Chapter Summaries

Lu Yu used his defenses to withstand Medusa’s attacks, then forced her out of hiding with a thunderous sound attack and struck her down with Sky Burning Sea Boiling Palm. Medusa lay badly injured in the Snake-human Sacred City, her meridians burning with Red-Gold Fire Energy.

• Lu Yu survived Medusa’s full-force strike with Pagoda Tower, the Three Great Exotic Flames, and Sea Heart Armor, then taunted her into continuing the fight.
• Medusa attacked from the void again and retreated, but Lu Yu used Netherworld Heart Demon Flame and Roaring Lion’s Chant to force her into view and injure her.
• Lu Yu gathered energy through his acupoints and struck Medusa with Sky Burning Sea Boiling Palm before she could escape into space.
• Medusa crashed into the city wall and suffered severe injuries, while Hua She’er and the Snake-human warriors reacted in alarm.
• Medusa discovered that Red-Gold Fire Energy was burning her meridians and preventing her from using Dou Skills.

After defeating Medusa, Lu Yu renegotiated the Snake-human Race’s surrender and offered her a Soul Splitting Pill in exchange for serving him. Medusa agreed to go with him after he secured a place for her people, and Hua She'er brought the agreed tribute as the chapter ended.

• Medusa conceded defeat and promised that the Snake-human Race would no longer invade the Jia Ma Empire, but Lu Yu demanded new terms.
• Lu Yu demanded a Strange Fire, Rank 7 Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python essence blood, and medicinal herbs as compensation; Medusa agreed but asked to exchange other treasures for the Soul Splitting Pill.
• Lu Yu revealed that the Soul Splitting Pill was a Mid-grade Rank 7 Pill and offered it in exchange for ten years of Medusa's service, but she initially refused.
• Medusa changed her mind and agreed to serve Lu Yu, provided he found a place for her people to settle; Lu Yu proposed the neighboring Cloudy Empire.
• Medusa ordered Hua She'er to fetch the tribute despite Hua She'er's plea for her to stay, and Hua She'er presented the Green Lotus Core Flame and medicinal ingredients to Lu Yu.

Lu Yu refined the Green Lotus Core Flame by letting Earth Core Flame devour it, then used the resulting energy, a Spirit Dou Pill, and Earth Fire Lotus Seeds to cultivate. After half a month, he broke through to Peak Dou Wang.

• Lu Yu asked Medusa, Jia Xing Tian, and Hai Bodong to guard him while he refined the Green Lotus Core Flame in the Snake-human Sacred City.
• Lu Yu summoned Earth Core Flame and used the Pagoda Tower to suppress the Green Lotus Core Flame as the two Strange Fires fought.
• Earth Core Flame devoured the Green Lotus Core Flame and evolved into a jade-green fire dragon, feeding energy back to Lu Yu and raising him to Eight-star Dou Wang.
• Lu Yu swallowed the Spirit Dou Pill, briefly broke through to Nine-star Dou Wang, then suppressed his cultivation and consumed his remaining Earth Fire Lotus Seeds.
• After half a month of refining his Dou Qi, Lu Yu released his suppression and broke through to Peak Dou Wang.

Lu Yu cured Queen Medusa’s condition in exchange for the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python’s blood essence and soul, then chose a Dragon-Phoenix Pavilion identity for his next simulation. The simulation ended with him dying in a war after meeting Xiao Xiao and joining the Endless Fire Domain, leaving him to choose one of three rewards.

• Lu Yu removed the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python’s soul from Queen Medusa and received its blood essence.
• Lu Yu gave Qing Lin the sealed soul and the materials for refining her Natal Gu, then declined the Snake-human Tribe’s offer to make him its Supreme Elder.
• Hai Bodong, Jia Xing Tian, and Mu Chen offered Lu Yu pills and tokens before he prepared to begin another simulation.
• Lu Yu chose to become the Dragon-Phoenix Pavilion’s True Disciple and rose to become its Young Pavilion Master, reaching Fifth-grade Supreme.
• During the simulation, Lu Yu fought Xiao Xiao over Dragon-Phoenix Divine Fruits, later joined the Endless Fire Domain, and died in the war against the Outer Realm Evil Tribe.
• The simulation offered Lu Yu the True Dragon Fist, the Heavenly Dragon Dharma Body cultivation method, or an unripe Dragon-Phoenix Divine Fruit.

Lu Yu chose the Dragon-Phoenix Divine Fruit, but it flew into Zi Yan and triggered her bloodline evolution. After half a month in a golden cocoon, Zi Yan emerged grown into a young woman with the strength of a seven-star Dou Zong.

• Lu Yu chose the Dragon-Phoenix Divine Fruit over the other rewards, intending to save it until he reached Dou Zun.
• The fruit escaped Lu Yu's hand and struck Zi Yan, enveloping her in golden-purple light and forming a cocoon as her bloodline evolved.
• Medusa and the others felt the pressure of Zi Yan's transformation, while Lu Yu and Little Fairy Doctor stayed behind to guard her.
• Half a month later, the cocoon cracked and burst, revealing Zi Yan transformed into a young woman.
• Lu Yu sensed Zi Yan's new aura and exclaimed that she had reached seven-star Dou Zong.

Zi Yan awakened Dragon-Phoenix abilities and learned of a possible inheritance awaiting her in Dragon-Phoenix Heaven. Lu Yu then began using Azure Jade Lotus Root and essence blood to rebuild the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python’s body for Qing Lin, leaving the process underway.

• Zi Yan told Lu Yu that strange images had shown two huge beings calling her to Dragon-Phoenix Heaven and offering her an inheritance.
• Zi Yan demonstrated her Dragon-Phoenix Golden Armor and Dragon-Phoenix Wings, and Lu Yu was glad she had gained powerful abilities.
• Lu Yu took Qing Lin to a quiet chamber and released the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python’s soul from the Pagoda Tower.
• Lu Yu threatened the python’s soul into cooperating, and it obediently coiled around Qing Lin’s arm.
• Lu Yu melted the Azure Jade Lotus Root, added a drop of the python’s essence blood, and ordered its soul to enter the forming body.

Lu Yu helped Qing Lin complete a contract with the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python, making it her Natal Gu and granting them shared abilities. The contract awakened a mutated space that could store snake-type magical beasts and convert their energy, leaving Qing Lin with new powers and a faster path to cultivation.

• Lu Yu confirmed that the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python’s body had been reshaped, and Qing Lin used her Jade Serpent Three Flower Eyes to begin the contract.
• Qing Lin and the snake exchanged essence blood and formed a soul link, gaining shared vision, strength, and talents.
• Qing Lin named the snake Little Cai and borrowed its power, raising her cultivation to the snake’s Three-star Dou Wang level.
• Little Cai awakened a mutated space that could store snake-type magical beasts, absorb their Dou Qi, and feed converted energy back to Qing Lin and itself.
• Lu Yu explained that Little Cai’s devouring ability and Qing Lin’s increased affinity with snake-type magical beasts would accelerate her cultivation.

Lu Yu celebrated Qing Lin’s successful refinement of Little Cai as her Natal Gu, while the Eight-winged Black Snake Emperor and a veiled woman discovered the Jade Serpent Three Flower Eyes in the Snake-human Sacred City. At a banquet, Medusa chose the name Cai Lin and Lu Yu gave her three days to decide whether to form a Bloodline Link with Little Cai or accept a Strange Fire seed.

• Lu Yu and Qing Lin left the quiet chamber, and Little Fairy Doctor met Little Cai and learned that Qing Lin had successfully refined the seven-colored snake as her Natal Gu.
• The Eight-winged Black Snake Emperor and a woman in green confirmed that the Jade Serpent Three Flower Eyes was in the Snake-human Sacred City and went to report the discovery to their lord.
• At a banquet in the temple, Medusa told Lu Yu that Hua She'er would temporarily assume the throne with help from the clan elders.
• Medusa explained that every queen inherited the name Medusa, then chose the name Cai Lin as she prepared to leave the Snake-human Race.
• Lu Yu offered Cai Lin a Bloodline Link with Little Cai, which would share its talent and boost her cultivation, or a Strange Fire seed that would punish betrayal; he gave her three days to decide.

Lu Yu completed another stage of soul cultivation, then departed the Holy City with his companions after Cai Lin chose to accept a Futu Flame seed rather than bind her fate to Little Cai. Meanwhile, the Heavenly Snake Manor learned of Qing Lin’s Jade Serpent Three Flower Eyes and sent its Seventh Brother to bring her back.

• Lu Yu finished refining his soul with the Netherworld Heart Demon Flame and emerged from the quiet chamber to find Little Fairy Doctor, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan waiting.
• Little Fairy Doctor told Lu Yu that Cai Lin was waiting outside, and the group found her watching the sunset from the city wall.
• Cai Lin chose to plant a Strange Fire seed, explaining that a queen would not place her life under another’s control.
• Lu Yu respected Cai Lin’s choice, and she accepted a seed of the Futu Flame into her body.
• Lu Yu and his companions left the Holy City and flew toward their destination.
• The Heavenly Snake Manor Lord ordered his Seventh Brother to retrieve the owner of the Jade Serpent Three Flower Eyes and recruit Medusa if she was willing.

Lu Yu and his companions arrived in the Cloudy Empire, where Lu Yu and Little Fairy Doctor cultivated on a remote peak until he broke through to Dou Huang. Cai Lin then reported that the Myriad Scorpion Sect was targeting the Heavenly Centipede Mansion in Chuyun Holy City, and Zi Yan urged them to get involved.

• Lu Yu bought Little Fairy Doctor the poisons she admired in the Cloudy Holy City and assigned Qing Lin to rest at the inn while Cai Lin investigated the empire.
• Lu Yu and Little Fairy Doctor cultivated with the Great Pagoda Art on a remote peak while Zi Yan stood guard.
• After half a month, Lu Yu broke through to Dou Huang, and Little Fairy Doctor reached Peak Four-star Dou Wang.
• Cai Lin brought news that Xie Shan and the Myriad Scorpion Sect were attacking surrounding forces and had chosen the Heavenly Centipede Mansion as their next target.
• Cai Lin said Wu Ya had gone to Chuyun Holy City to seek imperial mediation, and Zi Yan suggested they join the commotion.

Lu Yu and his companions approached Wu Ya of the Heavenly Centipede Mansion with an offer to cure his poisoned cultivation and help him defeat the Myriad Scorpion Sect in exchange for the mansion's poison-creature resources. After Wu Ya agreed to serve them, Cai Lin and Zi Yan revealed their Dou Zong strength, leaving him to reconsider his fear of Xie Bi Yan.

• Lu Yu met Wu Ya outside the royal palace and offered the Heavenly Centipede Mansion an alternative to seeking the Cloudy Empire's help against the Myriad Scorpion Sect.
• Little Fairy Doctor exposed the poison damaging Wu Ya's organs, and Lu Yu offered the Natal Gu method as a remedy while warning that Wu Ya needed to replace his incomplete cultivation art.
• Lu Yu demanded seventy percent of the mansion's annual poison-creature resources above the fifth tier in exchange for the method and help defeating the Myriad Scorpion Sect.
• Wu Ya agreed to serve Lu Yu and help him gather the Cloudy Empire's resources after Lu Yu threatened to approach other factions.
• When Wu Ya warned that Xie Bi Yan was a Dou Zong, Cai Lin and Zi Yan displayed their overwhelming auras, and Lu Yu asked whether Wu Ya was still worried.

Lu Yu intervened to protect the Heavenly Centipede Mansion, defeated Xie Shan, and faced the Myriad Scorpion Sect’s Supreme Elder, Xie Bi Yan. Zi Yan killed Xie Bi Yan in a single punch, leaving the sect’s forces shaken as Lu Yu demanded their submission.

• Xie Shan surrounded Wu Ya and the Heavenly Centipede Mansion forces with the Myriad Scorpion Sect and ordered his men to attack.
• Lu Yu arrived, declared the Heavenly Centipede Mansion under his protection, and used Burning Heaven Spirit Incineration to defeat Xie Shan with one palm strike.
• Xie Shan summoned the Myriad Scorpion Sect’s Supreme Elder, Xie Bi Yan, who appeared and demanded Wu Ya’s surrender.
• Wu Ya refused to submit, but before Xie Bi Yan could attack him, Zi Yan appeared and killed the Dou Zong with a single punch.
• The Heavenly Centipede Mansion cultivators cheered as Lu Yu asked the remaining Myriad Scorpion Sect members who else refused to submit.

Lu Yu defeated Xie Shan, absorbed the energy of his Demonic Poisonous Pustules, and left Wu Ya to unify the factions around the Scorpion Mountain Range. As Lu Yu and his companions reached Myriad Scorpion Mountain, a Heavenly Snake Manor elder arrived with the unconscious Qing Lin and asked for Queen Medusa.

• Xie Shan unleashed his Demonic Poisonous Pustules, but Lu Yu absorbed and refined them, advancing to four-star Dou Huang before Xie Shan died.
• Cai Lin and the others helped Wu Ya defeat the remaining Myriad Scorpion Sect forces, and Lu Yu ordered Wu Ya to unify the nearby factions within three days.
• A Soul Hall protector learned Xie Bi Yan was dead and withdrew, deciding to back another faction instead of seeking revenge.
• Lu Yu sent Little Fairy Doctor and Zi Yan to search Myriad Scorpion Mountain for treasures.
• Hong Qi, the Seventh Elder of Heavenly Snake Manor, arrived on an Eight-winged Black Snake Emperor with the unconscious Qing Lin and asked where Queen Medusa was.

Lu Yu and his companions fought Hong Qi of Heavenly Snake Manor to rescue Qing Lin, whom he had abducted. Zi Yan shielded Lu Yu from Hong Qi’s strongest attack, leaving Hong Qi defeated and the group with Qing Lin.

• Hong Qi refused to release Qing Lin, so Lu Yu used Burning Heaven Spirit Incineration and attacked him with Heavenly Fire Dragon Steps.
• While Lu Yu fought Hong Qi, Zi Yan rescued Qing Lin and knocked the Eight-winged Black Snake Emperor unconscious.
• Hong Qi used Heavenly Snake Transformation to raise his power to the half-step Dou Zun threshold, and Little Fairy Doctor discovered that Qing Lin’s meridian vital points were sealed.
• Hong Qi summoned Heavenly Snake Swallows Sun, and Lu Yu countered with a Fire Lotus formed from three Strange Fires.
• Zi Yan, clad in golden armor, blocked Hong Qi’s attack without injury, while Hong Qi fell wounded and Lu Yu thanked her.

After capturing and sealing the Heavenly Snake Manor elder and feeding the weakened Eight-winged Black Snake Emperor to Little Cai, Lu Yu began a new simulation to prepare for Heavenly Snake Manor’s retaliation. He became Myriad Insect Ancestor’s fourth disciple, gained powerful techniques and treasures, and ended the simulation with three rewards to choose from.

• Hong Qi severed his arm and used the Heavenly Snake Disintegration Great Method to flee, but Zi Yan caught him with her Dragon-Phoenix Wings, and Lu Yu sealed his cultivation.
• Lu Yu sealed the Eight-winged Black Snake Emperor, which Little Cai swallowed, and Cai Lin knocked Hong Qi unconscious after he protested her capture.
• Lu Yu assigned tasks to Zi Yan, Little Fairy Doctor, Cai Lin, and Qing Lin, then entered seclusion and chose the Myriad Insect Mountain Trial identity for his next simulation.
• In the simulation, Lu Yu survived the trials, became Myriad Insect Ancestor’s fourth disciple, and later reached the Supreme realm while growing close to senior sister Su Qingyin.
• Su Qingyin brought Lu Yu the Great Sun Undying Body remains, which he used to cultivate the body and reach the Opening Three Yangs realm; the simulation ended with a choice among an Inheritance Jade Slip, the remains, and a Minor Bodhi Pill.

Lu Yu chose the Minor Bodhi Pill and used its effects to master the Emperor Seal Art, then continued refining pills until his alchemy advanced to the Sixth Grade realm. He ended the chapter with several valuable pills and a major increase in his skills.

• Lu Yu weighed the Great Sun Undying Body inheritance against the immediate combat benefits of choosing the Minor Bodhi Pill and decided to perfect the Emperor Seal Art.
• Lu Yu swallowed the Minor Bodhi Pill and studied the Emperor Seal Art, learning the five seals and discovering that the third seal consumed a large share of his Dou Qi.
• After two days, Lu Yu fused the five seal techniques and reached the Emperor Seal Art's realm of perfection.
• With the Minor Bodhi Pill's effects still active, Lu Yu used an alchemy inheritance to refine pills and produced an Emperor Breaking Pill.
• Lu Yu completed a successful run of pill refinement, producing five Peak Fifth Grade Purple Jade Barrier-Breaking Pills, two Emperor Breaking Pills, and one Sixth Grade Earth Spirit Pill, advancing his alchemy to the Sixth Grade realm.

After recovering from the Minor Bodhi Pill’s side effects, Lu Yu gathered the Scorpion Mountain Range’s treasures with Zi Yan and Little Fairy Doctor, then led them to the Netherworld Poison Marsh to search for the Netherworld Poison Flame. The three split up, and Lu Yu raced toward the marsh’s center after sensing the flame nearby.

• Lu Yu recovered from the Minor Bodhi Pill’s temporary side effects after several days of meditation.
• Little Fairy Doctor sorted the Scorpion Mountain Range’s treasures, while Zi Yan gave up her share and Lu Yu stored the remaining items.
• Lu Yu gave Little Fairy Doctor an Earth Spirit Pill and announced their plans to search the Netherworld Poison Marsh.
• At the marsh’s edge, Little Fairy Doctor warned that its toxins could threaten even Dou Huang experts, and Lu Yu assigned her and Zi Yan to search the outskirts while he entered the center.
• Little Fairy Doctor worried about Lu Yu entering the core region, but he reassured her and set a two-hour meeting time before they split up.
• Lu Yu flew deeper into the marsh, followed the resonance of his exotic flames, and sensed the Netherworld Poison Flame ahead.

Lu Yu captured the Netherworld Poison Flame and gave it to Little Fairy Doctor to refine in the Netherworld Poison Marsh. Two months later, she emerged as a three-star Dou Huang, while Lu Yu had advanced to seven-star Dou Huang, and she leaped into his arms to thank him.

• Lu Yu defeated the Netherworld Poison Flame’s poisonous butterfly guardian and sealed the flame inside the Pagoda Tower.
• Lu Yu returned to Zi Yan and Little Fairy Doctor, then gave Little Fairy Doctor the sealed flame and advised her to refine it in the poison-rich marsh.
• Little Fairy Doctor swallowed an Earth Spirit Pill and began refining the Netherworld Poison Flame while Lu Yu guarded her and cultivated nearby.
• After two months, Little Fairy Doctor successfully fused the flame and reached three-star Dou Huang, while Lu Yu revealed he had advanced from peak four-star to seven-star Dou Huang.
• Little Fairy Doctor leaped into Lu Yu’s arms and softly thanked him.

Lu Yu returned to the former Myriad Scorpion Sect, now the Heavenly Centipede Mansion, and negotiated with Wu Ya to settle the Snake-human Race in the Scorpion Mountain Range. After Wu Ya agreed to cede Ghost Poison Valley, Lu Yu presented pills and proposed a new transaction with the Heavenly Centipede Mansion and the Snake-human Race.

• Lu Yu returned to the Heavenly Centipede Mansion, where Cai Lin and Wu Ya welcomed him with unusual respect before the gathered faction leaders.
• Wu Ya presented Lu Yu with fifth-tier and higher medicinal herbs, and Lu Yu gave Wu Ya a cultivation method for the Natal Gu and an Earth-tier poison-attribute technique.
• Lu Yu asked Wu Ya to cede part of the Scorpion Mountain Range as a new territory for the Snake-human Race.
• Wu Ya agreed to let the Snake-human Race settle in Ghost Poison Valley, and Lu Yu set the relocation to begin in three days.
• Lu Yu revealed bottles of Purple Jade Barrier-Breaking Pills and Emperor Breaking Pills and proposed a transaction to Wu Ya and Cai Lin.

Lu Yu and his companions left the Scorpion Mountain Range, visited Hai Bodong for information, and captured the Crimson Crystal Horned Python King for Qing Lin. They returned to Heping Town near Jia Nan Academy, where an Enforcement Team captain told Lu Yu that Su Qian and Hu Gan had been looking for him.

• Lu Yu left the Snake-human Race’s settlement arrangements in Wu Ya’s hands and set out with his companions for the Jama Empire and Jia Nan Academy.
• Hai Bodong gave Lu Yu a map of the Monster Beast Mountain Range that marked the territories and movements of its powerful magical beasts.
• Zi Yan defeated the Crimson Crystal Horned Python King, and Qing Lin used her Jade Serpent Three Flower Eyes to subdue it.
• Lu Yu and his companions returned to Heping Town, where an Enforcement Team captain told Lu Yu that Su Qian and Hu Gan wanted to see him.