Chapter Summaries

Green Yi and Green Man learned that the Eight-winged Black Snake Emperor sensed the legendary Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils in Desert City and set out to find them. Lin Ran returned to Xiao Yi Xian after they left and told her it was time to pick up the pace.

• The Eight-winged Black Snake Emperor revealed that he sensed the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils somewhere in Desert City.
• Green Yi ordered the Eight-winged Black Snake Emperor to consume the Demon Transformation Pill while she and Green Man searched for the pupils.
• The Eight-winged Black Snake Emperor departed to complete his half-human transformation, and Green Yi and Green Man flew toward Desert City.
• Lin Ran watched the three leave, then returned to Xiao Yi Xian, who was cultivating in a cold, mist-filled cabin.
• Xiao Yi Xian blushed and misunderstood why Lin Ran was in her room, but Lin Ran told her to prepare because it was time to pick up the pace.

Green Man searched the Desert Iron Mercenary Group for the bearer of the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, while Xiao Li and Xiao Ding celebrated a letter from their younger brother, Little Yanzi. Green Man discovered that the timid maid carrying the letter had the pupils and seized her.

• Green Man entered the Desert Iron Mercenary Group to investigate White Fang’s report, but found no one with the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• The maid brought Xiao Li a letter bearing the Xiao Family’s insignia, and he learned that Little Yanzi had recovered and would reach Desert City in about a month.
• Xiao Li told Xiao Ding about the letter, and the brothers began planning a welcome for Little Yanzi.
• Green Man saw the maid and recognized the aura of the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, then immobilized her.

Green Man discovered Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and tried to take her from the Desert Iron Mercenary Group. Xiao Li and Xiao Ding confronted Green Man, who revealed her overwhelming strength and threatened to kill them.

• Green Man confirmed Qing Lin had the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and asked for her name while restraining her.
• Xiao Li arrived and demanded that Green Man release Qing Lin, but Green Man pointed out Qing Lin’s slave status and half-snake-person heritage.
• Green Man accused Xiao Li of despising snake-people despite taking Qing Lin in, leaving Qing Lin shocked and Xiao Li furious.
• Xiao Li attacked Green Man with his lightning-charged spear, but her aura sent him crashing into the house.
• Xiao Ding tried to calm Green Man, but she seized Xiao Li by the throat and threatened both brothers as they realized she was a Dou Huang.

Green Man revealed herself as a Dou Emperor and killed Xiao Ding while badly wounding Xiao Li before Lin Ran intervened. After Green Man recognized Lin Ran as a Sixth-Rank Alchemist, he demanded Qing Lin, and the two prepared to fight when she refused.

• Green Man used her Dou Emperor aura to overwhelm Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, then killed Xiao Ding with wooden spikes.
• Xiao Li attacked Green Man with Lightning Arc Three Stage Dance, but she sent him crashing into a wall and launched more wooden spears at him.
• Lin Ran appeared in the hall and destroyed the spears before they could kill Xiao Li.
• Green Man recognized Lin Ran as the Sixth-Rank Alchemist who had refined the Demon Transformation Pill.
• Lin Ran demanded that Green Man hand over Qing Lin, but Green Man refused, and a terrifying aura erupted in the hall.

Lin Ran confronted Green Man, a Seven-Star Dou Huang of the Heavenly Snake Mansion who wanted to seize Qing Lin for her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils. Green Yi arrived to stop Green Man, but Green Man rejected her warning and attacked both of them.

• Green Man invoked the Heavenly Snake Mansion's name and demanded that Lin Ran give up Qing Lin, but Lin Ran remained silent.
• Green Man launched Wood Splitting Thorn Wall at Lin Ran and declared she would kill him to secure Qing Lin for the Heavenly Snake Mansion.
• Green Yi intercepted the wooden thorns and urged Green Man not to make an enemy of Lin Ran.
• Green Man dismissed Green Yi's warning, insisted Qing Lin belonged to the Heavenly Snake Mansion, and unleashed a giant fist of vines at Green Yi and Lin Ran.

Green Man attacked Green Yi and Lin Ran over the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, overwhelming Green Yi and trapping them in a cage of vines. Lin Ran revealed that he was a Dou Zong, stopped Green Man’s escape, and left him falling from the sky.

• Green Man shattered Green Yi’s wooden defense and wounded her with a hidden Dou Qi attack, then trapped her and Lin Ran in a sphere of vines.
• Green Yi apologized to Lin Ran and urged him to escape, while Lin Ran said she had risked too much by staking her life on him.
• Lin Ran released a powerful aura, shattered Green Man’s vine technique, and used Void Walk to appear before him.
• Green Man recognized Lin Ran as a Dou Zong and fled after his attacks bounced off Lin Ran’s crimson-gold Dou Qi.
• Lin Ran clenched his hand toward Green Man’s escape route, and Green Man fell helplessly from the sky.

Lin Ran overwhelmed Green Man and faced the Eight-winged Black Snake Emperor after both sought to protect Qing Lin, whose Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils made her valuable to Heavenly Snake Mansion. As the Black Snake Emperor prepared its venomous attack, its Dou Qi suddenly vanished and it fell from the sky.

• Lin Ran struck Green Man down, leaving her badly injured but Qing Lin unharmed.
• Green Man accused Green Yi of betraying Heavenly Snake Mansion and summoned the Eight-winged Black Snake Emperor with a whistle.
• The Eight-winged Black Snake Emperor confirmed Qing Lin had the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and told Green Man to flee with her while it fought Lin Ran.
• Lin Ran absorbed the Black Prison Flame and declared he would keep the Eight-winged Black Snake Emperor for Qing Lin.
• The Eight-winged Black Snake Emperor began charging its innate venom attack, but its Dou Qi vanished and it crashed to the ground.

Lin Ran sealed the Eight-winged Black Snake Emperor with a tampered Demon Transformation Pill, then returned with Qing Lin after killing Green Man. He marked White Fang, restored his strength, and ordered him to serve as a mount while Lin Ran stayed in the Northwest Continent.

• White Fang realized Lin Ran had sealed his strength through the Demon Transformation Pill and accused him of tampering with it.
• Green Yi warned White Fang that Lin Ran was too powerful for Heavenly Snake Mansion to oppose, while Lin Ran left to pursue Green Man.
• Lin Ran returned carrying Qing Lin and revealed that Green Man had been killed, leaving White Fang stunned by his speed and strength.
• Lin Ran spared White Fang so Qing Lin could make him her pet, then placed a mark on him and restored his Six-Star Dou Huang strength.
• Lin Ran told White Fang that he would serve as his mount while Lin Ran stayed in the Northwest Continent.

Lin Ran subdued the Eight-winged Black Snake Emperor, rescued Qing Lin, and returned to the devastated Desert Iron Mercenary Group. With Xiao Ding dead and the group facing ruin, Xiao Li pledged to serve Lin Ran in exchange for his help.

• The Eight-winged Black Snake Emperor submitted to Lin Ran and agreed to become his mount, while Green Yi also accepted serving him.
• Lin Ran carried Qing Lin back to the Desert Iron Mercenary Group and woke her after undoing the seal on her meridians.
• Lin Ran found Xiao Yi Xian treating the wounded, and she offered Qing Lin a Blood Qi Pill.
• Xiao Li approached Lin Ran, explained that Xiao Ding had died and the Desert Iron Mercenary Group was vulnerable, then knelt and pledged to serve him.

Lin Ran revealed that he had come to the Tagor Desert to obtain Queen Medusa’s essence blood and learned from Qing Lin that a powerful, possibly injured figure had appeared near Desert City three months earlier. The group prepared to pursue the lead, which could reveal Medusa’s whereabouts.

• Xiao Li asked to serve Lin Ran with the remnants of the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, hoping to protect his recovered third brother, Xiao Yan, and restore the Xiao Family’s standing.
• Lin Ran told Xiao Li that he had come to the Tagor Desert to find Queen Medusa, whom he wanted to hunt for her essence blood.
• White Fang explained that Medusa’s palace lay at the desert’s center and described the Snake-People Tribe’s powerful fighters, but warned that Medusa was often away.
• Qing Lin recalled sensing a powerful aura in eastern Desert City three months earlier that resembled her bloodline and surpassed Green Yi and White Fang’s strength.
• Qing Lin said the figure stayed for one night amid violent energy and seemed to have been injured before leaving.

Lin Ran took Qing Lin under his protection and strengthened Xiao Li, who pledged his allegiance and received White Fang’s help for the Desert Iron Mercenary Group. Xiao Li then asked White Fang to help him challenge the Mo Clan’s Grand Elder, a Misty Cloud Sect deacon and Dou Ling.

• Lin Ran used his Dou Qi to clear Xiao Li’s meridians, and Xiao Li broke through from a four-star to a six-star Dou Zhe.
• Xiao Li knelt to Lin Ran and pledged his service; Lin Ran gave him a wooden token, promised White Fang would help secure Desert City, and took Qing Lin with him.
• Qing Lin agreed to lead Lin Ran to the place where she had sensed the lingering snake bloodline, and Lin Ran told her to follow Xiao Yi Xian and call him Young Master.
• After Lin Ran’s group settled at another inn, White Fang offered to eliminate the mercenary groups investigating the destroyed headquarters, but Xiao Li said he needed official support to keep his group established.
• Xiao Li asked White Fang to help him deal with the Mo Clan’s Grand Elder, an outer sect deacon of the Misty Cloud Sect said to be a Dou Ling.

Lin Ran and his companions found the underground passage Queen Medusa had visited and followed Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils toward its strongest aura. They reached the end of the passage, where a vast world of crimson fire lay ahead.

• Qing Lin identified the disturbance’s location in the desert, and Lin Ran used his soul power to uncover an underground cave entrance.
• Lin Ran explained that Queen Medusa had been searching for a way to break through to the Dou Zong realm.
• Qing Lin revealed her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and pointed out the passage with the strongest lingering aura.
• Lin Ran encouraged Xiao Yi Xian to release her Dou Qi, allowing the heat to temper her Ice Venerable Strength.
• Lin Ran, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Green Yi reached the passage’s end and saw a world of crimson fire.

Lin Ran, Green Yi, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin explored a vast magma cavern, where Qing Lin used her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to control a Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake. The group left Qing Lin with a powerful magical beast companion, while Green Yi recognized the extraordinary ability her Heavenly Snake Mansion had long sought.

• Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin marveled at the cavern’s enormous magma lake, while Green Yi noticed its fire-attributed energy had weakened.
• A Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake leaped from the magma, and Green Yi restrained it after Lin Ran ordered her to keep it alive.
• Lin Ran told Qing Lin to use her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to control the fourth-tier magical beast.
• Qing Lin awakened the three flower-like marks in her eyes and imprinted a green flower on each of the snake’s heads, exhausting herself in the process.
• Lin Ran supported and replenished Qing Lin, and the Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake became gentle and loyal to her.
• Green Yi recognized the power her Heavenly Snake Mansion had pursued for countless years, while Xiao Yi Xian watched in shock.

Lin Ran explored beneath the magma, recovered the Seven-colored Snake Scales, and harvested the Green Lotus Seat and its seeds while preserving its root for future growth. He returned to find Green Yi teaching Qing Lin how to use her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.

• Lin Ran told Xiao Yi Xian to cultivate and Green Yi to guide Qing Lin, then plunged into the magma despite Green Man’s warning about a threat below.
• Lin Ran found the empty Green Lotus Seat, took the Seven-colored Snake Scales from its center, and stored them away.
• Lin Ran cut down the Green Lotus Seat and collected its seeds, leaving the root stem intact so another lotus could grow.
• Lin Ran branded the remaining root with Pure Yang Dou Qi and left the depths beneath the magma.
• Green Yi explained Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and suggested two Dou Techniques suited to her wood and water attributes.

White Fang helped the Desert Iron Mercenary Group intimidate its rivals and onlookers, while Green Yi taught Qing Lin powerful techniques and urged her to win Lin Ran’s favor. Qing Lin fainted when Lin Ran emerged from the lava and embraced her.

• Rob and Mo Xing arrived at the Desert Iron Mercenary Group’s camp to taunt Xiao Li, but White Fang descended and killed them both.
• White Fang gave Xiao Li the Mo Clan Grand Elder’s head, and Xiao Li claimed the gathered onlookers had come to join the Desert Iron Mercenary Group.
• Green Yi taught Qing Lin the High Profound Tier Wood Python Strangulation technique and a secret cultivation art from the Hehuan Sect.
• Green Yi encouraged Qing Lin to compete with Xiao Yi Xian for Lin Ran’s affection and told her that Xiao Yi Xian was still a virgin.
• Lin Ran emerged from the lava, tried to cool Qing Lin with his Dou Qi, and caused her to faint when he embraced her.

Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian fought a practice match, which Xiao Yi Xian won by using her Calamity Poison Body to poison Qing Lin’s Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake. Lin Ran reassured Green Yi that he would manage Xiao Yi Xian’s poison, while Xiao Li reported that the Desert Iron Mercenary Group had nearly absorbed all the mercenary groups in Desert City and brought up his elder brother’s funeral.

• Qing Lin trapped Xiao Yi Xian with Wood Python Strangulation, but Xiao Yi Xian froze the vines and attacked with ice pellets.
• Qing Lin summoned the Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake, which melted Xiao Yi Xian’s frost and seemed to give Qing Lin the advantage.
• Xiao Yi Xian’s Poison Dou Qi overwhelmed the spirit snake, which collapsed after being poisoned, and Lin Ran identified her Calamity Poison Body to Green Yi.
• Lin Ran explained that Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils needed stronger mental- and soul-type Dou Techniques to reach their full potential.
• Lin Ran said he had stayed in Desert City to develop Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian and to keep track of Xiao Yan through Xiao Li.
• Xiao Li reported that nearly all Desert City mercenary groups had merged into the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, then raised the matter of his elder brother’s funeral.

Lin Ran helped Xiao Li arrange a dignified funeral for Xiao Ding, then gave Xiao Yi Xian the Green Lotus Seat to temper her Ice Venerable Strength. He explained Queen Medusa’s plan to use a Heavenly Flame to evolve her bloodline, and the chapter ended with Xiao Yi Xian cultivating on the lotus seat as Lin Ran turned to Qing Lin with a jade slip.

• Lin Ran told Xiao Li to give Xiao Ding a grand funeral and invite their family to honor the founder of the Desert Iron Mercenary Group.
• Xiao Yi Xian defeated the Fire Spirit Snake in sparring, and Lin Ran praised her strength.
• Lin Ran revealed the Green Lotus Seat and explained how Queen Medusa could use a Heavenly Flame to evolve into a Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python.
• Lin Ran gave Xiao Yi Xian the lotus seat to temper her Ice Venerable Strength, and she began cultivating on it.
• Lin Ran turned to Qing Lin and produced a jade slip.

Lin Ran gave Qing Lin the Myriad Flower Nether Pupils technique and Soul Nourishing Art, while Green Yi received Imperial Pole Pills to strengthen her cultivation. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan returned to Mo City after obtaining the Sand Mandala and planned to refine a pill for Lin Ran, with Yao Lao advising him to take precautions.

• Lin Ran gave Qing Lin the Myriad Flower Nether Pupils technique and Soul Nourishing Art, and she began absorbing soul power as she cultivated.
• Lin Ran gave Green Yi two Imperial Pole Pills, one for her and one for White Fang, and Green Yi swallowed hers to advance her cultivation.
• Lin Ran contained the energy stirred up by Green Yi’s cultivation within the courtyard.
• Xiao Yan told Yao Lao that he had obtained the Sand Mandala from the Snake People Holy City but had barely escaped their pursuit.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Lao headed to the map shop to refine a medicinal pill for Lin Ran, and Yao Lao instructed Xiao Yan to add precautions in case Lin Ran had ulterior motives.

Xiao Yan returned to Hai Bodong with the Sand Mandala, and Yao Lao refined the sixth-tier Po E Dan. After Hai Bodong delayed handing over the map fragment, Xiao Yan read letters from his brothers and erupted in fury over what he learned.

• Xiao Yan returned to Hai Bodong's shop and gave him the Sand Mandala in exchange for the ingredients and formula needed to refine the Po E Dan.
• Yao Lao refined the Po E Dan and secretly embedded dormant Bone Spirit Cold Fire crystals in it as protection against Hai Bodong's treachery.
• Xiao Yan handed Hai Bodong the pill, but Hai Bodong demanded to test it before giving up the map fragment and then offered Xiao Yan several letters from his brothers.
• Xiao Yan read Xiao Ding and Xiao Li's letters, his joy turning to solemnity and fury until he cried out for his eldest brother.

After learning from a letter that his eldest brother had been killed, Xiao Yan hurried to Desert City with Hai Bodong, who agreed to guard him for a year in exchange for a Spirit Revival Purple Pill. Lin Ran sensed their arrival and confronted them, prompting Yao Lao to warn Xiao Yan to retreat.

• Hai Bodong broke his seal with the Po E Dan and discovered that his strength had not fully recovered.
• Xiao Yan offered Hai Bodong a Spirit Revival Purple Pill in exchange for serving as his guard for one year, and Hai Bodong accepted.
• Xiao Yan and Hai Bodong flew toward Desert City, while Naran Yanran and an old man saw them pass near Mo City and continued on toward Salt City.
• As they approached Desert City, Xiao Yan struggled to contain his grief over his eldest brother's death, and Yao Chen urged him to stay calm and prepare for the powerful expert near his second brother.
• Lin Ran sensed Xiao Yan and Hai Bodong's arrival, appeared before them, and was identified by Yao Lao as a Dou Zong expert.