Chapter Summaries

Lin Yuan and Queen Medusa killed the Mulan Three Elders and recovered the Soul Origin Fruits needed for the Heavenly Soul Pill. Lin Yuan then secretly raided Mulan Valley, seized its Beast Spirit Gathering Array and treasury, and left the weakened valley master to face the aftermath.

• Lin Yuan killed the Lion-Marked Elder, then joined Queen Medusa to kill the Tiger-Marked Elder and collected the Mulan Three Elders' bodies and spoils.
• Lin Yuan found all three parts of the Three Beast Desolation Art and gave Queen Medusa the Soul Origin Fruits needed to complete the Heavenly Soul Pill's materials.
• Lin Yuan advised Queen Medusa to stay hidden so the Snake People Race could use the elders' deaths as leverage to negotiate for land; she agreed to let him handle Mulan Valley.
• Lin Yuan infiltrated Mulan Valley, subdued the Mulan Valley Master, and plundered the treasury, including the complete Beast Spirit Gathering Array.
• Lin Yuan returned the Mulan Three Elders' heads to the Mulan Valley Master, claimed to be an avenger, and left him to lead the valley through its crisis.

Lin Yuan regrouped with Queen Medusa and Qing Lin after the Mulan Valley operation, then refined a Heavenly Soul Pill to aid Medusa’s evolution. At Icefire Valley, Medusa began her secret technique with a solitary dance before the Green Lotus Core Flame, while Lin Yuan watched.

• Lin Yuan gave Queen Medusa the antidote for the poison he had planted in the Mulan Valley Master and reunited with Qing Lin, who reported completing her mission.
• Lin Yuan told Queen Medusa he would refine her pill after two days and confirmed that Icefire Valley suited her evolution secret technique.
• Ten days later, Lin Yuan refined a high-grade Heavenly Soul Pill and gave it to Queen Medusa as the final aid for her evolution.
• Three nights afterward, Queen Medusa asked Lin Yuan about his motives, swallowed the pill, and walked toward the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Queen Medusa released her hair and danced before the flame as the pill’s medicinal strength surged through her soul; Lin Yuan watched her begin the evolution ritual.

Lin Yuan helped Queen Medusa undergo the Evolution Secret Technique, using the Green Lotus Core Flame to burn away her old body and reveal two Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python souls. After a thunderbolt struck the flame lotus, Queen Medusa evolved successfully, while both new pythons survived.

• Queen Medusa transformed into her Purple Netherflame Snake true body and plunged into the Green Lotus Core Flame to begin her evolution.
• Lin Yuan sensed two newborn souls within the flames and reshaped the fire into an azure lotus, feeding them prepared spiritual medicines.
• Lin Yuan used the Spirit Gathering Technique to awaken the weaker soul, and both Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python souls began forming bodies.
• A silver thunderbolt struck the azure flame lotus, after which the two Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Pythons appeared and the Green Lotus Core Flame returned to its Origin Flame Seed form.
• The proud-eyed Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python transformed back into Queen Medusa, who had evolved successfully.

After Queen Medusa completed her evolution, Lin Yuan met the newly independent Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python and named her Little Cai. He gave her a Form Transformation Pill, and she became a young girl who called him Father and asked whether Medusa was her Mother or older sister.

• Queen Medusa stabilized after her evolution, dressed herself, and questioned Lin Yuan about his interest in the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python.
• The newly born snake showed affection toward Lin Yuan, who recognized her strength and explained that he had helped create her as an independent life.
• Lin Yuan fed Little Cai Fire Spirit Marrow and named her, while Queen Medusa watched with complicated feelings.
• Lin Yuan gave Little Cai the Form Transformation Pill, and she transformed from a giant snake into a young girl resembling Queen Medusa.
• Little Cai called Lin Yuan Father and asked Queen Medusa whether she was her Mother or older sister.

Queen Medusa accepted Little Cai’s choice to call her mother, and Lin Yuan revealed his true appearance before introducing Little Cai to Qing Lin. The group reunited, and Queen Medusa decided Qing Lin might inherit the Snake People Race’s vacant Jade-Green Snake Three-Flower Pupil Legacy.

• Queen Medusa told Little Cai she could choose what to call her, and Little Cai asked to call her mother.
• Lin Yuan revealed his youthful true appearance after Queen Medusa asked him to remove his disguise.
• Lin Yuan, Queen Medusa, and Little Cai left to meet Qing Lin, and Lin Yuan hinted that Qing Lin could become Little Cai’s closest partner.
• Little Cai greeted Qing Lin warmly, and Qing Lin returned her affection.
• Queen Medusa decided that Qing Lin might be suited to inherit the Snake People Race’s vacant Jade-Green Snake Three-Flower Pupil Legacy.

Lin Yuan agreed to raise Little Cai, and Queen Medusa offered him the Snake People Race’s Jade-Green Snake Three-Flower Pupil Legacy for Qing Lin. After defeating the Mystic Ice Green Scaled Flood Dragon and returning toward the Tagor Great Desert, Lin Yuan decided to visit Jia Ma Holy City to seek a breakthrough in Soul Power.

• Queen Medusa asked Lin Yuan to care for Little Cai and promised to give him the Jade-Green Snake Three-Flower Pupil Legacy.
• Lin Yuan and Queen Medusa went to the Mystic Ice Pool, where Lin Yuan collected Ice Jade Marrow and Queen Medusa killed the Mystic Ice Green Scaled Flood Dragon.
• Lin Yuan returned with Queen Medusa and found Qing Lin and Little Cai getting along, then cooked a celebratory meal using the flood dragon.
• The group left the Mulan Empire the next morning, with Qing Lin cultivating, Little Cai sleeping in beast form, and Queen Medusa consolidating her cultivation.
• Lin Yuan reasoned that increasing his Soul Power might help him break through to Dou Emperor and decided to travel to Jia Ma Holy City.

Lin Yuan reflected on how the soul, dou qi, and flesh supported one another and decided to strengthen his Soul Power to seek a breakthrough to Dou Emperor. After parting from Queen Medusa and leaving Little Cai in her care, he headed with Qing Lin toward Jia Ma Holy City to pursue three tasks.

• Lin Yuan concluded that strengthening his Soul Power was his best path toward the opportunity to break through to Dou Emperor.
• Lin Yuan and Queen Medusa exchanged teasing words until Little Cai appeared and said she was hungry.
• Lin Yuan found that Little Cai had refined all the energy from her treasures and fed her Fire Spirit Marrow.
• Queen Medusa agreed to care for Little Cai and promised Lin Yuan the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils inheritance, while reminding him of their battle agreement.
• Lin Yuan and Queen Medusa reaffirmed that they would fight on his next visit, then Queen Medusa flew toward Snake People Holy City with Little Cai.
• Lin Yuan flew with Qing Lin toward Jia Ma Holy City, planning to meet Hai Bodong, contact Yun Shan, and obtain the Nalan Family's Seven Illusory Green Spirit Saliva.

Lin Yuan and Qing Lin reached Jia Ma Holy City and secretly established a communication line with Yun Shan, learning about the Hall of Souls and helping him prepare to remove his restriction. After Nalan Yanran won the Misty Cloud Sect competition, Lin Yuan and Qing Lin changed their appearances and entered the city together.

• Lin Yuan and Qing Lin arrived at Jia Ma Holy City, and Qing Lin contacted the Purple Jade Scale Snake so Lin Yuan could reach Yun Shan.
• Lin Yuan asked Yun Shan about Protector Wu, the desert incident, and the Hall of Souls’ investigation of the Xiao Clan, then promised to help remove Yun Shan’s restriction and agreed to look after Yun Yun.
• Nalan Yanran defeated her opponent with Extreme Wind: Setting Sun Slash and won first place in the sect competition, while Yun Shan considered how her progress might support his feigned-death plan.
• Lin Yuan changed his appearance to resemble Hai Bodong, and Qing Lin adopted a disguise inspired by herself, Lin Yuan, and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Lin Yuan invited Qing Lin to explore the city with him, and they entered Jia Ma Holy City together.

Lin Yuan and Qing Lin explored Jia Ma Holy City, then visited the Mittel Family auction house using Hai Bodong’s command token. Hai Bodong and Mitel Tengshan welcomed Lin Yuan, who offered to help restore Hai Bodong’s strength with a medicinal pill.

• Lin Yuan bought Qing Lin a green hairpin and chose another for Xiao Yi Xian.
• Lin Yuan bought a purple hair tie for Queen Medusa as he and Qing Lin continued sightseeing.
• At the auction house, Fei Lei recognized Hai Bodong’s highest-level Sea Character Token and reported the visitors to Mitel Tengshan.
• Mitel Tengshan confirmed the token and hurried to tell Hai Bodong, who went with him to meet Lin Yuan.
• Lin Yuan greeted Hai Bodong and noted that he had recovered to One-Star Dou Huang, then offered to refine a pill to help restore his strength.

Lin Yuan rewarded Hai Bodong and Mitel Tengshan for the Mittel Family’s successful search for rare resources, including an Earth Spirit Root that completed the ingredients for his Emperor Reaching Pill. He then arranged a secret communication line to the Black Corner Region and secured a quiet residence, leaving the Mittel Family eager to serve him.

• Mitel Tengshan reported that the Mittel Family had collected many requested items, including an Earth Spirit Root, rare Dou Skills, and an incomplete formation inheritance.
• Lin Yuan realized the Earth Spirit Root completed the ingredients for his Emperor Reaching Pill and said his breakthrough to Dou Emperor was approaching.
• Lin Yuan gave Hai Bodong Ice Jade Marrow and Mitel Tengshan a Dou Spirit Pill as thanks for their cooperation.
• Lin Yuan asked Mitel Tengshan to establish a discreet weekly communication line between the Jia Ma Empire and a designated location in the Black Corner Region, and Mitel Tengshan agreed to oversee it personally.
• Lin Yuan requested a secret, quiet residence for himself and Qing Lin, while Hai Bodong and Mitel Tengshan were astonished by Qing Lin’s five-star Dou Master cultivation.

Lin Yuan planned his next steps while staying at the Mittel Family headquarters and examined several soundwave and illusion Dou Skills. He decided to return to Jia Nan Academy with Qing Lin and study the skills on the journey, while preparing to break through to Dou Huang there.

• Hai Bodong and Mitel Tengshan discussed Lin Yuan’s formidable nature and agreed that the Mittel Family should diligently fulfill his requests.
• Lin Yuan reviewed the Emperor Reaching Pill formula and decided that Jia Nan Academy was the safest place for his future breakthrough to Dou Huang.
• Lin Yuan planned to have the Mittel Family relay Yun Shan’s coded signals to the Black Corner Region while he was away from the Jia Ma Empire.
• Lin Yuan resolved to return to Jia Nan Academy, keep his promise to Zi Yan, and bring Qing Lin back with him.
• Lin Yuan examined five Dou Skills and chose Illusionary Pupil for Qing Lin to learn, while planning to practice Illusionary Sound Bewildering Heart, Frenzied Dragon Roar, and Heavenly Dragon Chant himself.

Lin Yuan stole the Seven Illusory Green Spirit Saliva from the Nalan Family and cured Nalan Jie’s Searing Poison in exchange. He returned to Qing Lin and told her they would leave for Jia Nan Academy the next morning, a place he considered home.

• After two days of gathering intelligence with Qing Lin, Lin Yuan regained enough soul power to summon a second shadow clone and infiltrated the Nalan Family.
• Lin Yuan took the Seven Illusory Green Spirit Saliva, then knocked Nalan Jie unconscious and carried him outside Jia Ma Holy City.
• Lin Yuan used the Green Lotus Core Flame to remove Nalan Jie’s Searing Poison, collected the extracted poison, and left him a letter asking him to keep quiet and delay announcing his recovery for a month.
• Nalan Jie woke, read Lin Yuan’s letter, and decided to follow its instructions rather than provoke the powerful alchemist who had cured him.
• Lin Yuan returned to Qing Lin and told her they would leave for Jia Nan Academy the next morning, saying it should be a place he could call home.

Lin Yuan left the Jia Ma Empire with Qing Lin, trained her across the Black Domain Great Plains, and established a communication endpoint in Peace Town. They reached Jia Nan Academy, where Lin Yuan happily announced his return.

• Lin Yuan sent a Winged Snake King to deliver a storage ring to Queen Medusa and spoke with Yun Shan about his departure, intelligence, and their agreements.
• Lin Yuan and Qing Lin flew to the Black Domain Great Plains, where Qing Lin was shocked by the oppressive atmosphere and Lin Yuan reassured her about Jia Nan Academy.
• Lin Yuan guided Qing Lin through a month of training across the plains, letting her face storms, bandits, and other dangers with little help from him.
• Lin Yuan set up a communication endpoint in Peace Town, then traveled with Qing Lin to Jia Nan Academy and greeted the academy as he returned.

Lin Yuan returned to Jia Nan Academy with Qing Lin and arranged for her to join, revealing her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to Vice Dean Hu Gan. Hu Gan agreed to seek special training for her and discuss placing her in the Inner Academy, while Lin Yuan left to visit Elder Huo.

• Lin Yuan reunited with Hu Jia in Jia Nan City, and she hurried away on urgent business after greeting him and Qing Lin.
• Lin Yuan introduced Qing Lin to Vice Dean Hu Gan and vouched for her admission to Jia Nan Academy.
• Hu Gan was astonished by Qing Lin's near-Nine-Star Dou Master cultivation and learned she had reached Eight-Star Dou Master in a year.
• Lin Yuan revealed Qing Lin's Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, and Hu Gan promised the academy would devise a special training plan for her.
• Lin Yuan proposed that Qing Lin join him in the Inner Academy because she could control fifth-tier snake-type magical beasts, and Hu Gan agreed to raise the matter with the Great Elder.
• Lin Yuan and Qing Lin left to visit Elder Huo, while Hu Gan reflected on the pupils' connection to Heavenly Snake Mansion.

Lin Yuan visited Elder Huo and shared alchemy notes before helping Qing Lin break through to Da Dou Shi. Jia Nan Academy's leaders agreed to enroll and protect Qing Lin, and the chapter ended as she arrived at the Scripture Depository Pavilion to claim a reward.

• Lin Yuan visited his old Outer Academy courtyard with Qing Lin, then went to see Elder Huo and revealed that he had subdued the Green Lotus Core Flame and become a Sixth-Grade Advanced Alchemist.
• Lin Yuan gave Elder Huo handwritten alchemy notes and invited him to observe his upcoming refinement of an Emperor Reaching Pill.
• Lin Yuan gave Qing Lin a Spirit Essence Marrow Cleansing Pill, which helped her break through from Nine-Star Dou Master to one-star Da Dou Shi.
• Hu Gan, Su Qian, Elder Huo, Qian Mu, and Bai Lie agreed that Qing Lin should join Jia Nan Academy's Hero Forging Plan, enter the Inner Academy with Lin Yuan, and have her identity kept secret.
• The next day, Qing Lin arrived at the Scripture Depository Pavilion under Hu Gan's lead to receive a reward and have her aptitude examined.

Qing Lin obtained a damaged scroll containing the incomplete Heavenly Heart Soul Technique and a rare Di Class pupil technique from the Library Pavilion. Lin Yuan recognized the soul cultivation method’s value and began studying it, while the chapter ended with him discovering Qing Lin’s second gift.

• Qian Mu and Bai Lie examined Qing Lin, praised her stable breakthrough to one-star Da Dou Shi, and sent her into the Library Pavilion to seek an opportunity.
• Qing Lin returned with a damaged wordless scroll, and Qian Mu gave her an ancient scroll before she left with Hu Gan.
• Qing Lin showed Lin Yuan the damaged scroll, and he used his Soul Power to uncover the incomplete Heavenly Heart Soul Technique inside.
• Lin Yuan studied the technique and concluded that soul cultivation depended on sensing and absorbing spiritual aura, then planned to study and refine the method.
• Qing Lin gave Lin Yuan the second scroll from Qian Mu and Bai Lie, and he recognized it as a rare Di Class pupil technique.

Lin Yuan studied the Heavenly Illusionary Spirit Bright True Pupil technique and planned Qing Lin’s next training steps. On their way to the Inner Academy, he reunited with Zi Yan and agreed to take her along on future outings.

• Lin Yuan examined the three realms of Heavenly Illusionary Spirit Bright True Pupil and concluded that Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils suited it, though she would need to build her foundations with Illusionary Pupil.
• Lin Yuan took Qing Lin through the gate to the Inner Academy and headed toward its Student Area.
• Lin Yuan sensed Zi Yan approaching, landed with Qing Lin, and waited for her to arrive.
• Zi Yan pretended to greet Lin Yuan warmly, then punched him to invoke their agreement that he would take her along the next time he went out.
• Lin Yuan reminded Zi Yan of their agreement, and she insisted that he bring her on future outings; he agreed, and their familiarity returned.

Lin Yuan reunited with Zi Yan, gave her pills and medicinal herbs, and introduced her to Qing Lin, who quickly bonded with her. He returned to the academy, agreed to help with its future needs concerning heavenly flames, and went back to his courtyard to celebrate with a meal.

• Lin Yuan found that Zi Yan had advanced to the strength of a tier 5 advanced magical beast, and she asked him to bring her along on his next trip and complained that she needed more food.
• Lin Yuan gave Zi Yan a storage ring filled with pills and rare medicinal herbs, and Zi Yan teased Qing Lin by calling her his sister-in-law.
• Lin Yuan introduced Qing Lin and Zi Yan, and the two walked together toward Great Elder Su Qian's residence, chatting and getting along.
• Great Elder Su Qian praised Lin Yuan for subduing a heavenly flame and becoming a sixth-grade advanced alchemist, then warned Zi Yan not to raid the medicinal herb repository again.
• Lin Yuan told Great Elder Su Qian he planned to break through to Dou Emperor at the academy and agreed to help with academy matters; afterward, he took Qing Lin and Zi Yan to his courtyard and offered to cook.

Lin Yuan tempered his Dou Qi in the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower and sealed a portion of the Fallen Heart Flame, then refined an Emperor Reaching Pill with Elder Huo observing. With his cultivation at the limit of Dou Wang and the pill ready, he prepared to enter seclusion and break through to Dou Emperor.

• Lin Yuan shared stories of the outside world with Zi Yan and Qing Lin, promised to take Zi Yan to meet Medusa and Little Cai, and planned his next steps toward reaching Dou Emperor.
• Lin Yuan helped Qing Lin establish a cultivation plan and accompanied Zi Yan to the back mountain to retrieve treasures before entering the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower.
• Lin Yuan provoked the Fallen Heart Flame into projecting heart flame into his body, tempered his Dou Qi for half a month, and sealed its split soul in a Heart Flame Bead as he reached the limit of Dou Wang.
• Lin Yuan returned to find Qing Lin studying the Heavenly Illusionary Spirit Bright True Pupil and Zi Yan sleeping while digesting medicinal treasures; Qing Lin could not control the snake-shaped soul in the Heart Flame Bead.
• Lin Yuan taught Qing Lin how to train her soul power and then refined an Emperor Reaching Pill while Elder Huo watched and gained an insight into alchemy.
• Elder Huo left to pursue his realization, and Lin Yuan prepared to enter seclusion to increase his soul power and break through to Dou Emperor.

Lin Yuan prepared for a half-year to year-long seclusion to break through to Dou Emperor, making arrangements for Zi Yan and Qing Lin before entering a cave in the Inner Academy. The story left him beginning his seclusion, determined not to emerge until he became a Dou Emperor.

• Lin Yuan praised Zi Yan’s growth to Nine-Star Dou Wang and told her he would prepare enough pills for her before his seclusion.
• Lin Yuan gave Qing Lin a one-year cultivation plan, asked her to relay Mittel Family intelligence through the Sky Dome Network, and helped her subdue snake-type magical beasts.
• Lin Yuan, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan found the Azure Water Spirit Dew at Thousand Falls Lake, and Lin Yuan spared the Tier 6 Azure Water Snake King as a future dependent for Qing Lin.
• Lin Yuan refined a year’s supply of pills for Zi Yan and cultivation pills for Qing Lin, then entrusted their care to Great Elder Su Qian.
• Lin Yuan entered a fire-element-rich cave dwelling in the Inner Academy to begin his breakthrough seclusion.