Recaps

Lu Yunxiao continued to restrain and kiss Queen Medusa, then demanded that she become his woman. When she refused, he declared that he would make her his female slave, and she vowed she would rather die than submit.

• After Ya Fei's footsteps faded, Lu Yunxiao pulled Queen Medusa back into his arms and kissed her despite her protests.
• Lu Yunxiao told Queen Medusa he would not force himself on her, and she admitted that she would offer her body only to someone she truly accepted.
• Lu Yunxiao asked Queen Medusa to become his woman, but she refused and said there was no room for negotiation.
• Lu Yunxiao reminded Queen Medusa of how she had treated him in the Tagore Desert and declared that she would be his female slave.
• Queen Medusa struggled and vowed she would rather die than submit, while Lu Yunxiao challenged her confidence.

Lu Yunxiao frightened Queen Medusa by suggesting he could let the Sky-Swallowing Python dominate their soul fusion, then reassured her that he had only been joking. With her pride broken, he pressed her to agree to become his female slave, while she struggled against her growing attachment to him.

• Queen Medusa boasted that Lu Yunxiao would never hurt her, and he pulled her close and kissed her.
• Lu Yunxiao asked whether Queen Medusa or the Sky-Swallowing Python would dominate their fusion, then claimed he wanted the Python to take control.
• Queen Medusa realized she could lose her sense of self and pleaded with Lu Yunxiao not to do that to her.
• Lu Yunxiao assured Queen Medusa he had only been joking and comforted her, leaving her shaken and more obedient.
• Lu Yunxiao again asked Queen Medusa to become his female slave, but she protested that he was humiliating her.
• Queen Medusa considered how her resistance to Lu Yunxiao had weakened and admitted to herself that he was poison.

Lu Yunxiao pressured Queen Medusa to become his female slave, then revealed that Spirit Beast Evolution Fluid could help her evolve into a Nine-Colored Sky Swallowing Python. Queen Medusa became desperate to obtain it, but Lu Yunxiao demanded that she serve him for half a month and warm his bed, which she refused.

• Lu Yunxiao held and kissed Queen Medusa, then insisted she would become his female slave and that she was destined to be his woman.
• Lu Yunxiao showed Queen Medusa a bottle of Spirit Beast Evolution Fluid, and its scent made her bloodline surge and filled her with desire for it.
• Queen Medusa pinned Lu Yunxiao down and demanded the fluid, but he said he would give it to her only if she agreed to serve him.
• Lu Yunxiao explained that the fluid could let Queen Medusa evolve into a Nine-Colored Sky Swallowing Python and offered it in exchange for half a month of service.
• Queen Medusa rejected Lu Yunxiao’s demand to warm his bed, but he declared that warming his bed was mandatory.

Lu Yunxiao and Queen Medusa spent the morning together, and he named her Lu Cai’er as they grew closer. Ya Fei brought clothing for Medusa while struggling with her feelings for Lu Yunxiao, and he insisted that Medusa stay covered whenever she went out.

• Lu Yunxiao held Queen Medusa in bed, teased her, and stopped when she asked him to wait until next time.
• Lu Yunxiao named Queen Medusa Lu Cai’er, and she tacitly accepted the name.
• Ya Fei returned to Lu Yunxiao’s room, heard his request for women’s robes and undergarments, and left to fetch them while feeling unsettled.
• Queen Medusa objected to Ya Fei seeing her, and Lu Yunxiao explained that he would take the clothes at the door.
• Lu Yunxiao told Queen Medusa she had to cover herself completely in public because only he could see her.

Lu Yunxiao teased Queen Medusa about her clothes and made her dress him, while promising to marry her. Ya Fei arrived with the red brocade robe and bellyband Lu Yunxiao had requested.

• Lu Yunxiao urged Queen Medusa to dress less revealingly, kissed her, and teased her about secretly caring for him.
• Lu Yunxiao got Queen Medusa to dress him by reminding her that he had the Spirit Beast Evolution Fluid.
• Lu Yunxiao promised Queen Medusa he would marry her, then embraced her and continued teasing her until Ya Fei called from outside.
• Lu Yunxiao opened the door to Ya Fei, who brought him the red brocade robe and bellyband he had requested.

Lu Yunxiao reassured Ya Fei about his romantic nature, and she confessed her feelings before giving him her first kiss. Queen Medusa grew jealous when Lu Yunxiao returned, but he firmly insisted she was his woman and told her to get ready to meet the old man.

• Ya Fei asked Lu Yunxiao whether a woman was in his room, and he confirmed it while reminding her he intended to have multiple partners.
• Ya Fei confessed that she had fallen for Lu Yunxiao, kissed him, and asked him to take responsibility for her first kiss.
• Lu Yunxiao returned to Queen Medusa with breakfast, and she accused him of fooling around with other women after noticing he had lingered outside.
• Lu Yunxiao told Queen Medusa to accept that he would have several wives and concubines, then firmly forbade her from denying that she was his woman.
• Queen Medusa backed down and agreed to dress herself so she could go with Lu Yunxiao to meet the old man.

Lu Yunxiao helped Queen Medusa dress, then confessed that he liked her and held her close until she accepted his embrace. He took her hand and led her out into the courtyard, where she tried to hide her shyness and agreed to behave politely when they met the old man.

• Lu Yunxiao helped Queen Medusa tie her undergarment and embraced her from behind.
• Lu Yunxiao told Queen Medusa he liked her, and she relaxed into his arms.
• Lu Yunxiao tied the Purple Ribbon around Queen Medusa's waist and insisted they hold hands in public.
• Lu Yunxiao led Queen Medusa out into the courtyard and reminded her not to act rudely toward the old man.

Lu Yunxiao brought Queen Medusa to dine with Ya Fei, whose jealousy and unease grew as Queen Medusa asserted her claim over him. After Ya Fei left to fetch an old man who could guide Lu Yunxiao, Queen Medusa accused him of deliberately protecting her.

• Lu Yunxiao introduced Queen Medusa as his woman, and Ya Fei was startled by her identity and feared her reputation.
• Ya Fei served a lavish meal prepared at Lu Yunxiao's request for Queen Medusa's recovery, which softened Queen Medusa but disappointed Ya Fei.
• Ya Fei tried to serve Lu Yunxiao, but Queen Medusa served him porridge herself and declared that no one else should handle those duties.
• Ya Fei reconsidered her plan to get closer to Lu Yunxiao, then left to fetch the old man he wanted to lead the way.
• Queen Medusa accused Lu Yunxiao of deliberately protecting Ya Fei, and he asked why she thought so.

Lu Yunxiao rebuffed Queen Medusa’s attempt to control his relationship with Ya Fei, then coaxed her into eating breakfast and cared for her. The meal was interrupted when Hai Bodong entered and was terrified to find Queen Medusa sitting with Lu Yunxiao.

• Queen Medusa objected to Lu Yunxiao’s favorable impression of Ya Fei and demanded that he keep Ya Fei away from him, but Lu Yunxiao told her not to meddle in his private affairs.
• Queen Medusa refused to eat, so Lu Yunxiao force-fed her porridge with a kiss; she then accepted a bowl and ate as he served her food.
• Queen Medusa quietly returned the gesture by placing fish in Lu Yunxiao’s bowl, and they ate breakfast together.
• Hai Bodong entered, saw Queen Medusa, and turned pale with fright before Lu Yunxiao reassured him that she was one of them.
• Hai Bodong stayed and hurried to Lu Yunxiao’s side, cautiously watching Queen Medusa.

Lu Yunxiao revealed to Hai Bodong that Queen Medusa was his woman, then bluntly told her that she ranked fourth among his lovers. Queen Medusa grew jealous and bit him, but Lu Yunxiao held her close and professed his love.

• Lu Yunxiao calmed Queen Medusa when she glared at Hai Bodong, then announced that she was his woman.
• Hai Bodong was stunned to learn Queen Medusa had become Lu Yunxiao’s lover and secretly delighted that she was now his junior.
• Queen Medusa learned that Lu Yunxiao planned to marry Yun Yun and had also taken Gu Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian as lovers.
• Lu Yunxiao told Queen Medusa she was his fourth woman, enraging her and prompting her to threaten to bite him.
• Lu Yunxiao kissed Queen Medusa despite her biting his lip, then held her on his lap and professed his love.

Lu Yunxiao comforted Queen Medusa after she bit his lips, promising to pursue fewer women as she asserted her seniority among his partners. When he revealed that Yun Yun was his chosen principal wife, Queen Medusa angrily refused to accept it.

• Queen Medusa softened toward Lu Yunxiao, tended his bleeding lips, and demanded that she remain senior to his other partners.
• Lu Yunxiao promised to pursue fewer women, and Queen Medusa asked whether he meant to exclude Ya Fei.
• Lu Yunxiao explained that Ya Fei resented Queen Medusa because she liked him and had fewer chances to approach him.
• Lu Yunxiao revealed that Yun Yun was his chosen principal wife, and Queen Medusa declared that she refused to accept it.
• Lu Yunxiao pointed out Queen Medusa's jealousy and urged her to stop targeting Ya Fei.

Lu Yunxiao defended his choice of Yun Yun as principal wife, arguing that her broad-mindedness made her better suited than the jealous Queen Medusa. He carried Medusa away to change his bloodstained clothes before going to the Alchemist Guild for a rank assessment, while Hai Bodong waited to guide him.

• Queen Medusa challenged Lu Yunxiao to explain why Yun Yun deserved to be principal wife over her.
• Lu Yunxiao said Yun Yun’s lack of jealousy and ability to keep the household peaceful made her the better choice.
• Medusa denied being a jealousy jar, and Lu Yunxiao carried her through the Mittel Family grounds while publicly declaring that she belonged to him.
• Lu Yunxiao told Hai Bodong he planned to take an alchemist rank assessment and asked him to wait outside.
• Medusa asked why Lu Yunxiao was taking her to his room, and he reminded her she was responsible for helping him change clothes.

Lu Yunxiao, Queen Medusa, and Hai Bodong went to the Alchemist Guild so Lu Yunxiao could take the alchemist rank examination. After alchemists mistook Queen Medusa for a slave and spoke crudely about her, Lu Yunxiao calmed her and said they would address the hostility between humans and snake-people in time.

• Hai Bodong worried that Queen Medusa’s appearance in the Imperial Capital would draw trouble, but Lu Yunxiao insisted she could go wherever she pleased and said no one there could challenge him.
• Lu Yunxiao, Queen Medusa, and Hai Bodong arrived at the Alchemist Guild and entered its marketplace, where alchemists traded medicinal herbs and Magical Cores.
• The alchemists noticed Queen Medusa’s snake tail and speculated that she was Lu Yunxiao’s slave, making crude remarks that angered her.
• Lu Yunxiao squeezed Queen Medusa’s hand and urged her to ignore the alchemists until they finished the examination.
• Lu Yunxiao acknowledged the abuse suffered by snake-person slaves and said that easing the hatred between the two races could help such treatment fade over time.

Lu Yunxiao told Queen Medusa he had a plan to improve relations between the Snake-people Race and the Jia Ma Empire, then accompanied her and Hai Bodong to meet Alchemist Guild President Fama. The chapter ended with Fama asking what had brought them to the Guild.

• Lu Yunxiao suggested that giving the Snake-people Race a new place to live could ease its hatred of the Jia Ma Empire, and assured Queen Medusa he had a plan.
• Hai Bodong led Lu Yunxiao and Queen Medusa through the Alchemist Guild while he and Lu Yunxiao traded familiar jabs.
• Hai Bodong called for Fama, and the Guild president came out to greet him and Queen Medusa.
• Fama recognized Lu Yunxiao as the Misty Cloud Sect's newly promoted direct Disciple and asked what the group needed.

Lu Yunxiao asked President Fama to let him take the Tier 4 Alchemist assessment despite never having taken a lower-tier assessment. He demonstrated Palm Alchemy by refining a Supreme Grade Tier 2 Qi Recovery Pill, leaving Fama astonished as Lu Yunxiao asked again to take the test.

• Lu Yunxiao asked Fama to let him take the Tier 4 Alchemist assessment, and Fama told him the guild required assessments to be taken step by step.
• Lu Yunxiao revealed his crimson Dou Qi flame and began refining a medicinal herb in his palm.
• Fama recognized Lu Yunxiao's technique as Palm Alchemy and explained its significance to Hai Bodong and Queen Medusa.
• Lu Yunxiao finished a Supreme Grade Tier 2 Qi Recovery Pill using Palm Alchemy.
• Lu Yunxiao asked Fama whether he could now take the Tier 4 Alchemist assessment.

Lu Yunxiao began the Tier 4 Alchemist examination by choosing the exceptionally difficult Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill. As he started refining its ingredients with the Purple Fire of the Amethyst Winged Lion King, Fama and the others watched closely, and the chapter left the pill’s refinement underway.

• Fama arranged Lu Yunxiao’s Tier 4 Alchemist examination after witnessing his Palm Alchemy.
• Lu Yunxiao chose to refine the peak Tier 4 Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill, whose highest grade required three different flames and precise transitions between them.
• Fama explained the pill’s effects, risks, and extreme difficulty, while Queen Medusa confirmed that Lu Yunxiao possessed three kinds of flames.
• Lu Yunxiao summoned the Purple Fire of the Amethyst Winged Lion King and began refining Azure Flame Grass in the alchemy cauldron.

Lu Yunxiao refined the ingredients for a Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill and then fused them into an ordinary pill. He successfully converted the flame from Purple Fire to Innate Flame, leaving the crucial refinement process underway.

• Lu Yunxiao refined the medicinal ingredients while Fama praised his skill and rejected the idea that Gu He had taught him.
• After an hour, Lu Yunxiao poured all the prepared ingredients into the cauldron at once and fused them under Purple Fire.
• Lu Yunxiao successfully refined an ordinary Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill, and Fama explained that flame conversion was the most difficult step.
• Lu Yunxiao withdrew Purple Fire as Innate Flame entered the cauldron, keeping the pill's temperature steady throughout the transition.

Lu Yunxiao completed a Perfect Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill during his Alchemist Guild assessment, impressing Fama with his flame control and Heavenly Flame. He earned Tier 4 Alchemist certification and explained that he avoided testing for Tier 5 to keep a low profile before the Alchemist Grand Assembly.

• Fama asked Hai Bodong and Queen Medusa about Lu Yunxiao’s master, but neither knew whether he had one.
• Lu Yunxiao revealed a Heavenly Flame for the next flame transition, startling Fama.
• Lu Yunxiao completed a Perfect Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill and said he had refined it to help someone he had promised to assist.
• Fama certified Lu Yunxiao as a Tier 4 Alchemist without inspecting the pill and offered to send his robe and badge.
• Lu Yunxiao told Fama that he chose Tier 4 certification to stay low-profile before his planned match with Liu Ling.

Lu Yunxiao invented a Central Continent master to explain his alchemy skills, then accepted Fama’s invitation to become an Elder of the Alchemist Guild while secretly planning to seize control of the organization. After touring the guild and receiving his Tier 4 robes, he showed them to Hai Bodong and Queen Medusa.

• Fama asked Lu Yunxiao about his master, and Lu Yunxiao claimed he had studied under Dan Xiang from the Central Continent.
• Fama invited Lu Yunxiao to join the Alchemist Guild as an Elder and described the privileges and protection the position offered.
• Lu Yunxiao accepted Fama’s invitation, privately intending to use his Elder status to make taking over the guild easier.
• Fama showed Lu Yunxiao around the Alchemist Guild, and Lu Yunxiao received his custom Tier 4 Alchemist robes.
• Lu Yunxiao asked Hai Bodong and Queen Medusa what they thought of his new robes, and both approved.

After earning his Alchemist Guild Elder badge, Lu Yunxiao left with Queen Medusa and Hai Bodong, then revealed that his supposed teacher was a fabrication and that his alchemy knowledge came from a powerful legacy. The three agreed to keep the secret, and Queen Medusa accepted Lu Yunxiao’s trust in Hai Bodong.

• Lu Yunxiao completed his Alchemist Guild assessment, received his badge and robes, and left with Queen Medusa and Hai Bodong as Fama saw them out.
• Queen Medusa asked Lu Yunxiao whether his teacher truly came from the Central Continent, and he admitted that he had lied about having one.
• Lu Yunxiao told Queen Medusa that he had inherited the legacy of a Ninth-Rank Grand Alchemist Master and warned her to keep it secret.
• Queen Medusa vowed that no one else would learn the secret and declared that she would not let anyone take Lu Yunxiao’s life.
• Hai Bodong objected when Queen Medusa implied he might betray Lu Yunxiao, and Lu Yunxiao reassured her that he trusted Hai Bodong completely.
• Queen Medusa admitted she had been overthinking and agreed to trust Hai Bodong.

Lu Yunxiao read about rare treasures, especially the formidable Profound Spirit Divine Water and the mysterious True Spirit Gold, while considering how they might help him unlock more elements. Ya Fei then visited him and admitted she was anxious that Queen Medusa's closeness would make him forget about her.

• Lu Yunxiao studied an ancient book describing Profound Spirit Divine Water, the second-ranked holy water, and longed to obtain it.
• Lu Yunxiao considered the Nine Profound Golden Lightning near East Dragon Island and recalled True Spirit Gold's history and power against the Soul Clan.
• Ya Fei approached Lu Yunxiao from behind and massaged his shoulders, surprised that he recognized her by her scent.
• Lu Yunxiao pulled Ya Fei into his embrace after she kissed him, and she explained that she had been anxious because he had spent the past few days with Queen Medusa.

Lu Yunxiao confronted Ya Fei about whether she loved him or was pursuing him for power, and she confessed that her feelings had become genuine. After she boldly asked him to take her, he turned her down for now and asked what else she had come to discuss.

• Lu Yunxiao and Ya Fei flirted and kissed as she admitted she had missed him.
• Lu Yunxiao asked Ya Fei to approach him with less self-interest and said he would help her gain control of the Mittel Family regardless.
• Ya Fei confessed that although she had first sought his support for her ambitions, she had fallen in love with him and would give up everything for him.
• Lu Yunxiao warned Ya Fei that he was fickle and that she could only be his secondary wife, but she said she would rather be a hero's concubine than an ordinary man's wife.
• Ya Fei asked Lu Yunxiao to take her, but he said they should get to know each other longer and asked what else she had come to tell him.

Ya Fei told Lu Yunxiao that the Nalan Family was holding a banquet to celebrate Nalan Jie's near-complete recovery, and Lu Yunxiao agreed to attend to finish purging the poison. Their intimate moment in the study was interrupted by Queen Medusa, and Ya Fei openly kissed Lu Yunxiao again as the two women faced off.

• Ya Fei informed Lu Yunxiao that the Nalan Family had invited the major families and imperial family to a celebration banquet, and that Nalan Yanran had personally delivered the invitation.
• Lu Yunxiao explained why he rejected Nalan Yanran and said he would attend the next day's banquet to complete Nalan Jie's poison treatment.
• Ya Fei decided to accompany Lu Yunxiao, and the two kissed passionately in his study.
• Queen Medusa appeared and revealed that she had been watching Lu Yunxiao and Ya Fei kiss.
• Ya Fei kissed Lu Yunxiao again in front of Queen Medusa, leaving the atmosphere tense.

Ya Fei provoked Queen Medusa by kissing Lu Yunxiao and arguing with her, forcing Lu Yunxiao to send Ya Fei away before the confrontation escalated. Queen Medusa then vented her anger at Lu Yunxiao, who subdued her, but she still insisted she wanted to kill Ya Fei.

• Ya Fei kissed Lu Yunxiao in front of Queen Medusa and defiantly insisted that he would protect her.
• Lu Yunxiao ordered Ya Fei to leave, and she kissed him several more times before departing.
• Queen Medusa smashed a chair and threatened to kill Ya Fei after she left.
• Queen Medusa turned her anger on Lu Yunxiao, and he pulled her onto the table and subdued her.
• Queen Medusa calmed down but told Lu Yunxiao she still could not forgive Ya Fei's provocation.

Lu Yunxiao soothed Queen Medusa’s jealousy over Ya Fei, and Medusa agreed to attend the Nalan Family’s banquet after learning Lu Yunxiao planned to go with Ya Fei. The next morning, the three set out together, with Medusa and Ya Fei competing for Lu Yunxiao’s attention.

• Queen Medusa threatened Ya Fei, but Lu Yunxiao pulled her into his embrace and reassured her that he loved her.
• Medusa demanded that Lu Yunxiao send Ya Fei away, but he refused to abandon a woman who was already his.
• Lu Yunxiao invited Medusa to the Nalan Family’s banquet, and she changed her mind when he said he would attend with Ya Fei.
• The next morning, Ya Fei questioned whether Medusa should attend, and Lu Yunxiao warned her not to provoke the queen.
• Lu Yunxiao led Medusa and Ya Fei out of the Mittel Family together as passersby stared at the trio.