Chapter Summaries

Lu Bu, Hai Bodong, and Qing Lin searched an underground cavern for the Green Lotus Core Flame and reached a vast sea of magma. When a hidden creature attacked Lu Bu, he realized the Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake had emerged.

• Rob rejected a squad member’s suggestion to steal from the cavern, ordering the Sand Mercenary Group to guard the entrance instead.
• Qing Lin sensed the strongest aura among the branching passages, and Lu Bu gave her a defensive jade token before they continued.
• The three followed a descending passage and discovered a vast sea of magma.
• Lu Bu flew over the magma to lure out the Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake while Hai Bodong rested and Qing Lin searched the surface.
• Qing Lin warned Lu Bu that something was following him, and a pillar of molten fire erupted from the magma toward him.

Lu Bu battled the Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake in the lava sea but failed to capture it, and the beast attacked Qing Lin and Hai Bodong at the tunnel exit. Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils appeared and immobilized the snake, leaving Lu Bu startled as he raced to help.

• Lu Bu caught the Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake with soul power, but it wounded and escaped back into the lava.
• Lu Bu tried to lure the snake out, but it vanished from his perception and then rushed toward Hai Bodong and Qing Lin.
• Hai Bodong attacked the snake with an icy spear, but one head countered while the other lunged at Qing Lin.
• Qing Lin screamed as the snake attacked, and three green flowers appeared in her eyes, freezing the beast and marking both its heads.
• Lu Bu rushed back and recognized the snake-suppressing power of Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.

Lu Bu followed the Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake into the magma seeking a Heavenly Flame, but found that Medusa had already taken it. He left with Qing Lin and Hai Bodong, planning to head to the desert after refining pills.

• Lu Bu bound the Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake, and Qing Lin revealed that she could sense its thoughts and learned the Heavenly Flame lay beneath the magma.
• Lu Bu followed the Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake into the magma while Hai Bodong stayed behind with Qing Lin.
• Lu Bu found an illuminated lotus platform with eleven Earth Fire Lotus Seeds, but someone had already taken the Heavenly Flame.
• Lu Bu showed Hai Bodong two Seven-colored Snake Scales bearing Medusa's aura and said he would travel to the desert after refining pills.
• Qing Lin summoned the Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake into her sleeve, and Lu Bu, Qing Lin, and Hai Bodong left the magma world.

Lu Bu finished refining a Huang Ji Pill, advanced to six-star Dou Shi, and arranged for Hai Bodong to train Qing Lin before leaving for the Snake People Tribe. As Lu Bu reached the Tagor Desert, the Heavenly Snake Mansion dispatched Lü Man and the Eight-Winged Black Snake Emperor after learning of Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, while a clash between the Snake People Tribe and Golden Goose Sect ended nearby.

• Lu Bu completed a Huang Ji Pill, advanced his cultivation, and asked Hai Bodong to manage the Sand Mercenary Group while he returned home with Qing Lin.
• Lu Bu promised to have Hai Bodong teach Qing Lin, then left for the Snake People Tribe the next day.
• Hai Bodong gave Qing Lin medicinal liquid left by Lu Bu and told her to reach the Dou Zhe level as soon as possible.
• The Eight-Winged Black Snake Emperor and Lü Man flew toward the Tagor Desert after the Heavenly Snake Mansion learned of Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Lu Bu watched a battle between the Snake People Tribe and the Golden Goose Sect from behind a sand dune as the fighting died down.

Lu Bu was discovered by Yue Mei after the Charm Snake Tribe wiped out Luoyan Empire intruders, and he lured her away from her forces. When Yue Mei tried to flee, Lu Bu knocked her back to the ground and captured her.

• Lu Bu hid near the battlefield, but a small snake revealed his presence to Yue Mei after the Charm Snake Tribe killed the Luoyan Empire intruders.
• Yue Mei attacked Lu Bu, then sent her subordinates away and pursued him when he fled at high speed.
• Lu Bu led Yue Mei far from her tribe and stopped, prompting her to realize he was not tired or lost.
• Yue Mei tried to escape using her Dou Qi Wings, but Lu Bu struck her out of the air and left her helpless.

Lu Bu fought Yue Mei in the desert and revealed that his strength far exceeded hers. He subdued her with a formation and Spirit Fire, leaving her as his captive.

• Yue Mei summoned swarms of snakes to attack Lu Bu, but he struck her with a fist before she could unleash her Dou Technique.
• Lu Bu evaded Yue Mei's sand-and-snake assault and hit her back with a fist wrapped in purple flames.
• Yue Mei tried to escape by splitting into tiny snakes, but Lu Bu's formation trapped her.
• Lu Bu wounded Yue Mei, overpowered her, and placed a transparent flame mark on her glabella to subdue her.

Lu Bu enslaved Yue Mei with a Soul Fire Seal and ordered her to take him to the Snake People Holy City, where he planned to seek the Heavenly Flames. After hiding from Gu He and Yun Yun’s group, Lu Bu and Yue Mei flew toward the city, with Lu Bu warning her to alert her tribe that enemies were coming.

• Lu Bu branded Yue Mei’s soul with a Soul Fire Seal and forced her to call him Master.
• Lu Bu gave Yue Mei a soul-nourishing pill, then told her he sought the Heavenly Flames and ordered her to guide him to the Holy City.
• Lu Bu revealed that the Heavenly Flames were in the queen’s hands and used Yue Mei as a mount.
• Lu Bu sensed powerful newcomers, including two Dou Emperors, and hid with Yue Mei beneath a dune.
• Gu He and Yun Yun inspected the traces of a battle but found no clear signs of the other side and flew away.
• Lu Bu told Yue Mei to warn her tribe that enemies were coming, then she carried him toward the Snake People Holy City.

Lu Bu and Yue Mei secretly entered Snake People Holy City as Gu He's group approached, with Lu Bu intending to take the Heavenly Flames and help Medusa survive her evolution. They reached a temple storeroom just as the city mobilized against the arriving humans.

• Yue Mei flew Lu Bu to Snake People Holy City, using her status and knowledge to evade patrols and detection.
• Yue Mei guided Lu Bu through the temple and explained that she had cooperated because he promised to preserve Medusa's soul during her evolution.
• Mo Bass and Yan Ci arrived, followed by Gu He's group, and alarms sounded as the Snake People prepared to defend the city.
• Hua She confronted Gu He while Yue Mei worked through the temple's restrictions, and Lu Bu spotted a storeroom full of medicinal ingredients, scrolls, and cultivation techniques.

Lu Bu and Yue Mei crossed the Snake People Tribe’s treasury, where Lu Bu took Sand Mandara and traded a pill for the Medusa’s Gaze technique. Outside the temple, Medusa refused Gu He’s offer for the Heavenly Flames, and Yun Yun exposed the queen before the confrontation escalated.

• Lu Bu took five stalks of Sand Mandara from the treasury and traded a Sixth Grade Huang Ji Pill for the Medusa’s Gaze scroll despite Yue Mei’s protests.
• Lu Bu and Yue Mei hurried through the treasury and reached the island bamboo grove where Queen Medusa was staying.
• Gu He offered Medusa two Sixth Grade Dou Ling Pills and a seventh-grade Hua Xing Pill for the Heavenly Flames, but she refused and ordered the guests escorted out.
• Yun Yun appeared behind Medusa and struck her, causing the queen’s energy avatar to vanish into starlight.
• Medusa’s voice came from the sky and acknowledged that Yun Yun had seen through her avatar.

Lu Bu watched Medusa enter the Green Lotus Core Flame to evolve while battles raged outside the temple. Medusa appeared to die, then emerged as a tiny Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python that gravitated toward Lu Bu.

• Lu Bu and Yue Mei reached Medusa at the island shrine, where the Green Lotus Core Flame rested on an ice crystal lotus.
• Yun Yun intervened against Hua She outside, while Feng Li and Yan Shi held back the other attackers; Lu Bu sent Yue Mei out to stop Gu He.
• Medusa transformed into a Purple Nether Flame Snake and plunged into the Green Lotus Core Flame, destroying the formation that controlled it.
• Yue Mei lost focus when Medusa's cries faded, and Gu He struck her down; a lightning tribulation then appeared, making Yue Mei believe Medusa had succeeded before the aura suddenly vanished.
• Lu Bu found a tiny Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python on the island, and it floated onto his hand with longing in its eyes.

Lu Bu secured the Green Lotus Core Flame, but Gu He attacked him as the Snake People and Jia Ma Empire fighters clashed outside the temple. The battle paused when Lu Bu emerged with the flame, and Yun Yun recognized him beneath his mask.

• Lu Bu fed the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python Purple Crystal Source, and it curled up inside his clothes to sleep.
• Lu Bu stored the Green Lotus Core Flame in the Green Lotus Seat, but Gu He rushed at him and demanded that he put it down.
• Bai Ya sensed a change in Medusa's aura and turned back with Lü Man to investigate instead of continuing toward the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Yun Yun held Mo Bass and Yan Ci at bay while Feng Li and Yan Shi kept Hua She occupied; Yue Mei joined them and reported that Gu He had entered the temple.
• Lu Bu's powerful soul aura erupted from the temple, and Feng Li redirected the speeding Gu He into Yan Shi before both men flew back to the fight.
• Lu Bu appeared in a white mask holding the Green Lotus Seat, and Yun Yun recognized him by his wings and aura.

Lu Bu revealed that Medusa had survived her evolution and claimed the Green Lotus Core Flame, then turned his attention to the newcomers from Heavenly Snake Mansion. He attacked Bai Ya and Lu Man, leaving Bai Ya badly burned and Lu Man exposed to another strike.

• Lu Bu told Yue Mei that Medusa had advanced to Dou Zong but disappeared after he took the Heavenly Flame, and he refused to give Gu He the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Gu He prepared to fight Lu Bu, while Yue Mei and the other Snake People Tribe experts joined Lu Bu against him.
• Bai Ya and Lu Man arrived, and Lu Bu recognized them as members of Heavenly Snake Mansion and decided they would not leave unharmed.
• Lu Bu attacked Lu Man with the Green Lotus Core Flame, then used his formation and Spirit Fire to trap and burn Bai Ya.
• Lu Man rushed to rescue Bai Ya, but Lu Bu fired another pillar of flame at her from the azure lotus platform.

Lu Bu drove Lü Man and Bai Ya away from the Snake People and reunited with Yun Yun after she separated from Gu He’s group. He gave Yun Yun a Huang Ji Pill and said he would head to the Imperial Capital, then flew off to refine the Heavenly Flame.

• Lu Bu defeated Lü Man and Bai Ya with Spirit Fire, spared them, and sent them fleeing toward the Heavenly Snake Mansion.
• Gu He’s group left the Snake People’s Holy City, and Lu Bu gave Yue Mei a Dou Ling Pill as compensation before following Yun Yun.
• Yun Yun claimed a Snake People Dou Huang was pursuing them and stayed behind while Gu He and the others continued on.
• Lu Bu caught up with Yun Yun, embraced her, and gave her a Huang Ji Pill; she revealed that Gu He had already promised her one as a reward.
• Lu Bu told Yun Yun he planned to go to the Imperial Capital, and after she left, he flew away to refine the Green Lotus Core Flame.

Lu Bu began refining the Green Lotus Core Flame with the Devouring Ancestral Talisman while Hai Bodong fought Mo Cheng's Mo Family warriors to protect Qing Lin. Hai Bodong escaped with Qing Lin, while Lu Bu's refinement continued.

• Lu Bu sealed a cave with a defensive formation, then used the Devouring Ancestral Talisman to suppress and swallow the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• The Green Lotus Core Flame scorched Lu Bu from within, but the talisman began stripping away its energy and spreading it through his body.
• Mo Cheng ordered Mo Ran to kill the Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake while he confronted Hai Bodong, and a Da Dou Shi slipped away to pursue Qing Lin.
• Mo Cheng attacked Hai Bodong with his Mountain Breaking Arm as the Mo Family warriors surrounded Qing Lin and the Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake.
• Hai Bodong broke through Mo Cheng's attack, knocked away the Da Dou Shi chasing Qing Lin, and escaped with her.

After returning to Stone Desert City, Lu Bu learned that Mo Cheng had killed Qing Lin’s Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake and promised to settle the score with the Mo Family. Having obtained the Green Lotus Core Flame, Lu Bu began refining the Calamity Breaking Pill to remove Hai Bodong’s seal.

• Mo Cheng ordered Mo Ran to contact the lord of Stone Desert City and summon reinforcements, then killed the Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake and claimed its Demonic Core.
• Qing Lin returned to the house in Stone Desert City and learned through her connection to Little Spirit that the snake had died.
• Lu Bu returned, comforted Qing Lin, showed Hai Bodong the Green Lotus Core Flame, and demonstrated that his physical strength had become formidable.
• Hai Bodong explained the Mo Family’s attack, and Lu Bu promised to settle the score and refine a Calamity Breaking Pill for him.
• At the Sand Mercenary Group’s base, Lu Bu took Hai Bodong’s pill formula and ingredients, then began refining the pill while Hai Bodong kept watch.

Xiao Xun'er investigated Lu Bu's mysterious background and learned he had left for the Tagor Desert. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan refined the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame with Yao Lao's help, woke to find his teacher asleep, and headed for Black Stone City to join the Alchemist Guild.

• Xiao Xun'er questioned a subordinate about Xiao Yan and learned he had discovered a Heavenly Flame while Lu Bu had gone to the Tagor Desert.
• Xiao Xun'er learned her people could find no records identifying Lu Bu and reviewed Ling Ying's account of his dealings with Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan refined the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame with Yao Lao protecting his meridians, leaving Yao Lao exhausted and asleep.
• Xiao Yan read Yao Lao's letter advising him to join the Alchemist Guild and use its resources to cultivate.
• Xiao Yan discovered he had advanced to a four-star Battle Master and set off for Black Stone City.

Lu Bu completed a Calamity Breaking Pill and traded it to Hai Bodong for a fragmented map, then began tempering his body while Hai Bodong worked to break his seal. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan joined the Black Stone City Alchemist Guild and prepared to compete in the Alchemist Convention as he sought ingredients to restore Yao Lao’s soul strength.

• Lu Bu finished refining the Sixth-grade Calamity Breaking Pill and exchanged it with Hai Bodong for his fragmented map.
• Lu Bu combined the map with his own fragment and planned to reclaim the lost map from Xiao Yan.
• Lu Bu used eleven Earth Fire Lotus Seeds to begin tempering his body as Hai Bodong swallowed the pill and started breaking his seal.
• Xiao Yan introduced himself to Otto and Frank as Yan Xiao and accepted their offer to stay at the guild and represent it at the Alchemist Convention.
• Xiao Yan asked the guild to find ingredients that could restore Yao Lao’s soul strength, hoping to awaken his teacher and stand against Lu Bu.

Lu Bu completed his Minor Nirvana Golden Body cultivation, while Hai Bodong broke his seal and recovered his Dou Emperor strength. Lu Bu then prepared to leave for the Mo Family in Salt City, where Ya Fei finished a business deal and encountered the Mo Family’s predatory attention.

• Hai Bodong broke the seal, regained his Dou Emperor strength, and was unimpressed when Qing Lin barely reacted.
• Lu Bu’s azure-gold fist shattered Hai Bodong’s Profound Ice Mirror, confirming that his body had reached the strength needed to cultivate the Azure Dragon Transformation Art.
• Lu Bu asked Qing Lin about the attacks and decided to head for the Mo Family in Salt City, while Hai Bodong returned to his room to stabilize his recovered strength.
• Ya Fei delivered supplies to the Mo Family, accepted payment, and refused the Patriarch’s invitation to stay for Mo Cheng’s birthday banquet.
• Ya Fei decided to leave Salt City the next day after noticing the Mo Family Patriarch’s possessive stare, while Mo Cheng approached Mo Lan inside the family castle.

Lu Bu, Hai Bodong, and Qing Lin arrived in Salt City on the eve of Mo Cheng’s birthday banquet and attacked the Mo Family Castle. Hai Bodong overwhelmed the Mo Family’s fighters, leaving Mo Cheng and his men helpless before the three intruders.

• Qing Lin and Hai Bodong learned that Mo Cheng’s birthday celebration was two days away and agreed with Lu Bu to attack him immediately.
• Mo Cheng ordered Mo Lan to assemble fifty Mo Guards, sending Mo Ran and thirty men toward Stone Desert City to pursue Qing Lin and her companion.
• Mo Lan spotted the intruders above the castle and sounded an alarm that drew the attention of Salt City’s factions, including Ya Fei.
• Lu Bu declared that the group had come to kill, and Hai Bodong released his Dou Emperor aura, forcing the Mo Family fighters to drop their weapons.

Lu Bu, Hai Bodong, and Qing Lin confronted Mo Cheng and the Mo Family over the Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake’s death. After Lu Bu overpowered Mo Cheng, Mo Cheng revealed that Mo Ran had killed the snake and still held its magic core.

• Mo Cheng recognized Lu Bu and attacked him with his beast-transplanted arm while Mo Lan targeted Qing Lin.
• Lu Bu caught Mo Cheng’s strike and hurled him into Mo Lan, then dismissed Mo Cheng’s threat to invoke the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Qing Lin accused Mo Cheng of killing her Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake, and Lu Bu attacked him with an azure fire serpent.
• Mo Cheng used Mo Family guards as shields, losing his beast arm to the flames, then named Mo Ran as the snake’s killer and said he had the magic core.