Chapter Summaries

The Great Snake People Elder failed to find help from Pill King Gu He and urgently sought another high-grade alchemist to save Queen Medusa. Xiao Ze agreed to accompany her to the Snake People Divine Hall, where he learned Queen Medusa was the patient and prepared to examine her condition.

• The Great Snake People Elder asked Pill King Gu He for help, but he said Queen Medusa needed a Seventh-Grade healing pill and was beyond his abilities.
• Xiao Ze revealed powerful Soul Power, and the Great Elder asked him to treat her friend; he agreed after she disclosed her identity and offered Fire Rock Marrow.
• The Great Elder brought Xiao Ze through the desert to the Snake People Divine Hall, where the Second Elder greeted them.
• The Great Elder revealed that Queen Medusa was the patient and begged Xiao Ze to save her, while he said he first needed to assess her condition and warned that his price might be beyond the Snake People Race.

Xiao Ze inspected Queen Medusa and revealed that the Heavenly Flame energy was still damaging her body, making her treatment more difficult. He negotiated a deal with the Snake People Race: their treasures and all gains for five years, plus Queen Medusa serving as his bodyguard for three years if she evolved into a Dou Zong.

• Xiao Ze examined Queen Medusa in the Ice Coffin and said the Ice Coffin only suppressed the Heavenly Flame energy instead of removing it.
• Xiao Ze demanded sufficient payment to treat Queen Medusa and showed the Great Elder and Second Elder his Life Returning Pill.
• Xiao Ze rejected the clan's treasures and offer of future assistance, then pretended to leave when they could not meet his demands.
• The Great Elder offered Queen Medusa's future service as a Dou Zong bodyguard and the clan's gains for three years, but Xiao Ze demanded five years of gains and three years of protection.
• The Great Elder and Second Elder accepted Xiao Ze's terms.

Xiao Ze removed the Heavenly Flame energy from Queen Medusa and used a Life Returning Pill to heal her. After she awakened, she learned he had saved her to secure an agreement with the Snake People Race, including her serving as his bodyguard for three years.

• Xiao Ze signed a contract with the Great Elder and selected medicinal herbs from the Snake People Race's treasure vault.
• Xiao Ze used medicinal liquid to gather the Heavenly Flame energy in Queen Medusa's left palm, then absorbed it with the Tree of Origin.
• Xiao Ze fed Queen Medusa a Life Returning Pill and guided its effects to heal her injuries and restore her appearance.
• Queen Medusa awakened and asked Xiao Ze whether he had saved her, then told the two elders to wait outside so they could speak alone.
• Xiao Ze showed Queen Medusa the contract, and she realized he had saved her for the Snake People Race rather than for her allure.
• Queen Medusa dressed and considered the contract's demand that she serve as Xiao Ze's personal bodyguard for three years.

Queen Medusa learned how Xiao Ze had saved her and negotiated with him for help completing her evolution. Xiao Ze outlined a costly pill regimen, and Medusa offered six years of service as his bodyguard in exchange.

• Queen Medusa praised the elders for securing Xiao Ze's help and announced her intention to attempt evolution again.
• Medusa decided to double her bodyguard service in exchange for Xiao Ze's assistance.
• Xiao Ze met Medusa in the Snake People Divine Hall and rejected a deal based only on her personal possessions.
• Xiao Ze explained that Medusa would need an Emperor Extreme Pill and a Sect Breaking Pill to improve her chances of reaching Dou Zong.
• Medusa offered six years of bodyguard service and obedience in exchange for help with her evolution, and Xiao Ze questioned the value of promises that depended on her success.

Xiao Ze negotiated with Queen Medusa over the risk of helping her evolve, and she agreed to serve him for ten years in exchange for his support. The chapter ended with Queen Medusa ordering Yue Mei to gather the costly medicinal ingredients needed for the pills.

• Xiao Ze pointed out that Queen Medusa’s proposed deal offered no guaranteed return if her evolution failed, and she insisted she had confidence in succeeding.
• Xiao Ze agreed to take the risk if Queen Medusa extended her service term to ten years, and she immediately accepted.
• Xiao Ze asked Queen Medusa to gather materials for the Emperor Extreme Pill and Sect Breaking Pill, and offered additional pills to assist her evolution.
• Queen Medusa explained that becoming a Dou Zong would protect the Snake People Race even while she served Xiao Ze.
• Queen Medusa ordered Yue Mei to mobilize the Snake People Race and gather the listed ingredients at any cost.

The seal on the Heavenly Flame Refining Pagoda failed, and the Fallen Heart Flame broke free as Jia Nan Academy's elders struggled to contain it. Han Feng and Xiao Yan also headed for the Inner Academy, each seeking to seize the opportunity.

• Zi Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Azure Scales sensed a disturbance in the north, and Xiao Yi Xian received the Great Elder's summons to the Heavenly Flame Refining Pagoda.
• The Great Elder called the Inner Academy elders to reinforce the failing seal while students evacuated the area.
• The Fallen Heart Flame burst through the seal as a massive Invisible Fire Python, and the Great Elder led eighteen elders in trapping it with the Thousand-Layer Sealing Formation.
• The Great Elder warned Xiao Yi Xian to watch for enemies from the Black Corner Region as the elders struggled to hold the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Han Feng gathered forces and advanced toward the Inner Academy, while Xiao Yan rushed there with Old Ya, intent on obtaining the Fallen Heart Flame.

Xiao Ze traveled with Queen Medusa to the Hundred Thousand Poison Peaks to obtain high-tier magic cores. He killed the Azure-Eyed Poison Python with one punch, and the pair prepared to salvage its valuable remains before moving on.

• Xiao Ze worried that his supply of high-tier magic cores was running low, and Queen Medusa offered to accompany him to the nearby Hundred Thousand Poison Peaks.
• Xiao Ze and Queen Medusa flew to the Chu Yun Empire's Hundred Thousand Poison Peaks, where Queen Medusa warned him about the peak Tier 6 Azure-Eyed Poison Python that harassed the Snake People Divine Hall.
• Xiao Ze and Queen Medusa found the Azure-Eyed Poison Python in its cave, and it leered at Queen Medusa as it emerged.
• Xiao Ze immobilized the Azure-Eyed Poison Python with the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and killed it with a single punch.
• Queen Medusa was shocked by Xiao Ze's strength, and Xiao Ze asked her to help collect the beast's valuable remains before they visited another lair.

Xiao Ze and Queen Medusa hunted powerful magical beasts before returning to the Snake People Empire, where he refined pills to help her recover and purify Heavenly Flames. After finishing two pills, Xiao Ze paused before beginning the next refinement at Queen Medusa’s request.

• Xiao Ze and Queen Medusa killed high-tier magical beasts in the Hundred Thousand Poison Peaks, then left when Xiao Ze sensed the Chu Yun Empire’s forces might object.
• The empire’s sect leaders found the beasts’ nests cleared and withdrew rather than risk provoking a possible Dou Zong expert.
• Queen Medusa’s people gathered ingredients for two pills, and she led Xiao Ze to a defended secret chamber beneath her bedchamber.
• Xiao Ze refined an Emperor Extreme Pill and a Sect Breaking Pill while Queen Medusa watched, giving both pills to her in exchange for years of her freedom.
• Xiao Ze prepared to refine a pill to help Queen Medusa purify Heavenly Flames, but agreed to rest briefly when she warned him against exhausting himself.

Xiao Ze helped Queen Medusa undergo her second evolution using the Green Lotus Core Flame, and she successfully transformed into a Seven-Colored Sky-Devouring Python. The chapter ended with Xiao Ze confronting the newly evolved little snake as the Snake People celebrated her breakthrough.

• Xiao Ze gave Queen Medusa the final auxiliary pill and promised to help her take the pills during her evolution.
• Queen Medusa returned to the peak of the Dou Emperor realm and went with Xiao Ze and the four great elders to the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Queen Medusa began her evolution by entering the Green Lotus Core Flame, while Xiao Ze supplied her with pills as the flame scorched her body.
• Xiao Ze saw the Seven-Colored Sky-Devouring Python name stabilize on Queen Medusa's status panel and bound its bloodline.
• Queen Medusa successfully evolved, triggering heavenly lightning and a powerful aura across the Snake People Divine Hall.
• Xiao Ze flicked the newly emerged Seven-Colored Sky-Devouring Python with a finger and recognized it.

Xiao Ze emerged from Queen Medusa’s evolution with her transformed into an infant Seven-Colored Sky-Devouring Python who had lost her memories and attached herself to him. He left the Snake People Divine Hall with her, while the elders hoped she might someday remember her people.

• Xiao Ze fed the Seven-Colored Sky-Devouring Python Earth Core Body Tempering Milk, and she accepted his touch before falling asleep coiled around his arm.
• Xiao Ze showed the sleeping snake to the four Great Elders, who recognized her as the legendary Seven-Colored Sky-Devouring Python and celebrated Queen Medusa’s apparent evolution.
• Xiao Ze explained that the snake had no memories of Queen Medusa, leaving the elders distressed until he suggested her memory loss might be temporary.
• The Great Elder asked Xiao Ze to provide the snake with Heaven and Earth Spiritual Treasures, and he agreed to care for her as part of their contract.
• Xiao Ze departed for Jia Nan Academy with the Seven-Colored Sky-Devouring Python, and the elders bowed in gratitude.

Xiao Ze received the Seven-Colored Sky-Devouring Python's Hundredfold Feedback, greatly strengthening his foundation and physical power, then headed into the Magical Beast Mountain Range for the Amethyst Source of Companionship. There, Yun Yun battled the Amethyst Winged Lion King after seeking its Purple Spirit Crystal for Nalan Yanran's medicinal pill.

• Xiao Ze received the Seven-Colored Sky-Devouring Python's Hundredfold Feedback, gaining its Royal Bloodline while the Tree of Origin expanded beyond thirty meters.
• Xiao Ze compressed the Great Boundless Sea Palm into a crystalline handprint and destroyed a mountain peak with it.
• Xiao Ze tested his physical strength by shattering another mountain peak with one punch, then headed deeper into the Magical Beast Mountain Range to find the Amethyst Source of Companionship.
• Xiao Ze collected high-level snake-type magical beasts along the way using his Soul Power.
• Yun Yun asked the Amethyst Winged Lion King for its Purple Spirit Crystal for a pill Gu He planned to refine for Nalan Yanran, but their negotiations failed and they began fighting.

Yun Yun was badly wounded after fighting the Amethyst Winged Lion King, and Xiao Ze found her unconscious in a cave and began treating her injuries. The chapter ended as Xiao Ze sensed an icy gaze while tending to her.

• The Amethyst Winged Lion King broke Yun Yun’s defenses with its Amethyst Seal, but Yun Yun shattered its horn with Wind Extremity: Falling Annihilation before escaping with severe injuries.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King ordered the magical beasts to search for Yun Yun and vowed to kill her.
• Xiao Ze sensed the battle, chose to search for Yun Yun rather than attack the weakened Amethyst Winged Lion King, and found her unconscious in a cave beside a dead magical beast.
• Xiao Ze removed armor fragments from Yun Yun’s wounds and treated her with Healing Pills and medicinal paste.
• Xiao Ze sensed an icy gaze as he finished treating Yun Yun.

Xiao Ze saved the wounded Yun Yun, revealed that he knew her identity, and explained his connection to her disciple Nalan Yanran. After Xiao Ze left to gather herbs, Yun Yun treated her wounds and worried that he might not return.

• Xiao Ze treated Yun Yun's wounds, and she thanked him after regaining consciousness.
• Xiao Ze revealed that Yun Yun was the Cloud Mist Sect Master and said Nalan Yanran would have become his sister-in-law if not for an accident.
• Yun Yun learned that Xiao Ze was an elder of Jia Nan Academy, and Xiao Ze left her pills and instructions before departing the cave.
• Xiao Ze cleared nearby Magical Beasts, left a Soul Imprint, and went to gather medicinal herbs.
• Yun Yun reapplied the Medicinal Liquid and, after Xiao Ze failed to return for more than half a day, worried that he had left because she had been too cold toward him.

Xiao Ze cared for the injured Yun Yun in a cave, and the two grew more comfortable with each other as they agreed to cooperate against the Amethyst Winged Lion King. They ended the chapter resting and working separately in the cave while Yun Yun tried to remove her seal and Xiao Ze developed pill formulas.

• Xiao Ze returned to the cave after gathering medicinal ingredients and found Yun Yun recovering from her injuries.
• Yun Yun learned that Xiao Ze also wanted Amethyst Source of Companionship and asked him to join her in confronting the Amethyst Winged Lion King; Xiao Ze vaguely agreed.
• Xiao Ze and Yun Yun spoke as friends, and he cooked grilled fish and rabbits for them to eat.
• After the meal, Yun Yun began removing the Amethyst Seal while Xiao Ze rested, studied his power, and worked on creating pill formulas.

Xiao Ze and Yun Yun grew closer as he taught her to cook, while Yun Yun prepared to break her seal and leave the cave. As Yun Yun challenged the Amethyst Winged Lion King again, Xiao Ze entered its lair and took the Amethyst Source of Companionship and Purple Spirit Crystal before parting ways with Yun Yun.

• Yun Yun tried to roast a rabbit, burned it, and learned to grill fish with Xiao Ze's help.
• Yun Yun told Xiao Ze she expected to break the seal the next day and promised to prepare him a gift of thanks.
• Yun Yun challenged the Amethyst Winged Lion King while Xiao Ze used the distraction to enter its lair.
• Xiao Ze broke off the Amethyst Source of Companionship and knocked out the Little Amethyst Winged Lion King to obtain its Purple Spirit Crystal.
• Xiao Ze gave Yun Yun the Purple Spirit Crystal at the waterfall and departed, leaving Yun Yun watching him go.

Xiao Ze returned toward Jia Nan Academy, fed the Seven-Colored Sky-Devouring Python, and entered the Black Corner Region, where he discovered Elder Lin and Xiao Li being ambushed by the Black Alliance. The chapter ended with Fan Lao appearing before Xiao Li and questioning his identity.

• Xiao Ze failed to find suitable binding candidates on his journey and planned to ask Elder Huo about a recommendation to study at the Alchemist Tower.
• Xiao Ze subdued a high-tier snake-type magical beast, then gave the Amethyst Source of Companionship to the Seven-Colored Sky-Devouring Python, which ate some and went back to sleep.
• Xiao Ze entered the Black Corner Region and sensed a battle involving people he knew.
• Elder Lin escorted Xiao Li and the Desert Iron Mercenary Group toward Jia Nan City, but two Dou Wang experts from the Black Alliance pursued and surrounded them.
• Fan Lao arrived to support the attackers, leaving Elder Lin outnumbered by two Dou Wang experts and a Dou Emperor.
• Fan Lao appeared before Xiao Li and asked who he was.

Xiao Ze returned in time to save Xiao Li, Elder Lin, and the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, killing Fan Lao and the Blood Sect attackers. Back at the Inner Academy, he learned that the Fallen Heart Flame had broken free and swallowed Xiao Yan.

• Fan Lao disarmed Xiao Li and was about to kill him when Xiao Ze arrived and killed Fan Lao with one punch.
• Xiao Ze killed the two Dou Wang experts attacking Elder Lin and eliminated the fleeing Blood Sect disciples.
• Xiao Ze gave medicinal pills to the injured Desert Iron Mercenary Group and brought everyone back to safety before returning with Elder Lin to the Inner Academy.
• Elder Lin told Xiao Ze that the Fallen Heart Flame had broken through its seal in the Heavenly Flame Refining Pagoda, and the Great Elder revealed that it had swallowed Xiao Yan.

Xiao Ze learned that Xiao Yan had been swallowed by the weakened Fallen Heart Flame and entered the Heavenly Flame Refining Pagoda to find him. He found Xiao Yan protected by pale flames inside the Invisible Fire Python and began draining the Fallen Heart Flame’s energy.

• The Great Elder told Xiao Ze that Han Feng and the Black Corner Region experts had attacked after the Fallen Heart Flame broke free, and three Extreme Yang Pills had severely wounded its source.
• The Great Elder explained that Xiao Yan had been swallowed by the Invisible Fire Python while the Inner Academy resealed the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Xiao Ze asked the Great Elder to open the pagoda’s seal so he could enter the Underground World and search for Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Ze found Xiao Yan alive inside the Invisible Fire Python, protected by pale white flames.
• Xiao Ze charged into the Fallen Heart Flame and used the Tree of Origin to drain its energy.

Xiao Ze discovered that Xiao Yan was surviving inside Fallen Heart Flame thanks to an unknown pill that was helping his body adapt, so he left him there to preserve the opportunity. Back at Jia Nan Academy, Xiao Ze agreed to join the Great Elder in dealing with the Black Alliance members who had threatened the Inner Academy.

• Xiao Ze inspected Xiao Yan inside Fallen Heart Flame and found that an unknown, powerful pill was helping his body adapt to the Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Ze stopped draining Fallen Heart Flame and left Xiao Yan to continue adapting, believing he could eventually turn the tables on the flame.
• Xiao Ze returned to the Great Elder and explained that Xiao Yan was alive and gaining a fortuitous opportunity.
• The Great Elder promised the elders would rescue Xiao Yan if he did not awaken, and Xiao Ze thanked them.
• The Great Elder asked Xiao Ze to help settle accounts with the Black Alliance experts, and Xiao Ze agreed to join the effort.

Xiao Ze spent time with Xiao Yi Xian, Azure Scales, and Zi Yan while Jia Nan Academy gathered its experts to prepare for war against the Black Alliance. At the alliance headquarters, Han Feng found the Golden-Silver Elders unwilling to help him deal with the mysterious expert and wondered whether to seek help elsewhere.

• Xiao Ze absorbed Xiao Yi Xian's Calamity Poison Power, restoring her condition while strengthening his own abilities.
• Xiao Ze praised Azure Scales's progress, and Xiao Yi Xian explained that she had helped Azure Scales hunt snake-type magical beasts.
• Zi Yan returned after stealing a medicinal herb, then pulled Xiao Ze away to refine pills for her.
• Xiao Ze refined pills for Zi Yan and explained that he had obtained the Seven-Colored Sky-Devouring Python during his trip to the Jia Ma Empire.
• Jia Nan Academy gathered its experts to prepare a retaliation against the Black Alliance while Xiao Ze continued helping his companions cultivate.
• Han Feng offered the Golden-Silver Elders their promised pills and raised rumors about a mysterious Jia Nan Academy expert, but they refused to get involved, leaving Han Feng considering whether to seek help elsewhere.