Chapter Summaries

Mo Tang hired the Barren Iron Mercenary Group to locate the Sand Mandala, paying them ten thousand Gold Coins and intimidating the Xiao Brothers into accepting. While waiting at their base, he met the timid maid Qing Lin and offered her a gift.

• Mo Tang offered the Xiao Brothers ten thousand Gold Coins to find the Sand Mandala and used his overwhelming aura to ensure the Barren Iron Mercenary Group accepted the mission.
• The Xiao Brothers sent the group's elite members into the desert to search while Mo Tang waited and cultivated at their base.
• Qing Lin brought Mo Tang dinner, and she grew less frightened after seeing his face and hearing his gentle voice.
• Mo Tang noticed Qing Lin hiding her wrists, then offered her a gift of green wrist guards after dinner.

Mo Tang protected the Barren Iron Mercenary Group’s headquarters from rival mercenaries while its elites searched for the Sand Mandala. Xiao Ding learned that Xiao Li had found the Sand Mandala and reunited with their long-absent brother Xiao Yan, who arrived at the headquarters.

• Qing Lin admired the azure-gem bracers Mo Tang had given her as a gift.
• Xue Lan and the remaining Barren Iron mercenaries were surrounded by Snake People while waiting for Xiao Li’s help, and a figure carrying a massive black ruler landed between them and their attackers.
• Mo Tang drove off the Sand Mercenary Group and its allies when they attempted to seize the Barren Iron headquarters.
• The day after the rival mercenaries fled, Xiao Ding learned from Xiao Li that the Sand Mandala had been found and Xiao Yan was with him.
• Xiao Li brought Xiao Yan into the Barren Iron headquarters to see Xiao Ding.

Mo Tang entered the Fang Snake Tribe settlement to retrieve the Sand Mandala, trusting his strength and flight to escape if discovered. After taking the flowers, he drew the attention of a powerful Snake Man and prepared to face him.

• Xue Lan led Mo Tang to Black Stone Canyon, where he paid her and the Barren Iron Mercenary Group before proceeding alone.
• Mo Tang entered the Snake People settlement, used his upgraded Minimap to identify guards, and avoided their patrols.
• Mo Tang found the Sand Mandalas beside a guarded cave and killed the four Snake People Dou Shi guarding it.
• Mo Tang collected the four Sand Mandalas, but a Seven Star Dou Ling Strong Snake Man confronted him as he tried to leave.

Mo Tang escaped the Fang Snake Tribe and searched for a safe oasis, unaware that Yue Mei had sent a tracking snake after him. After spotting him bathing, Yue Mei decided to capture him as a male concubine and summoned the desert’s venomous snakes.

• Mo Tang shattered the Strong Snake Man’s spear and flew away, while Yue Mei ordered Fang Snake to kill intruding humans and sent Purple Energy Snakes after him.
• Mo Tang checked his World Map, found an oasis, and carefully landed beside its lake.
• Believing the area was safe, Mo Tang undressed and bathed, unaware that a tracking snake watched him.
• Yue Mei watched Mo Tang through the snake’s eyes, decided he would make a fine male concubine, and summoned nearby venomous snakes.

Mo Tang tried to escape Yue Mei, a Five-Star Dou King of the Snake People Tribe, but she overwhelmed him with her energy serpents. He broke free using lightning, leaving the clash unresolved.

• Mo Tang emerged from the lake surrounded by venomous snakes and recognized Yue Mei as one of the Snake People Tribe's Eight Great Chiefs.
• Yue Mei tried to lure Mo Tang to her tribe, but he dodged a snake attack and attempted to flee.
• Yue Mei attacked Mo Tang with five Energy Purple Serpents, and he countered with his movement technique and Roaring Lion Chant.
• Yue Mei sent countless energy serpents after Mo Tang, and he cut them apart with Triple Blade Qi before they regenerated and bound him.
• Mo Tang released a burst of lightning that blasted apart the purple energy holding him.

Gu He's party encountered Mo Tang fighting Yue Mei in the desert, and Yun Yun intervened to help him. Yue Mei withdrew to face the newcomers, while Mo Tang realized he needed a way to escape battles instantly.

• Gu He and his party heard fighting in the desert and redirected their Demonic Beast toward it.
• Gu He's party discovered Mo Tang fighting Yue Mei, and Yun Yun recognized Mo Tang beneath his blue-violet wings.
• Yun Yun used Wind Bind to interrupt Yue Mei's attack, but Yue Mei slipped free and retreated from Mo Tang.
• Gu He politely asked Yue Mei to guide the party to the Snake People Tribe's Queen, while Mo Tang reflected on his need for an instant escape technique.

Qing Lin awakened the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and forced the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake into a connection with her. Xiao Yan decided to care for her and gain her trust, while Mo Tang and Yun Yun faced Yue Mei after their battle.

• Qing Lin screamed as the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake attacked, and her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils appeared, imprinting green flowers on both of its heads.
• Old Yao explained the pupils' power to Xiao Yan, including their ability to form forced connections with snake-type Demonic Beasts regardless of rank.
• Xiao Yan agreed to become someone Qing Lin could rely on, hoping she would become an extraordinary helper.
• Qing Lin's bracers restored her strength, and she thought warmly of her lord.
• Yun Yun checked on the battered Mo Tang, who teased her before they turned their attention to Yue Mei, a Dou Wang of the Snake People Tribe.

Yun Yun’s group failed to capture Yue Mei, while Mo Tang used the confusion to head toward the Snake People Tribe’s Temple. Gu He’s party reached the Holy City and Queen Medusa rejected their offer to trade for the Heavenly Flames.

• Yun Yun’s killing intent toward Yue Mei alarmed Gu He, who urged her to leave the next move to Yan Shi and Feng Li.
• Yue Mei used the Snake Secret Technique: Division to escape as swarms of purple energy snakes, and Gu He’s group hurried deeper into the desert.
• Mo Tang declined to join Gu He’s group, claimed he was searching for Spirit Medicine, then flew away and used his map to plan a route toward the Snake People Tribe’s Temple.
• Mo Tang absorbed three Sand Mandalas, raising his available Energy Points while remaining a Three-Star Dou Ling, and set off toward the Temple.
• Gu He’s group arrived at the Holy City, where Queen Medusa firmly rejected his offer to trade the Heavenly Flames for a Shapeshifting Pill.

As Gu He’s group fought the Snake People Tribe in the Holy City, Mo Tang slipped away to Queen Medusa’s Sacred Pool and reached its island through the poisonous water. Queen Medusa began her evolution as the fighting paused, leaving Mo Tang waiting nearby while both sides watched the eastern sky.

• Yun Yun scattered Queen Medusa’s Energy Body, prompting Yue Mei and Mo Bas to join the fighting while Gu He searched for the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Mo Tang avoided the patrols and found the Sacred Pool east of the temple, where he crossed the poisonous water in his Wind Thunder Dou Qi armor.
• Mo Tang reached the island after spending most of his Dou Qi and waited, hoping to collect the Ice Spirit Cold Spring after Queen Medusa began evolving.
• Queen Medusa began the evolution ritual before the cyan flame, and a gigantic snake appeared over the island.
• Yun Yun, Hua She’er, and the other fighters stopped battling and watched the eastern sky as the evolution began.

Queen Medusa survived her evolution and was reborn as a tiny Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python. Mo Tang fed her Companion Purple Crystal Source and tried to persuade her to follow him, while Gu He fled with his group.

• Queen Medusa plunged into the Green Lotus Core Flame, and lightning struck the flames as her evolution began.
• Mo Tang entered the island’s center and found Queen Medusa’s charred body lying beneath the Heavenly Flame.
• Queen Medusa’s body turned to ashes, and her immense aura spread across the city as the snake people celebrated her success.
• Gu He recognized that Queen Medusa had evolved and urged Yun Yun and the others to flee.
• Mo Tang found the reborn Queen Medusa as a tiny seven-colored snake and gave her Companion Purple Crystal Source to eat.
• Mo Tang offered the little snake more food if she followed him, and she eagerly focused on the medicine bottle.

Mo Tang named the seven-colored snake Little Seven and absorbed the Green Lotus Core Flame, gaining Origin Qi from his system. Outside the city, Gu He, Yan Shi, and Yun Yun sensed that the Heavenly Flame had vanished and planned to investigate once the energy tide settled.

• Mo Tang named the seven-colored snake Little Seven and prepared to collect the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Mo Tang braced himself with Dou Qi, touched the flame, and used the system to absorb it, receiving 50,000 High-grade Energy Points and 1 point of Origin Qi.
• Mo Tang realized Origin Qi could make becoming a Dou Di possible and celebrated the discovery.
• Gu He sensed the Heavenly Flame's aura disappear and discussed the change with Yan Shi and Yun Yun.
• Gu He decided they would enter and search after the Energy Tide settled down.

Xiao Yan and Old Yao arrived too late to find the Green Lotus Core Flame and headed for the Snake People Tribe to investigate. Mo Tang escaped with the Flame already absorbed and Queen Medusa asleep against his chest, while Mo Cheng set his sights on Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.

• Old Yao sensed that the Green Lotus Core Flame’s aura had vanished and suspected Queen Medusa or another powerful figure had taken it.
• Mo Tang encountered Xiao Yan and Old Yao in the desert, told them the Snake People Tribe was in chaos, and watched them fly toward its Holy City.
• Mo Tang revealed that his system had absorbed the Green Lotus Core Flame and that Queen Medusa remained asleep against his chest.
• Mo Tang flew toward Stone Desert City while the Eight Great Chiefs fought Gu He’s group in the Snake People Tribe’s settlements.
• Mo Cheng learned that Qing Lin had the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and decided to visit Stone Desert City to claim them.

Mo Cheng identified Qing Lin as a likely possessor of the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and led the Mo Clan to capture her. Mo Tang watched the battle end from afar, expecting Xiao Yan to keep Qing Lin from falling into the Mo Clan’s hands and planning to return for Mo Cheng’s birthday celebration.

• Mo Lin told Mo Cheng that Qing Lin had been seen outside Stone Desert City with a giant snake-type Demonic Beast, and Mo Cheng concluded she likely possessed the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Mo Cheng ordered Mo Lin to surround the village and went with him to ensure Qing Lin was captured.
• Mo Tang watched the battle in the village from a distant sand dune while Little Seven played with an empty bottle of Companion Purple Crystal Source.
• After the battle ended, Mo Tang left, trusting Xiao Yan to prevent Qing Lin from being captured and intending to return to the Mo Clan for Mo Cheng’s birthday celebration.

Mo Tang returned to Salt City after nearly two years away and found that the Great Elder refused to see him. At his courtyard, he reunited with Mo Linglin, who reproached him for staying away before happily accepting his gift.

• Mo Tang entered Mo Family Fortress and identified himself to the guards, including Mo Hai.
• Mo Tang paid his respects to clan head Mo Lan, then was turned away when he tried to see the Great Elder.
• Mo Tang returned to his courtyard and learned from Xiao Hong that Mo Linglin had looked after the household while he was away.
• Mo Linglin confronted Mo Tang for breaking his promise to visit and sending no word for two years.
• Mo Tang gave Mo Linglin a pair of purple crystal bracelets, which delighted her.

Mo Tang searched Mo Family Fortress for Qing Lin and found her imprisoned in Mo Cheng’s underground laboratory. After promising to protect her, he left, unaware that Mo Cheng soon returned with captives and a bald old man to conduct transplant experiments, followed by a mysterious Green Figure.

• Mo Tang learned from Mo Linglin that Mo Cheng had returned to the fortress and used Mo Lin’s routine to track down the hidden entrance to Mo Cheng’s underground chamber.
• Mo Tang entered the chamber and found Qing Lin locked in an innermost room.
• Mo Tang reassured Qing Lin that he would protect her and find a way to rescue her, then slipped out of the chamber.
• Mo Cheng returned with Mo Lin, several vacant-eyed captives, and a thin, bald old man who muttered strange words.
• A Green Figure observed the group entering, remarked on Mo Cheng’s transplant experiments, and followed them into the secret chamber.

Mo Linglin surprised Mo Tang with a rare Lightning cultivation method she had gone to great lengths to retrieve, while Mo Tang gave her a pill that could help her break through to Da Dou Shi. He planned to search Salt City for signs that Xiao Yan had arrived, leaving Mo Linglin delighted by his gift.

• Mo Linglin rode out of Salt City early, while rumors spread that she had spent the previous day with a man and young masters were offering a reward to identify him.
• Mo Tang finished breakfast and planned to search for Xiao Yan, whose arrival in Salt City was important to his expectations for what would happen next.
• Mo Linglin returned to Mo Tang's courtyard and presented him with a Mysterious Tier Intermediate Lightning cultivation method she had bought with her savings.
• Mo Tang concealed his disappointment because he already practiced a stronger method, then gave Mo Linglin a Three-Patterned Green Spirit Pill that could help her advance to Da Dou Shi.
• Mo Linglin accepted the pill, impressed by its rarity and pleased that Mo Tang had given it to her.

Mo Tang confirmed that Xiao Yan had arrived in Salt City, then encountered Nalan Yanran and Ge Ye while accompanying Mo Linglin. Nalan Yanran’s arrival at Mo Cheng’s birthday banquet stirred Salt City’s factions, leaving Ye Cong worried about the Mo Clan’s growing power.

• Mo Tang spotted Xiao Yan entering an inn and decided to watch events from the shadows.
• Mo Linglin recognized Nalan Yanran and introduced Mo Tang to her and Ge Ye.
• Ge Ye recognized Mo Tang from two years earlier and noted that he could no longer discern Mo Tang’s cultivation.
• Mo Linglin led the group to the same inn where Xiao Yan was staying.
• Word spread that Nalan Yanran would attend Mo Cheng’s birthday banquet, and Ye Cong feared the Mo Clan might press its advantage over the Ye Family.

Xiao Yan infiltrated the Mo Family Fortress to search for Qing Lin, but Old Yao’s soul scan collided with Lu Man, a Dou Emperor from the Heavenly Snake Mansion, triggering a battle. The fight killed Great Elder Mo Cheng and threatened to turn the Mo Clan’s planned birthday banquet into a funeral.

• Xiao Yan slipped into the Mo Family Fortress and asked Old Yao to help search for Qing Lin.
• Old Yao’s soul force encountered Lu Man, who had been observing the Mo Clan’s Transplant Technique, and the two Dou Emperors began fighting.
• Mo Tang woke to the clash, checked his Minimap, and rushed toward the battle after recognizing Xiao Yan, Venerable Yao, and the Heavenly Snake Mansion.
• Mo Tang found Great Elder Mo Cheng and others crushed in a secret chamber and told Mo Lan that the Great Elder was dead.
• Mo Lan realized the Mo Clan’s birthday banquet and plans for expansion were in jeopardy, and worried about preserving the clan’s standing.

Xiao Yan and Old Yao fought Lu Man over Qing Lin until the Eight-Winged Black Snake Emperor arrived, forcing them to retreat. After the battle devastated the Mo Clan, Mo Tang urged the clan to turn the planned birthday banquet into Mo Cheng’s funeral and use it to establish the Mo Alliance, then revealed his Three-Star Dou Ling cultivation.

• Nalan Yanran and Ge Ye watched two Dou Emperor-level experts battle above Mo Family Fortress and worried about how the upheaval would affect the Mo Clan’s banquet.
• Xiao Yan demanded that Lu Man hand over Qing Lin, but Lu Man refused and summoned the Eight-Winged Black Snake Emperor.
• Mo Tang and Old Yao left, while Lu Man departed with Qing Lin, leaving the Mo Clan’s Great Elder’s residence in ruins.
• Mo Lan and the Mo Clan elders struggled to decide what to do until Mo Tang proposed turning the banquet into Mo Cheng’s funeral and announcing the Mo Alliance.
• Mo Li challenged Mo Tang’s plan, and Mo Tang released the pressure of his Three-Star Dou Ling cultivation and declared that he would unite the factions.

After Mo Cheng’s death, the Mo Clan held a funeral banquet as gathered powers watched for signs of its weakness. Mo Tang prepared to meet Nalan Yanran and Elder Ge Ye, positioning himself as the clan’s new strongest expert and next Great Elder.

• Ye Cong learned that Mo Cheng had died and celebrated the Mo Clan’s sudden decline.
• Ye Cong decided to attend the funeral banquet, suspecting the Mo Clan would use the Misty Cloud Sect’s prestige to steady its position.
• Mo Lan received condolences from influential guests while recognizing that many were secretly pleased by the Mo Clan’s troubles.
• Mo Hai told Mo Tang that everyone except the Misty Cloud Sect had arrived, and that Bo Er had sent a representative instead of attending.
• Mo Tang learned that Nalan Yanran and Elder Ge Ye had arrived, then set out to welcome them as the Mo Clan’s strongest expert and next Great Elder.