Chapter Summaries

The Three Great Empire Alliance halted outside Black Mountain Fortress, where the Jia Ma Empire prepared to defend against its superior forces. Xiao Shuang, Jia Xingtian, and Hai Bodong fought the Mulan Three Elders, and Xiao Shuang sought to exploit the brief delay required for them to transfer their power.

• Queen Medusa left to arrange the Snake People Race’s preparations, while the Chu Yun Empire, Jin Yan Empire, and Mulan Empire formed an alliance and marched to Black Mountain Fortress.
• Yaoye gathered Jia Ma Empire’s forces at the fortress, where Xiao Ding warned that the Mulan Three Elders could fight at Dou Zong strength together.
• Xiao Shuang, Jia Xingtian, and Hai Bodong took to the field to fight the three elders, who transferred their power between themselves.
• Xiao Shuang feinted toward the Lion-headed Elder and appeared behind the Tiger-headed Elder, but the elders shifted their Dou Zong-level power and sent Xiao Shuang and Jia Xingtian flying.
• Xiao Shuang realized the elders needed time to transfer their power and proposed freezing the Lion-headed Elder to prevent the transfer.

Xiao Shuang and Jia Xingtian fought the Mulan Three Elders while Hai Bodong battled the Bear-headed Elder, whose strength began to overwhelm him. Xiao Shuang tricked the elders into shifting their Dou Zong power away, then struck the Bear-headed Elder and flooded him with ice Dou Qi.

• Hai Bodong raised an ice shield against the Bear-headed Elder's attack, but it shattered and left Hai Bodong injured.
• Xiao Shuang urged Jia Xingtian to go all out, and Jia Xingtian unleashed his mountain attack against the Tiger-headed and Lion-headed Elders.
• Xiao Shuang and Jia Xingtian pressured the two elders, prompting the Lion-headed Elder to warn the Tiger-headed Elder that they intended to target him.
• The Tiger-headed Elder took the Dou Zong power while the Bear-headed Elder sent power to the others, leaving the Bear-headed Elder exposed.
• Xiao Shuang appeared behind the Bear-headed Elder, pierced his defense with spear shadows, and flooded his body with ice Dou Qi.
• The Tiger-headed Elder regained the Dou Zong power and easily neutralized Jia Xingtian's attack.

Xiao Shuang nearly killed the wounded Bear-headed Elder, but Yan Luotian intervened to protect him as Queen Medusa challenged the Golden Goose Sect master. With both sides gathering their forces and the Poison Sect master’s position still unknown, Yan Luotian and Xiao Shuang ordered their allies to withdraw, temporarily halting the battle.

• The Bear-headed Elder drove Hai Bodong back, but Xiao Shuang detonated the ice Dou Qi inside him and prepared to kill him.
• The Lion-headed Elder blocked Xiao Shuang’s ice sword, and the Tiger-headed Elder supported the badly wounded Bear-headed Elder.
• Yan Luotian arrived, rebuked the Mulan Three Elders, and stopped Queen Medusa from striking the Bear-headed Elder.
• Queen Medusa rejected Yan Luotian’s offer and fought him, while the Tiger-headed Elder blocked Xiao Shuang’s attack and their allies gathered around them.
• With the Poison Sect master’s position uncertain, Yan Luotian ordered the Mulan Valley forces to retreat, and Xiao Shuang ordered his side to withdraw.

After the Allied Forces withdrew to give Mulan Valley a month to recover, Xiao Shuang planned to eliminate the Mulan Three Elders and summoned Xiao Yi Xian for help. Xiao Yi Xian arrived at Black Mountain Fortress, where Xiao Shuang began discussing what he needed.

• The Heavenly Poison Woman gave the Mulan Three Elders one month to recover before the next assault, and they left delighted.
• At Black Mountain Fortress, Queen Medusa described Yan Luotian’s strength and warned that the Soul Hall Protector’s methods were dangerous.
• Xiao Shuang suggested that the Yao Brothers could use the Mulan Three Elders’ cultivation art and proposed arranging their deaths with Xiao Yi Xian’s help; Queen Medusa agreed.
• Xiao Shuang crushed a Grey Jade Slip, and Xiao Yi Xian sensed it from the Poison Sect’s camp and traveled to meet him.
• Xiao Yi Xian handed Xiao Shuang two more jade slips, and he told her that he needed her help.

Xiao Shuang and Xiao Yi Xian planned a strike against the Mulan Three Elders, taking advantage of the Poison Sect’s withdrawal from the Allied Forces. Xiao Shuang prepared to join Queen Medusa on the mission, then spent a quiet evening with Yaoye before they set out the next day.

• Xiao Shuang and Xiao Yi Xian agreed to target the Mulan Three Elders first and postpone dealing with Yan Luotian and the Iron Protector.
• Xiao Yi Xian announced she was entering seclusion and recalled the Poison Sect’s experts to the city, weakening the Allied Forces’ outer defenses.
• Xiao Shuang returned to Black Mountain Fortress and briefed Queen Medusa, Jia Xingtian, Fama, and the others on the positions of the three factions.
• Xiao Shuang insisted on joining Queen Medusa for the attack while Jia Xingtian and the others waited outside to support them.
• Xiao Shuang reassured Yaoye about the risks and her cultivation, and the next morning she offered to help him dress.

Xiao Shuang and Queen Medusa infiltrated Mulan Valley’s camp to assassinate the Mulan Three Elders and seize their Three Beast Savage Art. They killed the Bear-headed Elder and wounded the Lion-headed Elder, while Queen Medusa struck the Tiger-headed Elder in the chest.

• Xiao Shuang’s group cleared the Allied Forces’ Dou Wang guards from the forest and concealed themselves nearby.
• After night fell, Xiao Shuang and Queen Medusa slipped past the camp’s defenses and reached the central tent.
• Xiao Shuang and Queen Medusa agreed to attack the Mulan Three Elders and take their storage rings.
• Queen Medusa wounded the Lion-headed Elder, and Xiao Shuang killed the Bear-headed Elder and took his storage ring.
• Queen Medusa appeared before the Tiger-headed Elder and thrust her sword through his chest.

Xiao Shuang and Queen Medusa killed the Mulan Three Elders, then returned to Black Mountain Fortress with their spoils. Yan Luotian and Xiao Yi Xian seized the chance to divide Mulan Valley between the Golden Goose Sect and the Poison Sect, leaving Yan Luotian preparing to subdue the Mulan Empire.

• Queen Medusa killed the Mulan Three Elders, and Xiao Shuang took their Three Beast Savage Art and storage rings.
• Xiao Shuang and Queen Medusa returned to Jia Xingtian and the other experts, then set off for Black Mountain Fortress.
• After discovering the elders' deaths, Yan Luotian went to the Poison Sect and persuaded Xiao Yi Xian to divide Mulan Valley and attack the Mulan Empire.
• Yan Luotian's forces surrounded Mulan Valley, and he killed a Dou Huang expert who asked to report to the Valley Master.
• A Mulan Valley Dou Huang accepted Yan Luotian's terms, and Yan Luotian ordered the Golden Goose Sect to distribute the weaker recruits to the Poison Sect.

After the Three Great Empire Alliance withdrew, the Jia Ma Empire entered a period of peace, and Zi Yan emerged from seclusion to reunite with Xiao Shuang. Xiao Yan also broke through to Dou Huang, escaped Queen Medusa’s spatial seal, and headed back to the Imperial Capital after learning about the alliance’s attack.

• Xiao Shuang learned that Yan Luotian had led forces into the Mulan Empire and discussed how the alliance’s attack might unfold with Queen Medusa.
• The Jia Ma Empire enjoyed a quiet period after the alliance’s threat passed, and Zi Yan completed her advancement without disturbing Queen Medusa’s spatial seal.
• Zi Yan complained to Xiao Shuang about the missing maids, and he arranged for her former attendants to return while teasing her about still looking like a little girl.
• Xiao Yan broke through to Dou Huang in the Demonic Beast Mountain Range and briefly glimpsed Old Yao’s location through the soul imprint.
• Xiao Yan blasted through Queen Medusa’s spatial seal and used the Three Thousand Lightning Movement to escape.
• On his way to the Imperial Capital, Xiao Yan heard that the three empires had attacked the Jia Ma Empire, then felt relieved when he learned the empire was peaceful.

Xiao Yan returned to the Imperial Capital and told Xiao Shuang he had a method to control Xiao Yi Xian’s Calamity Poison Body, though it required rare materials. After the Three Great Empire Alliance renewed its invasion, Xiao Shuang led Xiao Yan and the others toward Black Mountain Fortress to meet it.

• Xiao Yan visited Xiao Shuang and learned that the Chu Yun, Jin Yan, and Mulan Empires might attack the Jia Ma Empire again.
• Xiao Shuang revealed that the Heavenly Poison Woman ruling the Chu Yun Empire was Xiao Yi Xian, and Xiao Yan gave him a scroll describing the Pill of Poison Method to control her Calamity Poison Body.
• Xiao Shuang and Xiao Yan discussed the method’s difficult requirements and planned to deal with Yan Luotian before heading to the Chu Yun Empire to capture the Soul Hall Protector.
• Yaoye returned after handling unrest in the Jia Ma Empire, rested with Xiao Shuang, and learned that Elder Jia had entered seclusion at the Half-step Dou Zong realm.
• A few days later, news arrived that Yan Luotian had conquered the Mulan Empire and that the three empires’ armies were marching toward Black Mountain Fortress again.
• Xiao Shuang led Xiao Yan and the others to Black Mountain Fortress as Yaoye prepared the Jia Ma Empire’s army.

Xiao Shuang and Xiao Yan met Xiao Yi Xian to discuss curing her Calamity Poison Body and planned to kill Yan Luotian. Xiao Yi Xian agreed to poison Yan Luotian’s wings so he could not escape, and the group prepared to strike the following night.

• Xiao Shuang and Xiao Yan concluded they needed to kill Yan Luotian in one strike before he could flee with his Flying Dou Technique.
• Xiao Yi Xian met Xiao Yan and received the Pill of Poison Method scroll, learning that its three-Heavenly-Flame requirement was already met.
• Xiao Yi Xian agreed to cripple Yan Luotian’s wings with her poison so Xiao Shuang and Xiao Yan could attack him.
• Xiao Yan reassured Xiao Yi Xian that he still considered her his friend, and Xiao Shuang recalled her kindness as the little healer from Qingshan Town.
• Xiao Yi Xian left and told them to make their move against Yan Luotian the next night, while Xiao Shuang and Xiao Yan returned to prepare.

Xiao Yi Xian poisoned Yan Luotian through the Calamity Poison Blood coating a teacup, planning to disable his flight when he used his Flying Dou Technique. That night, Xiao Shuang, Xiao Yan, and Queen Medusa launched their assassination, but Yan Luotian survived the opening strike by activating his Goose Feather Golden Armor.

• Hai Bodong gathered Xiao Alliance and Snake People Race experts in a forest while Xiao Shuang, Xiao Yan, Queen Medusa, and Xiao Yi Xian prepared to assassinate Yan Luotian.
• Xiao Yi Xian confronted Yan Luotian over his treatment of the Poison Sect, then secretly sent Calamity Poison Blood into his body when he touched her poisoned teacup.
• Yan Luotian left believing he had avoided poison, unaware that the Calamity Poison Blood would make him unable to fly when he used his wings.
• Xiao Shuang, Xiao Yan, and Queen Medusa attacked Yan Luotian at night while he was in bed with maidservants.
• Yan Luotian could not fly, dodged Queen Medusa's strike, and formed Goose Feather Golden Armor to withstand Xiao Shuang and Xiao Yan's attacks.

Xiao Shuang, Xiao Yan, and Queen Medusa killed Yan Luotian and fought their way through the Golden Goose Sect, while former Mulan Valley members turned against their allies. Yan Luotian’s death shattered the Three Great Empire Alliance, and the war between the Jia Ma Empire and the Jinyan Empire continued.

• Xiao Shuang and Xiao Yan wounded Yan Luotian while Queen Medusa broke his sword and cut off his head, with poison preventing his escape.
• Queen Medusa killed ten Golden Goose Sect experts, prompting former Mulan Valley members to start fighting the sect’s forces.
• Queen Medusa, Xiao Shuang, and Xiao Yan left the hall while the two factions fought around them.
• After Yan Luotian’s death, Xiao Yi Xian withdrew from the Three Great Empire Alliance and led the Poison Sect and Chu Yun Empire’s army home.
• Yaoye declared war on the Jinyan Empire, while Jia Xingtian broke through to the Dou Zong level.

Xiao Yan visited the Jia Ma Empire’s palace to search for ingredients for a pill he owed Cai Lin, then encountered Little Purple, who held a grudge against him for taking her Innate Amethyst Source. She accepted his apology and two pills, while Xiao Yan prepared to leave for the Chu Yun Empire.

• Xiao Yan told Xiao Shuang that he had a child with Queen Medusa, then asked to search the Royal Family’s medicinal storehouse for ingredients for a Heavenly Soul Blood Fusion Pill.
• Xiao Yan found only one needed ingredient in the storehouse and returned to the palace with Xiao Shuang.
• Little Purple growled and pointed at Xiao Yan, and he admitted that he had taken her Innate Amethyst Source in the Demonic Beast Mountain Range.
• Yaoye explained that Little Purple was a girl, and Xiao Shuang apologized after handling her roughly.
• Xiao Yan offered Little Purple two Fifth-grade Pills as compensation, and she accepted them and forgave him.
• Xiao Yan left the main hall and told Xiao Shuang to call him when it was time to go to the Chu Yun Empire.

Xiao Shuang, Xiao Yan, Queen Medusa, and Zi Yan traveled to Heavenly Poison City after learning that the Soul Hall Iron Protector was hiding in the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect. Xiao Yi Xian proposed joining forces against the sect, and the group prepared to disguise themselves before the attack.

• Xiao Shuang brought Zi Yan along with Queen Medusa and Xiao Yan to the Chu Yun Empire, and Xiao Shuang and Xiao Yan raced each other on the way to Heavenly Poison City.
• Xiao Yan reflected on his missing father and captured teacher as the group waited near Heavenly Poison City for Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yi Xian confirmed that the Iron Protector had allied with the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect and was no weaker than her, while the sect's leader, Xie Biyan, was a formidable Three-Star Dou Zong.
• Xiao Yi Xian proposed striking the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect first, and Xiao Yan agreed that their group would target the Iron Protector while the Poison Sect fought the sect.
• Queen Medusa recalled fighting Xie Biyan, and Xiao Yi Xian offered Phantom Beast Skin so the group could conceal their appearances.

Xiao Yi Xian brought Xiao Shuang and the others to the Poison Sect’s camp as its war with the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect escalated. After Elder Wu Ya suggested there was a traitor inside the Poison Sect, Xiao Shuang and Xiao Yan suspected Wu Ya himself, and Xiao Yi Xian confirmed she had long distrusted him.

• Xiao Yi Xian led the Poison Sect’s core members to a camp near the Ten Thousand Scorpion Mountain Range, where Xiao Shuang and the others met the sect’s experts.
• Elder Wu Ya questioned Xiao Yi Xian about her black-robed guests, then reported that the Poison Sect had lost four Dou Wang experts and one Dou Huang expert.
• Wu Ya claimed a traitor was leaking the Poison Sect’s plans to the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect, and Xiao Shuang and Xiao Yan noticed his suspicious behavior.
• After the meeting, Xiao Shuang warned Xiao Yi Xian about Wu Ya, and she said she had long distrusted him.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Shuang discovered that a Poison Sect traitor had sent a message saying everything was ready, then joined the Poison Sect’s all-out assault on the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect. The Poison Sect reached the sect’s headquarters, where Xiao Yi Xian confronted Xie Shan and the enemy’s core experts emerged from a poisonous mist formation.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Shuang spotted a winged centipede carrying a note that said everything was ready, and Xiao Yan sent the note to Xiao Yi Xian.
• The Poison Sect launched its all-out assault and broke through the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect’s defensive lines as Xiao Shuang and Xiao Yan fought alongside the attackers.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Shuang joined Queen Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian, while Xiao Shuang allowed Little Zi Yan to attack the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect experts blocking their path under their supervision.
• The Poison Sect forces reached the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect’s headquarters, which was covered by a poisonous mist formation.
• Xiao Yi Xian challenged Xie Shan, and the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect’s core experts emerged from the poisonous mist.

Xiao Yi Xian and the Poison Sect confronted Xie Biyan and the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect, while Xiao Yan and Xiao Shuang exposed and killed infiltrators. The battle spread across the sky, and Zi Yan took on the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect’s Four-Winged Sky Demon Scorpion.

• Xiao Yi Xian overwhelmed Xie Shan’s combined attack until Xie Biyan appeared and blocked her poison with a Dou Qi barrier.
• Xie Biyan revealed Wu Ya and four Poison Sect elders as spies, but Xiao Yan and Xiao Shuang stopped their attack, and Xiao Yi Xian killed Wu Ya.
• Xiao Yi Xian charged Xie Biyan, while the Poison Sect and Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect armies clashed and Xiao Yan and Xiao Shuang attacked Xie Shan together.
• Xie Shan summoned a Four-Winged Sky Demon Scorpion, and Zi Yan seized it and slammed it into the ground.

The Poison Sect and Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect’s decisive battle shifted as both sides revealed Dou Zong allies, while Xiao Yi Xian and Xie Biyan unleashed their strongest techniques. Xiao Yan and Xiao Shuang killed Xie Shan, and Xiao Yi Xian’s duel with Xie Biyan remained unresolved as the spatial prison dissolved.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Shuang overwhelmed Xie Shan until Xie Biyan urged him to summon the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect’s hidden ally.
• Iron Protector arrived as a Dou Zong expert, but Queen Medusa appeared for Xiao Yan’s side and fought him, restoring the Poison Sect’s confidence.
• Xie Biyan transformed using his Blood Soul Art, and Xiao Yi Xian unsealed her Calamity Poison Body to trap them both in the Heavenly Poison Prison Realm.
• Xiao Shuang distracted Xie Shan with a spear strike, allowing Xiao Yan to kill him with the Flame Splitting Wave Ruler.
• The spatial prison dissolved with Xiao Yi Xian and Xie Biyan facing each other, and Xie Biyan saw Xie Shan’s death.

Xiao Shuang, Xiao Yan, and their allies turned the battle against Iron Protector, destroying his Soul Bag and freeing its captured souls before weakening and trapping him. The chapter ended with Xiao Yan using Fallen Heart Flame to collect the exposed soul body.

• Xiao Yi Xian killed Xie Shan and gained the upper hand against Xie Biyan while the Poison Sect fought the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect.
• Iron Protector devoured a soul to strengthen himself, prompting Xiao Yan, Xiao Shuang, Little Zi Yan, and Queen Medusa to attack him together.
• Xiao Shuang tore apart Iron Protector's Soul Bag, releasing its captured soul bodies, but Iron Protector strengthened himself by devouring the souls of several Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect experts.
• Xiao Shuang and Xiao Yan struck Iron Protector with Seven Shadows and the Ocean-Turning Seal, severely wounding him.
• Queen Medusa trapped Iron Protector in a seven-colored cage and exposed his soul body, and Xiao Yan reached for him with Fallen Heart Flame.

Xiao Yan captured Iron Protector, but Xie Biyan struck him with a Demonic Poison Spot before dying. Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Shuang suppressed the poison with their powers, leaving Xiao Yan to try to refine it with his Heavenly Flames.

• Xiao Yan trapped Iron Protector in Fallen Heart Flame and collected him in a jade bottle, while Xiao Yi Xian defeated Xie Biyan.
• Xie Biyan self-destructed and sent a Demonic Poison Spot into Xiao Yan, and Queen Medusa restrained Xie Biyan as Xiao Shuang slaughtered the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect.
• Queen Medusa killed Xie Biyan, and the group returned to Heavenly Poison City, where Xiao Yi Xian said she could delay the poison's outbreak but not cure it.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Shuang combined Calamity Poison Blood and Ice Dou Qi to bind and suppress the Demonic Poison Spot in Xiao Yan's body.
• Xiao Yan's Heavenly Flames refined a strand of poison that escaped the suppression, and Xiao Shuang suggested Xiao Yan might eventually turn the danger into a gain in strength.