing the snake.
• Lin Yuan and Queen Medusa discussed their shared reasons to deal with Mulan Valley, and Queen Medusa warned him about its Beast Spirit Gathering Array.

Lin Yuan prepared Queen Medusa and Qing Lin to help him lure out and defeat the Mulan Three Elders, using Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils in an unconventional battle plan. The three elders remained in seclusion in Mulan Valley, but Lin Yuan expected them to emerge soon.

• Lin Yuan and Queen Medusa agreed to target all three Mulan Elders together and share the effort and spoils, while Qing Lin broke through to Four-Star Dou Master.
• Lin Yuan recruited Qing Lin for a supporting role in the coming battle and planned to have her control snake-type magical beasts rather than fight the elders directly.
• Three days later, Lin Yuan gave Queen Medusa a Purple Jade Scale Snake bracelet and booklets detailing a covert communication method and his combat plan.
• Queen Medusa studied the plan, judged it feasible, and agreed to master the communication method and scout the planned positions with Lin Yuan.
• Lin Yuan reported that the Mulan Three Elders were secluded in Mulan Valley and would emerge before long.

Lin Yuan and Queen Medusa lured the Mulan Three Elders into a coordinated ambush, using long-range attacks and communications to prevent them from escaping. The Bear-Marked Elder died, the Lion-Marked Elder was wounded, and the Tiger-Marked Elder fled toward Mulan Valley as Queen Medusa pursued him.

• Lin Yuan and Queen Medusa planned a swift ambush to stop the Mulan Three Elders from retreating to Mulan Valley.
• Queen Medusa fought the Mystic Ice Green Scaled Flood Dragon to draw the Mulan Three Elders toward Icefire Valley, and they joined their strength with the Three Beast Desolation Art to pursue her.
• Lin Yuan prepared a powerful arrow inside the volcano, then launched it while flying to meet Queen Medusa and the pursuing elders.
• Lin Yuan redirected the arrow toward the Bear-Marked Elder while striking the Lion-Marked Elder with the Sun Radiance Seal, and Queen Medusa attacked the Tiger-Marked Elder.
• The Bear-Marked Elder died, the Lion-Marked Elder was wounded, and the Tiger-Marked Elder fled after the Three Beast Desolation Art dissolved.
• Lin Yuan told Queen Medusa to pursue the Tiger-Marked Elder and keep him occupied while he dealt with the Lion-Marked Elder.