Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan exposed Yin Ke as the Snake-people’s spy and identified the captured white-robed men as allies of the attackers, while Xiao Yi Xian stopped Wu Ya’s attempt to poison him. Under Queen Medusa’s threat, the One-eyed White-robed Man revealed that the force behind them was the Misty Cloud Sect, shocking Yun Yun.

• Xiao Yan told Queen Medusa that Yin Ke had betrayed the Snake-people by giving their leaders’ locations to the attackers, and Mo Bass nearly attacked the captive before Yue Mei stopped him.
• Wu Ya secretly sent poison toward Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yi Xian woke and caught it, exposing Wu Ya’s attempt.
• Xiao Yan presented the One-eyed White-robed Man and calmly asked him to identify the force behind the attacks, but the man refused to speak.
• Queen Medusa threatened the One-eyed White-robed Man until he confessed that the Misty Cloud Sect was behind the attackers.
• Yun Yun reacted with shock and disbelief when she heard the Misty Cloud Sect named.

Queen Medusa forced Jia Xingtian to choose between the Misty Cloud Sect and the Snake-people race, but Yan Luotian betrayed her and revealed an attempt to wipe out the Snake-people race. Queen Medusa escaped through a decoy, and Jia Xingtian joined Hai Bodong and the others in fighting the invaders.

• The One-eyed White-robed Man blamed the Misty Cloud Sect for the slave trade, leaving Jia Xingtian unable to pursue the Mo Family and forcing Yun Yun to face the accusation before Xiao Yan.
• Queen Medusa demanded that Jia Xingtian choose whether to punish the Misty Cloud Sect or preserve the Snake-people race, and she accused the Imperial Family of never trusting her people.
• Yan Luotian attacked Queen Medusa from behind and admitted that he and his allies planned to exterminate the Snake-people race rather than make an alliance.
• Kui Xing warned that several Dou Wangs were attacking the Snake-people Holy Land, while Queen Medusa revealed that Yan Luotian had attacked a decoy and that she would return from her true seclusion.
• Yan Luotian attacked Yue Mei in anger, but Hai Bodong stopped him, and Jia Xingtian ordered the others to aid the Snake-people race while he, Hai Bodong, and Marshal Nalan confronted Yan Luotian and Wu Ya.

As multiple Dou Kings attacked the Snake-people Holy Land, Xiao Yan reunited with Yun Yun and set out with Xiao Li and Xiao Yi Xian to find Xiao Jing. Inside the Holy Land, Xiao Jing identified the attackers as forces from the Cloud Empire or Luoyan Empire, killed three intruders, and went to protect Queen Medusa.

• Feng Li and Yan Shi entered the Snake-people Holy Land, while Gu He postponed pursuing his matter and realized Xiao Yan was the person connected to Yun Yun.
• Yun Yun apologized to Xiao Yan for the Misty Cloud Sect's actions, and Xiao Yan reassured her that he trusted her before she headed into the Holy Land.
• Xiao Li and Xiao Yi Xian insisted on accompanying Xiao Yan inside to find Xiao Jing, and Xiao Yan revived Yun Ying, who had been buried in the sand.
• Xiao Jing deduced that the Cloud Empire or Luoyan Empire had launched the attack and explained that Queen Medusa and she were the enemies' targets.
• A Dou Wang and two Dou Lings burst into Xiao Jing's room, but she killed all three with a halberd before telling Yao Ye to protect Qing Lin and follow her to find the Yin Shi Leader and Queen Medusa.

Xiao Jing arrived at the Snake-people Holy Land and defeated Yan Jinsha after he threatened Yin Shi, but an unseen attacker struck her with a dagger moments after she killed him. Her fate was left uncertain as Yao Ye and Qing Lin cried out in alarm.

• Yan Jinsha demanded that Yin Shi reveal Medusa's hiding place, but Yin Shi refused and defended the Queen.
• A subordinate reported that the Snake-people leaders had returned with human allies, including Yun Yun, and another revealed that Xiao Jing had killed Yan Jinhai.
• Xiao Jing appeared, killed two of Yan Jinsha's subordinates, and confirmed that she had killed Yan Jinhai.
• Xiao Jing fought Yan Jinsha, matched his attack with an ordinary slash, then killed him with her Heaven-Shattering Blade.
• As Xiao Jing turned after sensing another presence, an unseen attacker stabbed her while Yao Ye and Qing Lin shouted a warning.

As the Snake-people Holy Land descended into chaos, Xiao Yan fought his way to the palace to find Xiao Jing, while Yun Yun realized Queen Medusa had engineered the crisis to secure the Jia Ma Empire’s support. Xiao Jing received Yin Shi’s final request and the key to Queen Medusa’s secluded location, then set out to protect her.

• Yan Shi, Mo Bass, Feng Li, Yan Ci, Yun Yun, and Gu He fought Chuyun Luoyan’s invaders in the Snake-people Holy Land as Yun Yun vowed to punish the Misty Cloud Sect for its past actions.
• Xiao Li hurled Xiao Yan toward the palace, and Yun Yun saved him from a Dou Wang attacker before he continued on.
• Yun Yun inferred that Medusa had deliberately used the invasion and the deaths of Snake-people to bring the Jia Ma Empire onto the Snake-people’s side, and she ordered Gu He to help defeat the invaders before reinforcements arrived.
• Xiao Yan reached Xiao Jing, Qing Lin, and Yao Ye, where he found the dying Yin Shi and heard the leader apologize for once distrusting him.
• Yin Shi gave Xiao Jing a Storage Ring containing the location of Queen Medusa’s seclusion and the key to enter, then died after asking her to protect the queen.
• Xiao Jing closed Yin Shi’s eyes, took the ring, and told Xiao Yan they would go protect Queen Medusa.

Xiao Jing led Xiao Yan and Yao Ye to Queen Medusa’s hidden chamber, where she explained why Medusa risked absorbing the Green Lotus Core Flame and how the Jia Ma Empire’s fear had kept reconciliation with the Snake-people race from advancing. Yao Ye confronted her doubts about Jia Xingtian and reaffirmed her resolve to pursue the path she believes is right.

• Xiao Jing used the key from Yin Shi’s Storage Ring to open a concealed passage and led Xiao Yan and Yao Ye down to Queen Medusa’s chamber.
• Xiao Jing explained that Medusa chose to risk evolving with the Green Lotus Core Flame because reconciliation with the Jia Ma Empire could take decades, leaving the Snake-people race vulnerable to Chu Yun and Luoyan.
• Xiao Jing told Yao Ye that the imperial family’s wish to reconcile was mixed with fear of the Snake-people race, and that Jia Xingtian might have let the race be destroyed if Medusa had been killed.
• Yao Ye questioned whether her great-grandfather would truly have abandoned the Snake-people race, then recalled the conviction that brought her to the Tagor Desert.
• Yao Ye declared that she had come to do what she believed was right and would follow that path to the end.

Xiao Jing and Yao Chen worried about the risks of Medusa’s evolution as the battle outside the Snake-people Holy Land continued. Jia Xingtian agreed to abandon the Snake-people race after the Mulan Three Elders joined its enemies, but a blue Heavenly Flame pillar erupted before the retreat could proceed.

• Xiao Jing advised Yao Ye to consider problems from multiple angles, while Yao Chen pointed out that Xiao Yan was exceptionally foolish.
• Xiao Yan discovered a pool of Ice Spirit Cold Spring, and Xiao Jing prepared everyone for the final stage of Medusa’s evolution as the Heavenly Flames engulfed her in dense mist.
• Jia Xingtian and Hai Bodong fought Yan Luotian and Wu Ya outside the Holy Land, where the Mulan Three Elders arrived and offered Jia Xingtian a chance to withdraw.
• Yan Luotian promised the Mulan Three Elders the Snake-people race’s corpses and secret arts, and they urged Jia Xingtian to abandon the Snake-people race.
• Jia Xingtian ordered Nalan Jie to call Yun Yun and the others out, prompting Hai Bodong to angrily accuse him of endangering the Jia Ma Empire.
• A pale blue Heavenly Flame pillar shot up from the mountainside, shaking the Holy Land and shocking everyone.

As Medusa endured the Heavenly Flames, fighters from both sides converged on the Sky-reaching Fire Pillar, while Xiao Jing and Xiao Yan prepared to defend her. Xiao Jing effortlessly killed several Dou Wang invaders, and Xiao Yan used his flight technique to carry her into the air and defeat the last one.

• Jia Xingtian, Yan Luotian, the Mulan Three Elders, and other fighters realized Medusa was evolving with Heavenly Flames and rushed toward the Sky-reaching Fire Pillar.
• Yun Yun, Gu He, and the Snake-people fighters also headed for the pillar as Xiao Jing, Xiao Yan, Yao Ye, and Qing Lin emerged from the rubble and watched Medusa suffer.
• Xiao Jing told Yao Ye to hide Qing Lin, then prepared to defend Medusa while Xiao Yan decided he could give his Blood Lotus Pill to someone else.
• When Dou Wang invaders arrived, Xiao Jing killed three of them with her Halberd, leaving the last one flying beyond her reach.
• Xiao Yan spread his Purple Cloud Wings, carried Xiao Jing into the air, and swung her at the final Dou Wang, who died wondering why a Dou Master could fly.

Xiao Jing watched as powerful Dou Huangs gathered while Medusa endured the final stage of her Heavenly Flame evolution. Hai Bodong and Yun Yun moved to protect Medusa, while Jia Xingtian remained undecided as the battle threatened to begin.

• Xiao Jing killed four Dou Wangs, then watched as Jia Xingtian and several other Dou Huangs arrived.
• The Mulan Three Elders explained the danger Medusa faced, and Yan Luotian tried to attack her while she was vulnerable.
• Hai Bodong froze Yan Luotian’s arm and vowed to defend Medusa to repay Xiao Yan’s favor.
• Jia Xingtian spotted Yao Ye hiding with Qing Lin, while Yun Yun rushed to Xiao Yan and checked that he was unharmed.
• As Medusa’s evolution reached its final stage, Yan Luotian ordered Wu Ya and the Mulan Three Elders to stop her, but Hai Bodong and Yun Yun blocked them while Jia Xingtian watched silently.

Hai Bodong, Yun Yun, Xiao Yan, and the Snake-Persons fought to keep Yan Luotian from interrupting Medusa’s evolution, while Jia Xingtian stood aside. Yan Luotian’s attack was stopped at the cost of Mo Bass’s life, and Xiao Yan survived severe injuries after Yun Yun gave him Gu He’s pills.

• Hai Bodong ambushed Wu Ya, and Yun Yun injured him while Yan Luotian attacked Hai Bodong and ordered the Mulan Three Elders to hold off Yun Yun and Hai Bodong.
• The Mulan Three Elders attacked Yun Yun, and Xiao Yan took Mu Lan the Third’s blow to protect her; Xiao Jing then wounded Mu Lan the Third, prompting Hai Bodong to shield Xiao Jing from Mu Lan the Second.
• Yan Luotian reached Medusa and attacked her, but Mo Bass took the blow in her place before Yue Mei, Yan Ci, and Hei Du drove Yan Luotian back; Mo Bass then died from his injuries.
• Nalan Jie and Gu He arrived, and Yun Yun urgently took Gu He’s healing pills to treat the gravely injured Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan regained consciousness and thanked Yun Yun and Gu He, while Gu He responded coldly and privately recognized his feelings for Yun Yun.

As Yan Luotian and the Mulan Three Elders tried to stop Queen Medusa’s evolution, Yao Ye’s defiant stand forced Jia Xingtian to protect the battlefield. The attack left the defenders badly injured, but Xiao Jing killed Mu Lan the Third and Yao Chen, possessing Xiao Yan, struck down the other two elders, leaving Gu He stunned.

• Yan Luotian gathered the Mulan Three Elders to attack Queen Medusa, while Hai Bodong, Yun Yun, Nalan Jie, and the Snake-people leaders moved to defend her.
• When Jia Xingtian stayed out of the fight, Yao Ye rushed forward and declared that the Jia Ma Imperial Family would protect the Snake-people race.
• Yan Luotian and the Mulan Three Elders unleashed their combined attacks, and Jia Xingtian finally intervened to shield Yao Ye and the others from the worst of the impact.
• After the defenders were left gravely injured, Xiao Jing used Heaven-Shattering Blade to kill the wounded Mu Lan the Third.
• Yao Chen possessed Xiao Yan and used Flame Splitting Wave Ruler to severely injure Mu Lan the Elder and Mu Lan the Second, shocking Gu He.

Yan Luotian’s attack was stopped when Queen Medusa fired a Heavenly Flame to save Xiao Yan, but the intervention disrupted her evolution and triggered a devastating backlash. Determined to repay her, Xiao Yan entered the flames and gave her the Blood Lotus Pill, allowing her to begin her final transformation as he was consumed by the fire.

• Yan Luotian charged Xiao Yan, but Queen Medusa’s Heavenly Flame distracted him long enough for Gu He to pull Xiao Yan to safety.
• Queen Medusa’s attempt to save Xiao Yan disrupted her evolution, and the Green Lotus Core Flame surged through her; Yan Luotian mocked her before fleeing with the Mulan Second Elders.
• Yao Chen told Xiao Yan that Queen Medusa’s intervention had opened her defenses, and Xiao Yan resolved to repay her by entering the Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yan gave Gu He his mother’s ring and ran into the flames with the Blood Lotus Pill, while Xiao Jing stopped Yun Yun from following him.
• Xiao Yan endured the flames’ attack on his body and soul, reached Queen Medusa, and fed her the Blood Lotus Pill; she suppressed the Heavenly Flames and began her final transformation as Xiao Yan was swallowed by the fire.

Xiao Yan entered the Heavenly Flames to save Medusa, and Jia Xingtian risked his life to help him survive. Xiao Yan awakened, rejected the belief that the strong could do anything to the weak, and emerged alive, while Medusa was nowhere to be found and an egg appeared beside him.

• Ling Ying watched Xiao Yan enter the Heavenly Flames, while Yun Ying decided to intervene but stopped when she saw Jia Xingtian step forward.
• Gu He offered his Blood Lotus Pill, and Jia Xingtian took it and entered the flames to force it into Xiao Yan’s mouth.
• Jia Xingtian urged Xiao Yan to remember his reasons for living, and Xiao Yan resolved to change a world where the strong oppressed the weak.
• Xiao Yan erupted with azure flames, shed the blood scabs covering his body, and collapsed unconscious as everyone confirmed he was alive.
• Jia Xingtian and Yao Ye exchanged words about his courage, while Yue Mei and the others discovered an egg where Medusa had been.

Yao Chen revealed to Yun Yun that she had caused the encounter that left Yun Yun pregnant, and learned Yun Yun planned to keep the child and hide Xiao Yan’s paternity. Yao Chen made a Three-Year Pact to raise Xiao Yan to Dou Wang and Sixth-grade Alchemist so he could openly claim his relationship with Yun Yun; Xiao Yan woke to hear the demand.

• Yao Chen emerged from Xiao Yan’s ring and told Yun Yun she had secretly drugged them in the Monster Mountain Range, taking responsibility for what happened.
• Yun Yun said she would keep the child but conceal from Xiao Yan that he was the father, partly to protect Yanran and spare Xiao Yan judgment over their status difference.
• Yun Yun named Gu He’s level—Dou Wang and Sixth-grade Alchemist—as the standard Xiao Yan would need to meet, and chose three years as the deadline.
• Yao Chen pledged to make Xiao Yan reach that level within three years and have him announce their relationship at the Misty Cloud Sect, establishing the Three-Year Pact with Yun Yun.
• Yun Yun left, and Xiao Yan woke after two days of sleep as Yao Chen ordered him to become a Dou Wang and Sixth-grade Alchemist within three years.

Xiao Yan agreed to Yao Chen's demand to become a Dou Wang and Sixth-grade Alchemist within three years, then explained to Gu He why he had risked his life to save Queen Medusa. Gu He accepted that he had been outmatched, gave Yun Yun his Form Transformation Pill, and Yun Yun prepared to confront corruption within the Misty Cloud Sect.

• Yao Chen required Xiao Yan to reach Dou Wang and Sixth-grade Alchemist within three years, promising to help him achieve it.
• Xiao Yan thanked Gu He for the Blood Lotus Pill and said he had saved Queen Medusa to repay her kindness and avoid regretting his choice.
• Gu He heard Xiao Yan's explanation, abandoned his hostility, and admitted to Yun Yun that Xiao Yan had surpassed him in character.
• Yun Yun asked Gu He for his Form Transformation Pill for a Magical Beast, and he gave it to her without asking for compensation.
• Yun Yun told Gu He that she intended to investigate and punish members of the Misty Cloud Sect for protecting the Mo Family and other secret dealings, and warned him to stay away from the sect.

After waking, Xiao Yan learned that Queen Medusa’s evolution had succeeded, but her soul remained dormant in the body of a powerful, newly hatched Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python. The little snake chased away the chiefs who tried to care for it, then burrowed into Xiao Yan’s clothes, leaving Xiao Jing wondering whether it was searching for something on him.

• Xiao Li found Xiao Yan awake and took him to Xiao Jing, who said reconciliation talks with the snake-people were progressing but would have to pause because of Queen Medusa’s condition.
• Mo Bass apologized to Xiao Yan for his past actions, then explained that Queen Medusa had sent him flying from the hall.
• Yao Chen explained that Queen Medusa’s evolution had succeeded, but her soul was dormant and the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python had the strength of a Dou Zong.
• The Colored Little Snake rejected food from Yue Mei and flicked her out of the hall, where Xiao Jing caught her.
• The Colored Little Snake rushed to Xiao Yan, burrowed into his clothes, and ignored his attempts to remove it, prompting Xiao Jing to wonder if it was looking for something on him.

Xiao Yan woke and discovered Xiao Yi Xian had left after her Calamitous Poison Body began leaking dangerous toxins. Learning she could die or awaken fully if the poison erupted, he rushed to find her, following Yao Ye’s sighting beyond the palace.

• Xiao Yan revealed the Green Lotus Core Flame, which the Colored Little Snake devoured before falling asleep.
• Xiao Jing told Xiao Yan that Yin Shi had been buried, and Xiao Li gave him Yun Ying’s farewell letter.
• Qing Lin told Xiao Yan that Xiao Yi Xian had disappeared and handed him her note; Xiao Yan found her room corroded by poison.
• Yao Chen warned Xiao Yan that Xiao Yi Xian’s toxins were escaping and that she might die if her poison body erupted.
• Xiao Yan searched the palace and learned from Yao Ye which direction Xiao Yi Xian had gone.
• Jia Xingtian sent Nalan Jie to help Xiao Yan, and Hai Bodong joined the search.

Xiao Yan, Nalan Jie, and Hai Bodong searched for Xiao Yi Xian after learning her life was in danger. Nalan Jie found her undergoing a painful surge of poisoned power and risked his life to suppress it, but Xiao Yi Xian attacked him before Xiao Yan arrived and took the blow in his shoulder.

• Xiao Yan explained Xiao Yi Xian's condition to Nalan Jie and Hai Bodong, and the three split up to search the desert.
• Nalan Jie followed a trail of increasingly severe poison corrosion and found Xiao Yi Xian screaming as her strength surged to Dou Wang.
• Nalan Jie abandoned his defenses and used all his Dou Qi to force Xiao Yi Xian's strength back down, despite the poison corroding his body.
• Xiao Yi Xian remained overcome by pain and struck Nalan Jie, leaving him badly injured and unable to defend himself.
• Xiao Yan arrived as Xiao Yi Xian attacked again, taking her poisoned claw in his shoulder and apologizing for keeping her waiting.

Xiao Yan confronted Xiao Yi Xian after her Calamitous Poison Body drove her into a frenzy, determined to save her from the Black-Purple Dou Qi himself. As he absorbed the poison to clear it from her, he endured severe pain and forced himself to keep going, treating his suffering as a lesson he would never forget.

• Xiao Yan arrived in time to save Nalan Jie, who had suppressed Xiao Yi Xian’s surging strength and was badly injured.
• Xiao Yan gave Nalan Jie his pills, then asked him to stand back while he dealt with Xiao Yi Xian himself.
• Yao Chen told Xiao Yan that Heavenly Flames could burn away the Black-Purple Dou Qi, but Xiao Yan chose to act without taking over his body.
• Xiao Yan dodged Xiao Yi Xian’s attack, restrained her, and told Nalan Jie not to intervene as the Black-Purple Dou Qi entered his body.
• As the poison corroded him and his consciousness faded, Xiao Yan rejected the urge to give up and reminded himself that he had to bear the consequences of his own mistake.

Xiao Yan absorbed Xiao Yi Xian’s poisonous Dou Qi and burned it away with the Green Lotus Core Flame, suffering severe injuries but gaining strength. When Xiao Yi Xian begged him to abandon her, he insisted that helping her served his own interests and Righteous Path, leaving her to decide whether to accept his help.

• Hai Bodong arrived and Nalan Jie stopped him from interfering as Xiao Yan drew the Black-Purple Dou Qi out of Xiao Yi Xian and into himself.
• Xiao Yi Xian awoke as Xiao Yan burned away the poison with the Green Lotus Core Flame, healing his skin and advancing from Six-star Dou Master to Eight-star Dou Shi.
• Xiao Yi Xian rejected Xiao Yan’s help, blamed herself for the deaths of people around her, and pleaded for him to let her go.
• Xiao Yan realized Xiao Yi Xian’s despair was the deeper problem and told her that keeping his promises and following his Righteous Path served his own interests.
• Xiao Yan declared that he would keep helping Xiao Yi Xian for his own sake, and asked her to accept his help without worrying about him.