Chapter Summaries

Chen Guan and Zi Yan watched Queen Medusa survive her evolution and emerge as a tiny Seven-Colored Sky-Swallowing Python. After the Snake People Race elders arrived, Zi Yan went with them while Chen Guan stayed behind to recover his depleted Soul Power using the Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva.

• Chen Guan led Zi Yan away from the charred snake body as lightning struck it, then sensed an aura inside the remains.
• Queen Medusa emerged as a tiny Seven-Colored Sky-Swallowing Python, darted around Lake Island, and released an aura that reassured the Snake People Race.
• Zi Yan offered the Little Sky-Swallowing Python spiritual fruits, but Chen Guan realized it wanted his Earthflame Lotus Seeds and gave it one to eat.
• The Little Sky-Swallowing Python swallowed the seed, curled around its bottle, and fell asleep, leaving Chen Guan to worry that it was another Gold-Swallowing Beast.
• Snake People Race elders arrived seeking news of Queen Medusa, and Chen Guan sent Zi Yan with them while he stayed behind to recover with the Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva.

After using the Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva, Chen Guan broke through to the Spirit Realm and advanced to seven-star Dou Ling. As he and Zi Yan left the Snake People Race’s Holy City, Little Sky-Swallowing Python escaped the elders and clung to Chen Guan, then Queen Medusa appeared with his hand on her waist.

• Chen Guan refined and consumed the Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva, separated his soul from his body, and explored the world with his newly strengthened Spiritual Power.
• Chen Guan cultivated through the night and broke into the Spirit Realm while advancing to seven-star Dou Ling.
• Chen Guan and Zi Yan prepared to leave the Holy City after informing Hua She'er, but Little Sky-Swallowing Python woke and fled from the Snake People Race elders.
• Chen Guan caught Little Sky-Swallowing Python, which clung to his finger and refused to return to the elders.
• Queen Medusa appeared from Little Sky-Swallowing Python’s purple light and ordered the elders to go back, while Chen Guan stood with one hand on her waist.

Queen Medusa returned to Little Sky-Swallowing Python and asked Chen Guan to help obtain the Soul Melting Pill formula and ingredients, while he set off for the Magical Beast Mountain Range. Elsewhere, Xiao Yan accepted Old Yao’s training plan, and Yun Yun learned about the Amethyst Profound Pill and identified the Amethyst Spirit Crystal as the remaining difficult ingredient.

• Queen Medusa explained that Little Sky-Swallowing Python was close to Chen Guan and asked him to obtain the Soul Melting Pill formula and arrange for the Alchemist Guild to refine it.
• Queen Medusa reverted to Little Sky-Swallowing Python, and Chen Guan fed it an Earthflame Lotus Seed before setting off with Zi Yan for the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yan asked Old Yao to let him leave home for experience, but Old Yao told him to focus on advancing to Dou Zhe and wait for Jia Nan Academy’s Recruitment Team.
• Yun Yun asked Fama about a pill made with the Amethyst Winged Lion King’s Amethyst Spirit Crystal, and he told her about the fifth-tier Amethyst Profound Pill.
• Yun Yun learned that her teacher possessed the Nine-Turn Heart-Connecting Flower and decided that the Amethyst Spirit Crystal was the main ingredient she still needed to obtain.

Chen Guan entered the Magical Beast Mountain Range with Zi Yan to gather medicinal ingredients and test his combat strength. After Zi Yan went deeper to forage, Chen Guan defeated three overlord-level Fourth-Tier Magical Beasts and continued into the mountains, eager to challenge Dou Wang-level opponents.

• Chen Guan and Zi Yan entered the Magical Beast Mountain Range, where Zi Yan quickly gathered medicinal ingredients.
• Chen Guan gave Zi Yan the Sky-Swallowing Python and the last two Earthflame Lotus Seeds before they separated.
• Chen Guan ventured deeper alone to test his strength without relying on Soul Power and to practice Earth-tier Dou Techniques.
• Chen Guan lured the Netherflame Sword Tiger, Earth Dragon Bear, and Red Fox into attacking him together.
• Chen Guan killed the Earth Dragon Bear and Red Fox after the Netherflame Sword Tiger fled.
• Chen Guan collected the spoils and continued deeper into the mountains, looking forward to facing Dou Wang-level opponents.

Chen Guan killed a poisonous flood dragon, then reached Yun Yun's battle with the Amethyst Winged Lion King and sent Zi Yan to steal the Companion Amethyst Source. The chapter left Yun Yun and the Lion King unleashing their ultimate attacks against each other.

• Chen Guan defeated the poisonous flood dragon with Crimson Star Flowing Flame and collected its useful parts.
• Chen Guan followed a tremendous disturbance and found Yun Yun fighting the Amethyst Winged Lion King.
• Chen Guan discovered Zi Yan hiding nearby with Little Sky-Swallowing Python and learned they had come seeking treasure.
• Chen Guan sent Zi Yan and a Fifth Tier Puppet into the Lion King's lair to retrieve the Companion Amethyst Source.
• Yun Yun unleashed Splitting Wind Spiral Dance as the Amethyst Winged Lion King fired Amethyst Seal.

Chen Guan rescued Yun Yun from the Amethyst Winged Lion King and helped her escape after she was struck by its sealing attack. They reached the waterfall hideout, where Yun Yun said she had come for the Companion Amethyst Spirit Crystal, while Chen Guan had come for the Companion Amethyst Source.

• Yun Yun's Meteor Kill severed half of the Amethyst Winged Lion King's horn, but its purple sealing beam broke through her defenses and struck her.
• Chen Guan's black figure absorbed most of the beam, then Chen Guan grabbed Yun Yun and fled as the Amethyst Winged Lion King attacked.
• Chen Guan used a second Fifth Tier Puppet to block the lion king's claws and strike it, leaving the beast injured as Chen Guan and Yun Yun escaped with their puppets.
• The Little Amethyst Winged Lion King emerged from the nest, and the enraged Amethyst Winged Lion King ordered the mountain's beasts to search for the humans after discovering the nest had been looted.
• Chen Guan brought the weakened Yun Yun to the waterfall hideout, where she said the sealing energy would take about two days to break and revealed she sought the Companion Amethyst Spirit Crystal.

Chen Guan traded Amethyst Spirit Crystal to Yun Yun for a fourth-tier pill formula and sheltered with her in a cave while magical beasts searched nearby. He helped Yun Yun set aside her burdens for a moonlit moment, ending with him taking her hand as they pretended to touch the moon.

• Chen Guan offered Yun Yun Amethyst Spirit Crystal in exchange for a pill formula, and they agreed on a fourth-tier formula the imperial family did not have.
• Chen Guan told Yun Yun that Zi Yan had left safely, then led Yun Yun into a hidden cave to avoid the searching magical beasts.
• Chen Guan set up a comfortable camp in the cave and spoke with Yun Yun about finding moments of leisure amid her duties as sect master.
• Chen Guan led Yun Yun to the cliff above the waterfall, where they pretended to touch the rising full moon.
• Chen Guan moved behind Yun Yun and grasped her raised hand, telling her the moon felt warmer from her side.

Chen Guan played Yun Yun a flute piece before Queen Medusa arrived and took them to the Imperial Capital to obtain a Soul Melting Pill formula. At the Alchemist Guild, Chen Guan proved he was a fifth-grade alchemist, earning the formula and a Guest Elder token, while Hai Bodong asked about the Little Sky-Swallowing Python.

• Chen Guan played Daughter's Love for Yun Yun, and she admitted that the piece resonated with her.
• Queen Medusa and Zi Yan arrived, and Queen Medusa took Chen Guan and Yun Yun toward the Imperial Capital to seek the Soul Melting Pill formula.
• After traveling through the night, Queen Medusa dropped Yun Yun at Misty Cloud Mountain while Chen Guan and Zi Yan went to the Alchemist Guild.
• Chen Guan offered Fama a Barrier Breaking Pill formula in exchange for the Soul Melting Pill formula, and Fama agreed if Chen Guan proved he could make a fifth-grade pill.
• Chen Guan refined a fifth-grade Qi Cultivation Pill, so Fama gave him the Soul Melting Pill formula and a Guest Elder token.
• A seven-colored light brought the Little Sky-Swallowing Python to Zi Yan, and Hai Bodong asked Chen Guan what kind of magical beast it was.

Chen Guan returned to the Imperial Palace after Queen Medusa’s evolution succeeded, then discussed Gu He’s captivity and the Soul Melting Pill with Jia Xingtian. Late that night, Chen Guan prepared to deal with Han Feng.

• Little Sky-Swallowing Python revealed that Queen Medusa was inside her, frightening Hai Bodong into fleeing after he joked about raising her as a pet.
• Chen Guan left Fama and returned to the Imperial Palace with Zi Yan, where Yaoyue tried to show off her improved studies but he passed her by.
• Chen Guan found Jia Xingtian’s new black house and learned that Gu He was being forced to cooperate, with his freedom left to Jia Xingtian’s discretion.
• Chen Guan told Jia Xingtian that Queen Medusa’s evolution had succeeded but left her temporarily unable to fight, and they discussed gathering ingredients for a Soul Melting Pill.
• Late at night, Chen Guan took items from his storage ring, including a broken body, and prepared to deal with Han Feng.

Chen Guan used orthodox and forbidden puppet techniques to turn Han Feng’s body and soul into a Medicine Puppet, preserving his alchemy skills and binding it to his command. After confirming it could refine pills, Chen Guan planned to use it for urgent medicines and began upgrading his Fifth Tier Puppets.

• Chen Guan decided to use corpse-and-soul puppet methods despite his teacher’s orthodox teachings, then carved twenty-eight puppet arrays into Han Feng’s body.
• Chen Guan released Han Feng’s soul from its bottle and forced it into the array, where the puppet formation erased Han Feng’s independent consciousness.
• Chen Guan imprinted the Medicine Puppet with his mark, repaired its body, and tested its movements and ability to refine Qi Gathering Powder.
• Chen Guan concluded the puppet could refine Sixth Grade Middle Grade pills and planned to use it for Hai Bodong’s Barrier Breaking Pill before addressing Yao Chen’s matter.
• Chen Guan set aside thoughts of taking the puppet’s Heavenly Flame and began improving his Fifth Tier Puppets so he would not need to be carried while flying.

Chen Guan exchanged the Amethyst Spirit Crystal with Nalan Yanran for an Azure Lightning Pill formula and gathered ingredients for the Soul Melting Pill. After feeding Little Sky-Swallowing Python, he tried to summon Queen Medusa and was blinded by a flash of purple light.

• Zi Yan gave Chen Guan the Amethyst Spirit Crystal and Companion Amethyst Source to take to Nalan Yanran.
• Nalan Yanran exchanged Yun Yun’s Azure Lightning Pill formula for the Amethyst Spirit Crystal and asked Chen Guan about his realm.
• Chen Guan told Nalan Yanran she was far behind him and urged her to focus on the Three-Year Agreement and Xiao Yan.
• Chen Guan gathered most of the ingredients for the Soul Melting Pill from the Alchemist Guild, the Mitel Auction House, and the Imperial Palace treasure vault.
• Chen Guan fed Little Sky-Swallowing Python Companion Amethyst Source and called for Queen Medusa, then a flash of purple light blinded him.

Chen Guan ended a playful chase with Queen Medusa and Zi Yan by discussing the Soul Melting Pill and Hai Bodong’s seal. Medusa agreed to wait two years for Chen Guan to reach Sixth Grade Alchemist, and she said she would consider removing Hai Bodong’s seal for Zi Yan’s sake.

• Queen Medusa attacked Chen Guan after he teased her, and Zi Yan joined their chase beyond the imperial city.
• Medusa struck Chen Guan hard enough to end the chase, then asked why he had called her out.
• Chen Guan explained that he had gathered one set of ingredients for the Soul Melting Pill and proposed either seeking help from Elder Fa and the Medicine Puppet or waiting until he became a Sixth Grade Alchemist.
• Medusa chose to wait for Chen Guan to advance, while Zi Yan happily anticipated spending the next two years together.
• Chen Guan asked Medusa to remove Hai Bodong’s seal, and she agreed to consider it for Zi Yan’s sake.
• Hai Bodong brooded in seclusion at the Mittel Family, then grew alarmed when he sensed something outside his room.

Queen Medusa removed Hai Bodong’s Snake Sealing Curse by beating him, while Chen Guan spent two months overseeing pill refinement at the Imperial Hunting Ground. After learning that Xiao Yan had left for the Magical Beast Mountain Range and poison masters were attacking the Snake People Race, Chen Guan and Zi Yan set out with Medusa toward the Chu Yun Empire, suspecting the crisis involved Xiao Yi Xian.

• Queen Medusa removed Hai Bodong’s Snake Sealing Curse, and Chen Guan and Zi Yan heard his cries from a nearby rooftop.
• Over the next two months, Gu He and the Medicine Puppet repeatedly refined pills for Jia Xingtian, while Chen Guan prepared to leave with Zi Yan and the Medicine Puppet.
• Yaoye told Chen Guan that Xiao Yan had enrolled in Jia Nan Academy and left for the Magical Beast Mountain Range after fighting Instructor Ruolin.
• Yaoye reported that poison masters had entered the Tagor Desert and inflicted losses on the Snake People Race, prompting Queen Medusa to return.
• Chen Guan chose to travel with Zi Yan and Medusa, and he suspected the trouble in the Chu Yun Empire was connected to Xiao Yi Xian.

Queen Medusa, Chen Guan, and Zi Yan returned to the Snake People Race's Holy City after Medusa slaughtered poison masters attacking snake people across the Tagor Desert. Chen Guan interrogated a survivor and learned the Poison Sect was driving poison masters out of the Chu Yun Empire, raising suspicions that war was near; he then asked whether the sect had someone called the Heavenly Poison Woman.

• Medusa killed six poison masters who had massacred snake people in the Tagor Desert.
• Chen Guan, Zi Yan, and Medusa flew toward the Holy City, where Medusa killed poison masters they encountered along the way.
• Hua She'er welcomed Medusa at the city wall, and Medusa returned to the temple while Chen Guan kept a poison master alive for questioning.
• The poison master told Chen Guan that the Poison Sect was expanding and forcing small factions to submit or flee the Chu Yun Empire.
• The poison master shared rumors that the Poison Sect was preparing to fight the Chu Yun Imperial Family or had already taken control of it.
• Chen Guan asked whether the Poison Sect had someone called the Heavenly Poison Woman.

Chen Guan helped Medusa secure supplies of Detoxification Pills and support from the Jia Ma Empire as the Snake People Race prepared to crush the invading poison masters. Medusa delegated command to Hua She'er and Chen Guan, then set out for the border to stop further incursions.

• The poison master told Chen Guan that the ruthless Heavenly Poison Woman, Xiao Yi Xian, was a Dou Wang who had driven the Poison Sect’s campaign.
• Chen Guan learned that Xiao Yi Xian seemed to be leading the Poison Sect toward disaster and worried about the hidden dangers behind her rapid rise in strength.
• Hua She'er reported that poison attacks had left soldiers across the Eight Great Tribes in urgent need of Detoxification Pills, and Chen Guan arranged for Medicine Puppets, the royal family, the Mittel Family, and the Alchemist Guild to help supply them.
• Medusa ordered Tagouer sealed and directed the Eight Great Tribes to mobilize their Dou Shi-level fighters to encircle and eliminate the poison masters.
• Medusa entrusted Hua She'er with coordinating the campaign and gave Chen Guan and Zi Yan authority over minor matters in the Holy City.
• Medusa took up Peach Blossom and went to the border, intending to stop the Chu Yun Empire’s poison masters from crossing again.

Queen Medusa sealed the Snake People Race’s borders while Chen Guan and the Medicine Puppet prepared Detoxification Pills and the Eight Great Tribes hunted poison masters. After the hunt, Hua She’er brought the leaders to the Holy City and went to ask whether Chen Guan would meet them.

• Queen Medusa left alone for the border, while Hua She’er carried out her orders and Chen Guan began refining second-tier Detoxification Pills with the Medicine Puppet.
• The Snake People Race sealed the Tagor Desert and inspected travelers as its forces searched for poison masters.
• Hua She’er told the eight tribal leaders that Chen Guan’s help and the Queen’s pill reward were tied to their efforts, prompting them to change how they viewed humans and renew the hunt.
• Yan Ci pursued poison masters to earn a pill, while Yuemei returned to inspection checkpoints to prevent soldiers from mistreating humans.
• The leaders and Hua She’er killed nearly three thousand poison masters, then went to the Holy City, where Hua She’er asked them to wait while she sought Chen Guan.

Chen Guan met the eight chiefs, gave Hua She'er a vast supply of Detoxification Pills, and searched the Tagor Desert for the remaining poison masters. He found three brothers hiding underground and killed them after defeating their combined Dou Technique.

• Hua She'er reported that the poison masters had been hunted down and brought Chen Guan to meet the eight chiefs, who thanked him for his help.
• Chen Guan told the chiefs to keep the Tagouer blockade in place while he searched the desert, then gave Hua She'er a storage ring packed with Detoxification Pills.
• Chen Guan used his Spiritual Power to find three poison master brothers hiding in a Yellow Poison Armor Beast's underground nest.
• The brothers attacked Chen Guan with their combined Three-Colored Cold Toad Dou Technique, but his Heavenly Flames destroyed it.
• Chen Guan used Myriad God Calamity to catch and kill all three brothers.

Chen Guan finished hunting the poison masters in the Tagor Desert and prepared to return Zi Yan to Jia Nan Academy before her imminent breakthrough. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan learned that the Snake People Race had sealed off the desert and set his sights on the Amethyst Winged Lion King for his first Origin Flame Seed.

• Chen Guan found the combined Dou Technique Void Unification among the three brothers' belongings, then searched Tagouer and killed six remaining poison masters.
• Chen Guan told Hua She'er to lift the blockade and contact Old General Huang, then discovered Zi Yan was nearing a breakthrough after secretly eating a large red magical beast egg.
• Hua She'er reported that pills from the Jia Ma Empire had arrived with a letter from Yaoye saying Xiao Yi Xian planned to control the Poison Sect and attack the empire in three to five years.
• Yao Chen told Xiao Yan that the Snake People Race had sealed off the Tagor Desert and urged him to accelerate his cultivation plan.
• Yao Chen directed Xiao Yan to pursue the sixth-tier Amethyst Winged Lion King for his first Origin Flame Seed before heading to the Tagor Desert.

Yao Chen took control of Xiao Yan and flew toward the Tagor Desert, while Medusa returned to the Holy City and told Chen Guan that the Little Sky-Swallowing Python would control her body for a long time. After learning that Xiao Yan had arrived at the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, Chen Guan prepared to enact his plans against him.

• The Amethyst Winged Lion King flew into a rage after being robbed and injured again, while Yao Chen decided to take Xiao Yan directly to the Tagor Desert.
• Medusa returned to the Holy City, briefed Hua She'er, and went to see Chen Guan, who had just finished refining a Recovery Pill.
• Medusa told Chen Guan that, under her agreement with the Little Sky-Swallowing Python's soul, the python would control her for a long time.
• A Snake People Race soldier delivered Chen Guan a letter from Old General Huang reporting that Xiao Yan had arrived at the Desert Iron Mercenary Group.
• Chen Guan burned the letter and looked toward Shimo City, ready to carry out the plans he had prepared for Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan learned that the alchemist who had taken the Green Lotus Core Flame was named Chen Guan and entered the Tagor Desert to investigate. Chen Guan learned of Xiao Yan’s approach and set out to meet him.

• Xiao Yan and Yao Chen found that someone had already taken the Green Lotus Core Flame from the underground cave, and Yao Chen concluded that an alchemist had removed it carefully.
• Xiao Yan questioned Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, who described the young alchemist and revealed that their contact at the City Lord’s Mansion could identify him.
• Xiao Ding used his connections to learn that the alchemist was Chen Guan, and Xiao Yan set out into the desert after preparing supplies.
• Hua She’er told Chen Guan that Xiao Yan was nearing the Charming Serpent Tribe and that Chief Yuemei had let him pass as instructed.
• Chen Guan rose to meet Xiao Yan and asked Hua She’er to tell Zi Yan when she woke.