Recaps

Lu Yunxiao escaped the fortress after Yue Mei stopped the snake-people from shooting at him, but Queen Medusa intercepted him in flight. She confirmed that she intended to kill him.

• Lu Yunxiao armored himself with Star Spirit Gold and flew from the fortress as Flower Snake ordered the guards to fire.
• Yue Mei countermanded Flower Snake and let Lu Yunxiao escape, then flew after him after explaining herself to Queen Medusa.
• Flower Snake pursued Lu Yunxiao, who sped up and searched for Queen Medusa behind him.
• Queen Medusa appeared beside Lu Yunxiao, blocked his path, and asked why he kept running from her.
• Lu Yunxiao tried to placate Queen Medusa, but she said she would kill him to repay his past injury.

Lu Yunxiao faced Queen Medusa and fought Flower Snake after Medusa ordered her subordinate to kill him. When Yue Mei joined the attack, Lu Yunxiao used the Star Spirit Gold to block her spear, leaving the battle ongoing.

• Queen Medusa demanded that Lu Yunxiao surrender and claimed his Heavenly Flames and Dragon Slaying Sword as spoils of war.
• Flower Snake attacked Lu Yunxiao, and he fought her in a fierce clash of sword and spear.
• Queen Medusa recognized that Lu Yunxiao was fighting Flower Snake across a vast difference in cultivation and ordered Yue Mei to help kill him.
• Yue Mei threw her Snake Spear at Lu Yunxiao from behind, and he transformed the Star Spirit Gold into a shield to block it.

Lu Yunxiao revealed his Sword Intent and fought Yue Mei and Flower Snake in the desert, breaking their spears with Immortal's Flight Beyond the Heavens. As he tried to taunt them, Queen Medusa suddenly struck him down.

• Yue Mei and Flower Snake ambushed Lu Yunxiao under Queen Medusa's order, and he challenged them to fight him on the ground.
• Lu Yunxiao used his newly comprehended Sword Intent to unleash a wave of sword qi, then drew the two women into the desert.
• Lu Yunxiao used his movement technique to attack Yue Mei and Flower Snake from multiple directions, but Flower Snake's Spirit Snake Hundred Poisons Sting broke his afterimages.
• Lu Yunxiao countered their attacks with Immortal's Flight Beyond the Heavens, forcing both women back and snapping their weapons with the Dragon Slaying Sword.
• Queen Medusa appeared behind Lu Yunxiao and struck his chest, sending him crashing into the sand and spitting blood.

Lu Yunxiao survived Queen Medusa’s sneak attack and realized she would use any means to achieve her goals. He stopped her from killing him by revealing that he knew about her evolution plan and could help her succeed, leaving her forced to hear his terms.

• Queen Medusa was surprised that Lu Yunxiao survived her palm strike, and he angrily challenged her for attacking by surprise.
• Queen Medusa said the sneak attack was simply easier, and Lu Yunxiao regained his composure and realized how ruthless she was.
• As Queen Medusa moved to kill him, Lu Yunxiao warned that his death would make her evolution fail, causing her to stop her hand just short of his chest.
• Lu Yunxiao said he had a way to help Queen Medusa evolve successfully, then recited a cryptic verse before abruptly stopping.
• Lu Yunxiao pressed Queen Medusa’s hand against his chest and invited her to kill him, leaving her furious at his threat.

Lu Yunxiao used his knowledge of the evolution chant to force Queen Medusa to negotiate rather than kill him. He demanded the Heavenly Flames in exchange for the complete chant, and Queen Medusa agreed to hand them over after her evolution.

• Lu Yunxiao dismissed his Star Spirit Gold and challenged Queen Medusa to kill him, then explained that her refusal to listen had forced him to use threats.
• Queen Medusa grabbed Lu Yunxiao and threatened him, but she released him and asked him to state his conditions because she needed the chant for her evolution.
• Lu Yunxiao rejected Queen Medusa's claim that his injury was settled, and he stood his ground under her pressure when she became angry.
• Queen Medusa ordered Flower Snake to stand down after she tried to interrupt their discussion.
• Lu Yunxiao demanded the Heavenly Flames in exchange for the complete chant, and Queen Medusa agreed to give them to him after her evolution.

Lu Yunxiao refused to hand his sword to Queen Medusa but accepted becoming her slave until her evolution with the Heavenly Flames. Queen Medusa ordered Yue Mei to take him back to the royal city, and Yue Mei flew with him while he continued to provoke her.

• Queen Medusa demanded Lu Yunxiao's sword and his service as her slave, but he refused to give up his weapon and agreed only to the latter condition.
• Queen Medusa spared Lu Yunxiao from surrendering his sword and ordered Flower Snake to take him back to the royal city.
• Lu Yunxiao slapped Flower Snake's hand away and insulted her, so Queen Medusa stopped her from striking him and assigned Yue Mei to escort him instead.
• Yue Mei took Lu Yunxiao into the air with the group, and he teased her before boasting that his strength came from exceptional talent.

Queen Medusa brought Lu Yunxiao to the snake-people royal city and ordered Flower Snake to settle him in while warning him not to cause trouble. After Lu Yunxiao teased Flower Snake, Medusa sent him to wait in a room and Yue Mei discovered he had secretly given her a bottle of pills.

• Queen Medusa showed Lu Yunxiao the heavily guarded royal city, and he assured her that his injuries kept him from escaping.
• Yue Mei teased Lu Yunxiao after helping him down, but he traded insults with Flower Snake until Medusa ordered them to stop.
• Medusa told Flower Snake to take Lu Yunxiao to a room and warned her not to make things difficult for him.
• Yue Mei found a jade bottle Lu Yunxiao had left her and realized it contained pills, while Medusa noted he had another Storage Ring.
• Flower Snake led Lu Yunxiao to a sparse stone room and warned him to stay there, but he ignored her and sat on the bed.

Lu Yunxiao recovered enough to leave his room and was taken to Queen Medusa’s temple, where his system check-in began. Medusa summoned him to attend her while she dined, and he responded with a joke about starving together.

• Lu Yunxiao treated his injuries with a healing pill and the Elemental Scripture, bringing them under control as he rested.
• Flower Snake interrupted Lu Yunxiao and ordered him to bathe before attending Queen Medusa.
• Lu Yunxiao washed, changed into fresh clothes, and followed Flower Snake to Medusa’s temple.
• When Lu Yunxiao entered the temple, his system began a one-hour check-in.
• Queen Medusa invited Lu Yunxiao to attend her meal, and he joked that they should both go hungry, making her laugh.

Queen Medusa made Lu Yunxiao serve her dinner, then beat him after he leaned too close to her. After making him promise not to do it again, she finished her meal and led him away.

• Queen Medusa ordered Lu Yunxiao to cut and serve her magical beast meat, insisting he act as her personal slave.
• Lu Yunxiao leaned close to Queen Medusa and asked how personal she meant, so she slapped him and beat him after he dodged.
• Lu Yunxiao begged for mercy while holding Queen Medusa’s snake tail, and she warned him not to molest her again.
• Queen Medusa made Lu Yunxiao serve her meal attentively for nearly an hour.
• Queen Medusa wiped her lips and told Lu Yunxiao to follow her as she left the hall.

Queen Medusa brought Lu Yunxiao to her bedchamber and asked him to reveal the incantation. He climbed onto her crystal bed to tell her, but she ordered him to get down.

• Lu Yunxiao followed Queen Medusa through the temple corridor and traded barbs with her about his injuries and her treatment of him.
• Queen Medusa led Lu Yunxiao into her lavish bedchamber and showed him her enormous purple crystal bed.
• Lu Yunxiao said the bedchamber would be better if he could live there, and Queen Medusa told him his quarters were in the neighboring side hall.
• Queen Medusa asked Lu Yunxiao for the incantation, and he climbed onto her bed before she sharply ordered him to get down.

Lu Yunxiao flirted with Queen Medusa, then recited the mnemonic formula she requested while claiming his new rewards. He received a powerful artifact-refining inheritance, the first form of Heaven-Severing Seven Swords, a summoning card, and two temporary strength cards.

• Queen Medusa warned Lu Yunxiao to get off her bed, and he moved to the floor beside her instead.
• Lu Yunxiao admitted that Queen Medusa’s beauty made him want to get close, but she pushed him back and told him not to approach without permission.
• Queen Medusa asked Lu Yunxiao to recite the mnemonic formula, and he finished the few hundred words while she considered them.
• Lu Yunxiao claimed his rewards and received the Primordial Tool Dao inheritance, Heaven-Severing Seven Swords—Severing the Dao to See Myself, a Random Dou Zong Summoning Card, and Dou Emperor and Dou Zong Experience Cards.

Lu Yunxiao received several powerful rewards, including swordsmanship treasures and Dou Zong cards, while Queen Medusa reported that she had a sixty percent chance of evolving successfully. After thanking him for his help, she asked what kind of power Lu Yunxiao had used in his sword strike.

• Lu Yunxiao transmitted Primordial Tool Dao and the Heaven-Severing Seven Swords into his sea of consciousness, then received a Random Dou Zong Summoning Card and two Dou Zong or Dou Huang Experience Cards.
• Queen Medusa returned after comprehending her evolution and told Lu Yunxiao that she had a sixty percent chance of succeeding.
• Lu Yunxiao congratulated Queen Medusa, and she thanked him for helping her prepare for the evolution.
• Queen Medusa asked Lu Yunxiao about the strange power in his sword strike against Yue Mei and Flower Snake, and he identified it as sword intent, a kind of Martial Dao True Intent.

Lu Yunxiao explained Sword Intent to Queen Medusa, who asked him to teach her, but their bargaining led to an accidental fall and a furious chase through the palace. After Lu Yunxiao offered to teach her, Queen Medusa agreed to listen, while uninvited guests quietly entered the Tagore Desert.

• Lu Yunxiao explained that Sword Intent was a willpower-like realm and the foundation of the Sword Dao, and Queen Medusa asked him to teach her.
• Lu Yunxiao demanded a benefit for teaching, and Queen Medusa threatened him before pulling him onto the bed when he tried to leave.
• Queen Medusa blasted Lu Yunxiao away and chased him through the hall after he joked about taking responsibility for her.
• Uninvited guests arrived outside the Tagore Desert and began moving deeper into it.
• Queen Medusa caught Lu Yunxiao, and he offered to teach her Sword Intent to stop her from attacking him.
• Queen Medusa suppressed her anger and told Lu Yunxiao to explain Sword Intent, and he asked her to lower her head.

Lu Yunxiao challenged Queen Medusa to a bet that she would marry him if he surpassed her strength within three years, and she accepted. He planted a seed of sword intent in her consciousness and, while she comprehended it, playfully touched her face.

• Lu Yunxiao claimed he could surpass Queen Medusa within three years and proposed that she marry him if he won.
• Queen Medusa accepted the bet, agreeing to give Lu Yunxiao an Earth-tier High-grade Dou Skill, three Form Transformation Pills, five Emperor Extreme Pills, and ten Dou Spirit Pills if she won.
• Lu Yunxiao pressed a finger to Queen Medusa's forehead and planted a seed of sword intent in her sea of consciousness.
• As Queen Medusa closed her eyes to comprehend the sword intent, Lu Yunxiao tapped and touched her face without getting a reaction.

Lu Yunxiao woke in Queen Medusa’s bedchamber and learned that she planned to begin her evolution that day. He insisted on accompanying her to watch the Heavenly Flame and offer help, then followed her toward the lake where she would evolve.

• Queen Medusa confronted Lu Yunxiao for sleeping in her bed, then told him she would prepare to evolve that day.
• Lu Yunxiao insisted on joining Queen Medusa, claiming he wanted to watch the Heavenly Flame and could help if anything went wrong.
• Queen Medusa warned Lu Yunxiao not to interfere, but he teased her until she chased him from her bedchamber.
• Queen Medusa explained that a protected lake in the temple was the safest place to evolve and led Lu Yunxiao there.
• Lu Yunxiao argued with Queen Medusa about looking at beautiful women and taking multiple wives, and she sped ahead to leave him behind.

Lu Yunxiao and Queen Medusa reached the Ice Spirit Cold Spring, where they prepared to begin her evolution with the Green Lotus Core Flame. Queen Medusa learned that Gu He and his group had arrived to seize a Heavenly Flame, and Lu Yunxiao made clear he intended to oppose them.

• Lu Yunxiao crossed the poisonous lake using his Star Spirit Gold armor after Queen Medusa refused to help him.
• Lu Yunxiao collected Ice Spirit Cold Spring and inspected the Green Lotus Core Flame trapped above the pool.
• Queen Medusa learned that intruders had reached the Snake-people Royal City and that Yue Mei and the others were holding them off.
• Queen Medusa discovered that Gu He led one Dou Emperor, three Dou Wangs, and four Dou Lings who had come for a Heavenly Flame.
• Lu Yunxiao dismissed Gu He's companions and said he disliked Gu He because he had come to steal his Heavenly Flames.

Lu Yunxiao reassured Queen Medusa that he could keep Yun Yun and Gu He from disrupting her evolution, then watched as she began preparing to evolve with the Green Lotus Core Flame. The chapter ended with Medusa furious after Lu Yunxiao turned around and saw her undressed, while he warned her that attacking him could leave her exposed to Gu He.

• Queen Medusa explained that Yun Yun, Gu He, Yan Shi, and Feng Li threatened her evolution, and Lu Yunxiao promised to stop Yun Yun with his trump card.
• Medusa offered to marry Yue Mei to Lu Yunxiao if he stayed with the Snake-people Race, but he instead asked Medusa to marry him.
• Medusa learned that Gu He had offered pills in exchange for the Heavenly Flame, and Lu Yunxiao urged her to ignore him and proceed with her evolution.
• Medusa released the Green Lotus Core Flame from the crystal lotus seat and told Lu Yunxiao to turn around as she undressed.
• Lu Yunxiao turned back and saw Medusa, provoking her anger; he warned her that if he left, Gu He might find and see her.

Lu Yunxiao guarded Queen Medusa as she began her evolution in the Heavenly Flame, fearing she had died when her aura vanished. She emerged as a Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python, and Lu Yunxiao called the tiny serpent toward him.

• Queen Medusa threatened Lu Yunxiao over seeing her body, then began her evolution after he warned her to be careful.
• Queen Medusa transformed into her Violet Gloom Flame Serpent form, raised a barrier around the island, and plunged into the Heavenly Flame.
• Queen Medusa writhed as the Heavenly Flame burned her scales and flesh, while Lu Yunxiao blocked the approaching snake people and Gu He and the others from interfering.
• After Queen Medusa's aura disappeared, Lu Yunxiao sensed life returning to her charred body as a celestial phenomenon gathered overhead.
• The charred body cracked open, and a tiny Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python appeared before Lu Yunxiao, who called it toward him.

Lu Yunxiao befriended the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python, secured the Green Lotus Core Flame, and escaped as the barrier collapsed. In the ensuing clash, Gu He and his companions were driven back by a white-robed swordsman, while the Black-Robed Figure pursued him and the snake-people realized their queen had vanished.

• Lu Yunxiao used his Innate Dao Charm to win the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python’s trust and fed it Amethyst Origin Core.
• Lu Yunxiao stored the Green Lotus Core Flame in the Green Lotus Seat and fled as the barrier broke.
• Gu He, Yan Shi, and Feng Li rushed toward the island, but a white-robed swordsman struck them back twice and escaped.
• The Black-Robed Figure recognized something familiar in the swordsman’s weapon and chased after him.
• Gu He and his companions withdrew, while Yue Mei concluded that the missing queen’s evolution had succeeded.

Lu Yunxiao escaped the clash near the Snake-people and waited for the pursuer he believed was Yun Yun. He reunited with Yun Yun in the desert after she mistook him for someone who had stolen Heavenly Flames.

• Flower Snake, Yue Mei, and Mobas learned that Lu Yunxiao had fought Gu He's group and vanished, and Flower Snake blamed him for Queen Medusa's disappearance.
• Lu Yunxiao reflected on his feelings for Yun Yun and his newly created Sword Dao of No-Self, which he judged to be an Earth-tier Mid-grade Dou Technique.
• Yun Yun chased Lu Yunxiao across the desert and demanded that he hand over the Heavenly Flames, threatening to take them by force.
• Lu Yunxiao turned around and revealed himself, and Yun Yun recognized him in astonishment.

Lu Yunxiao reunited with Yun Yun in the Tagore Desert and expressed his longing by embracing and kissing her. He reaffirmed his promise to join the Misty Cloud Sect, asking Yun Yun how she planned to arrange things for him.

• Lu Yunxiao revealed himself to Yun Yun and tossed the Green Lotus Seat aside before embracing her.
• Lu Yunxiao told Yun Yun he had missed her and stopped her questions so he could look at her.
• Lu Yunxiao kissed Yun Yun, and she eventually relaxed in his arms.
• Lu Yunxiao said he would not let Yun Yun leave his side again, and the two teased each other affectionately.
• Yun Yun reminded Lu Yunxiao that he had promised to join the Misty Cloud Sect, and he confirmed the promise still counted.

Lu Yunxiao revealed that he had known Yun Yun’s identity from the beginning and explained why he had let her keep it hidden. Yun Yun agreed to take him as her direct disciple at the Misty Cloud Sect, then regretted the arrangement as they kissed and teased each other about their teacher-disciple roles.

• Lu Yunxiao told Yun Yun that he had recognized her from the beginning and had kept quiet so they could interact without the burdens of her status.
• Yun Yun asked Lu Yunxiao to join the Misty Cloud Sect, and he agreed while asking how she would arrange his position.
• Yun Yun proposed making Lu Yunxiao her direct disciple, and he accepted.
• Yun Yun realized she was leaning against her new disciple and asked to reconsider, but Lu Yunxiao refused and kissed her.
• Yun Yun and Lu Yunxiao joked about their master-disciple relationship as he held her, and she admitted she felt unable to view such relationships normally anymore.

Lu Yunxiao reassured Yun Yun that he would remain devoted to her, but their conversation was interrupted by five Snake-people who accused him of harming Queen Medusa. Lu Yunxiao revealed a power-up that raised him to peak Dou Emperor and challenged them to face him.

• Lu Yunxiao promised Yun Yun that he would prove his love and never abandon her, and Yun Yun agreed to wait and see.
• Lu Yunxiao and Yun Yun sensed five Snake-people approaching, including Yue Mei, Flower Snake, Mobas, and a gray-robed elder.
• The Snake-people accused Lu Yunxiao of conspiring against Queen Medusa and demanded that he reveal her whereabouts.
• Lu Yunxiao stepped forward despite Yun Yun's warning and drew his Dragon Slaying Sword.
• Lu Yunxiao shattered a card that raised his aura to peak Dou Emperor, startling Yun Yun and forcing the Snake-people to retreat.

Lu Yunxiao revealed peak Dou Emperor strength and effortlessly defeated Mobas, Yan Ci, Elder Yin, Yue Mei, and Flower Snake. The five snake-people then joined forces with the Five Snake Poison Brake Seal, sending a giant green energy snake toward him.

• Flower Snake and Yue Mei questioned Lu Yunxiao’s sudden peak Dou Emperor strength, and Yun Yun learned that Queen Medusa had injured him.
• Mobas attacked Lu Yunxiao, who cut through his energy snake and sent him flying with one sword strike.
• Lu Yunxiao wounded Yan Ci and Elder Yin, then struck Yue Mei and Flower Snake and sent them both crashing back.
• The gray-robed elder recognized Lu Yunxiao’s overwhelming power and called for the five snake-people to form the Five Snake Poison Brake Seal.
• The five snake-people fused their power into a giant green energy snake that charged at Lu Yunxiao.

Lu Yunxiao defeated the five snake-people elders and stopped short of killing them when Queen Medusa intervened through the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python. He humiliated and intimidated Flower Snake and Mobas, then left Yue Mei demanding to know where the queen was.

• Lu Yunxiao shattered the five elders’ green snake Dou Technique, but the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python bit his arm and made him dissipate his sword light before it killed them.
• Lu Yunxiao told the snake inside his sleeve that he would spare the elders for Queen Medusa’s sake, while the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python regained control of its body.
• Lu Yunxiao struck Flower Snake and pretended to bring his sword down on her, frightening her into silence.
• Lu Yunxiao kicked Mobas for being an eyesore, then held his sword against Yue Mei’s shoulder.
• Yue Mei demanded to know where Queen Medusa was, and Lu Yunxiao said she was fine before refusing to answer further.