Chapter Summaries

Lin Feng persuaded Queen Medusa to stop pursuing Yun Yun and the others, then agreed to obtain a rare pill recipe and refine a soul-restoring pill for her. Queen Medusa decided to accompany him, and she transformed into a small seven-colored snake that settled into his arms.

• Queen Medusa questioned Lin Feng about the Black-Robed Person, but he denied knowing him and persuaded her to let Yue Mei and the other leaders pursue Yun Yun's group.
• Queen Medusa restrained Lin Feng and demanded a pill to restore her soul power; Lin Feng explained that he needed the Six-Rank recipe held by the Jia Ma Empire's Alchemist Guild and time to reach the fifth rank.
• Lin Feng agreed to obtain the recipe and refine the pill, estimating that he would need between half a year and over a year to become capable of doing so.
• Queen Medusa released Lin Feng but insisted on accompanying him until he refined the pill, explaining that her weakened state might soon force her into slumber.
• Queen Medusa shrank into a seven-colored little snake and flew into Lin Feng's arms as he prepared to leave.

Lin Feng left the Snake-People Tribe with the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python and met Yun Yun at the edge of the desert. As he explained his connection to Queen Medusa, she awakened to chastise him, and Yun Yun showed concern about the Heavenly Flame he had obtained.

• Lin Feng flew toward the desert's edge with the affectionate Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python and fed it Coexisting Amethyst Source.
• Lin Feng jokingly asked the little snake to call him Master, but its blank stare made him suspect Queen Medusa was watching.
• Lin Feng met Yun Yun, who said she had waited to make sure he left safely and asked how he had ended up with Queen Medusa.
• Lin Feng explained that Queen Medusa had captured him and that he had made a deal to save his life, while Yun Yun questioned their apparent closeness.
• Queen Medusa awakened, scolded Lin Feng for insulting her temper, and accused him of lying about knowing Yun Yun.
• Yun Yun asked whether Lin Feng had come for the Heavenly Flame and warned him it was dangerous, while Queen Medusa remarked that Yun Yun clearly cared about him.

Lin Feng warned Yun Yun that the Yun Lan Sect would likely oppose him when he settled his grievances and asked her to consider where her loyalty lay. Yun Yun promised not to fight him, while Lin Feng left to focus on gaining the strength to face Yun Shan and the forces behind him.

• The Queen Medusa questioned Lin Feng about his connection to Yun Yun, and he denied having recognized her before.
• Yun Yun told Lin Feng that the Yun Lan Sect elders ignored her attempts to bring the sect under control.
• Lin Feng explained that Yun Yun might have to choose between the sect and him when he confronted its members, and warned her that Yun Shan and the sect had changed.
• Yun Yun told Lin Feng she would not make a move against him, and thanked him before he left.
• Lin Feng flew away from the Tagor Desert and resolved to grow stronger before confronting Yun Shan and the Hall of Souls.

Lin Feng returned to Hai Bodong's shop with the Green Lotus Core Flame and entered a secret chamber to absorb it, hoping to increase his strength and attempt a Six-Rank pill later. As his cultivation rose, the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python secretly absorbed some of the energy around him.

• Lin Feng reunited with Hai Bodong and reassured him that Queen Medusa was weakened after her evolution.
• Lin Feng told Hai Bodong he planned to devour the Green Lotus Core Flame, then accepted the medicinal ingredients and recipe for the Breaking Calamity Pill.
• Lin Feng memorized and burned the pill recipe in the secret chamber before using Chaos Flame to suppress the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Lin Feng swallowed a pill and began absorbing the Green Lotus Core Flame's energy, while the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python fed on energy near him.
• Lin Feng advanced from Six-Star Dou Shi to Nine-Star Dou Shi and aimed to break through to Da Dou Shi.

Lin Feng devoured the Green Lotus Core Flame and broke through to the Da Dou Shi realm, then asked Queen Medusa to help remove the seal she had placed on Hai Bodong. Queen Medusa agreed in exchange for canceling Lin Feng’s earlier debt, and secretly altered a pill for Hai Bodong.

• Lin Feng absorbed the Green Lotus Core Flame, strengthened his body and meridians, and broke through to the Da Dou Shi realm.
• The Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python greedily absorbed the leftover energy before Lin Feng summoned Queen Medusa.
• Queen Medusa appeared and was surprised that Lin Feng had devoured a Heavenly Flame, but he admitted he still could not refine a Six-Rank Pill.
• Lin Feng asked Queen Medusa to remove the seal from Hai Bodong through a pill, and she agreed on the condition that Lin Feng’s previous favor owed to her be canceled.
• Lin Feng refined a fifth-rank pill, and Queen Medusa infused it with red energy to alter it for Hai Bodong.

Lin Feng deceived Hai Bodong into taking a pill that lifted his seal and restored him to the Dou Emperor realm, though only at two stars. Lin Feng offered to help him regain the rest of his strength and planned to visit Salt City before heading to the Imperial Capital.

• Queen Medusa warned Lin Feng not to touch her while she slept, then returned to her Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python form and wrapped around his wrist.
• Lin Feng told Hai Bodong that the strange disturbance in the secret chamber came from unstable energy after he devoured the Heavenly Flames.
• Lin Feng gave Hai Bodong a Five-Rank Pill and falsely identified it as a Breaking Calamity Pill, and Hai Bodong swallowed it.
• The pill lifted Hai Bodong's seal and restored his strength to around two-star Dou Emperor, while also making him look younger.
• Lin Feng told Hai Bodong that a Soul Recovery Purple Pill could restore more of his strength, but he lacked its recipe and ingredients.
• Lin Feng and Hai Bodong agreed to seek information at the Alchemist Guild in the Imperial Capital, after Lin Feng first went to Salt City.

Lin Feng and Hai Bodong discussed the Yun Lan Sect and the risks of confronting it, then agreed that allies in the Imperial Capital could improve their chances. After leaving Hai Bodong's shop and bidding farewell to the border city, they set out for Salt City.

• Lin Feng told Hai Bodong about his conflict with the Yun Lan Sect and asked him to help suppress its lesser forces in a future confrontation.
• Hai Bodong explained the Yun Lan Sect's growing threat to the imperial family and identified Yun Yun, Yun Shan, the elders, and the sect's protective formation as obstacles.
• Lin Feng realized Hai Bodong hoped to use his strength and potential to help the imperial family and its allies counter the Yun Lan Sect, and Hai Bodong confirmed his plan.
• Lin Feng and Hai Bodong agreed to contact factions in the Imperial Capital and seek allies before confronting the Yun Lan Sect.
• Hai Bodong took the fragmentary map from his shop and left the rest behind, then said farewell to the border city with Lin Feng.
• Lin Feng and Hai Bodong departed for Salt City.

Lin Feng and Hai Bodong flew toward Salt City, where Lin Feng planned to kill Mo Cheng of the Mo Clan. Along the way, Lin Feng concealed Queen Medusa’s true form by claiming the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python had acknowledged him as its master.

• After Lin Feng and Hai Bodong left, Yun Yun watched their direction and hoped Hai Bodong would keep Lin Feng safe, while wondering if she had been wrong.
• Hai Bodong praised Lin Feng’s Flight Dou Skill and asked what he had retrieved from the Snake-People Tribe.
• Lin Feng showed Hai Bodong the sleeping Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python and claimed it was an ancient magical beast born from Queen Medusa’s evolution.
• Lin Feng told Hai Bodong that the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python had acknowledged him as its master, and Hai Bodong suggested the Snake-People Tribe could support Lin Feng against the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Lin Feng said he was going to Salt City to kill Mo Cheng, and Hai Bodong described the Mo Clan’s history of grotesque experiments on humans.

Lin Feng and Hai Bodong arrived in Salt City during the Mo Family Great Elder’s birthday preparations and secured rooms at a full inn using their Mittel Family cards. After accepting invitations to the celebration, Lin Feng planned to attend with a lavish gift and carry out his intentions against the Mo Family.

• Lin Feng and Hai Bodong reached Salt City and learned the Mo Family had reserved the city’s inns for guests attending Mo Cheng’s birthday celebration.
• Hai Bodong used his Mittel Family card to get the inn to make an exception, and Lin Feng paid for their suites with his own card.
• The inn manager warned a Mo Family man not to offend the pair because they were honored guests of the Mittel Family.
• Hai Bodong asked whether Lin Feng would act against the Mo Family with so many influential forces watching, and Lin Feng said they would attend the celebration and eliminate evil.
• A Mo Family man delivered Lin Feng an invitation, which Lin Feng accepted while promising to bring a generous gift.

Lin Feng and Hai Bodong searched Salt City for a recipe to restore Hai Bodong’s strength, then encountered Nalan Yanran at their inn. Lin Feng planned to proceed with their move against Mo Cheng despite Yun Lan Sect guests arriving, while Queen sensed the aura of one of her kind nearby.

• Lin Feng and Hai Bodong failed to find the Soul Recovery Purple Pill recipe in Salt City and discussed the Mo Family’s dependence on Mo Cheng and the Yun Lan Sect.
• Nalan Yanran arrived at the inn with two Yun Lan Sect members, and Lin Feng recognized her from their past encounter at the Xiao Family.
• Nalan Yanran briefly wondered whether Lin Feng was the white-clad youth who had humiliated her, but Ling Lin explained that he was a guest of the Mittel Family.
• Hai Bodong asked whether Yun Lan Sect’s presence would affect their plan, and Lin Feng insisted they would still move against Mo Cheng the next day.
• Queen bit Lin Feng’s wrist and told him she had sensed the aura of one of her kin.

Lin Feng and Hai Bodong went to the Mo Clan’s celebration, where Lin Feng searched for the Snake-People aura Queen Medusa had sensed. At the event, Lin Feng recognized Mo Cheng as the man he had encountered in Green Mountain Town and the target of his mission.

• Queen Medusa asked Lin Feng to investigate the Mo Clan and rescue any Snake-People captive there in exchange for a favor.
• The next day, Lin Feng and Hai Bodong arrived at the Mo Clan’s birthday celebration for Mo Cheng.
• Lin Feng searched the fortress with his soul force but could not find the faint Snake-People aura, and he suspected Qing Lin was being concealed there.
• Lin Feng noticed Nalan Yanran speaking with a Mo Clan elder and reasoned that Lu Man was also present to seek Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• When Mo Cheng took the seat of honor, Lin Feng recognized him as the man who had hunted him with Ge Ye in Green Mountain Town and realized he was also his mission target.

Lin Feng confronted Mo Cheng at the Mo Clan’s birthday banquet, revealing their old grudge and interrupting Mo Cheng’s plan to form a Mo Alliance. The chapter ended with Mo Cheng secretly gathering Fire Attribute Dou Qi as Lin Feng faced him.

• Lin Feng told Hai Bodong that Mo Cheng had helped pursue him with Ge Ye, turning his plan to confront the Mo Clan personal.
• Mo Cheng proposed forming a Mo Alliance, while the Eastern Province faction leaders worried the Mo Clan would use it to absorb them.
• Lin Feng interrupted the banquet and declared that Mo Cheng’s plans would come to nothing.
• Mo Cheng recognized Lin Feng and realized he had grown stronger, while the guests watched the confrontation unfold.
• Nalan Yanran recognized Lin Feng, who told her to settle matters with Xiao Yan at the approaching Three-Year Agreement.
• Lin Feng fixed his gaze on Mo Cheng, who concealed gathered Fire Attribute Dou Qi in his hand.

Lin Feng attacked the Mo Clan to get information about a captured girl with Snake-People Tribe blood, overwhelming its fighters and killing Mo Cheng. The chapter ended with Lin Feng receiving a check-in reward and a new objective at the Imperial Capital Alchemist Guild Headquarters.

• Lin Feng confronted Mo Cheng at the Mo Clan gathering, and Mo Cheng offered more than half the clan’s assets to be spared.
• The Mo Clan Clan Leader and its experts ambushed Lin Feng, but his black flames killed them and Lin Feng captured Mo Cheng.
• Lin Feng demanded that Mo Cheng reveal where the captured Snake-People Tribe girl was, but Mo Cheng tried to bargain and called out to Nalan Yanran.
• Lin Feng killed Mo Cheng and burned his corpse, then received Lightning Blade and the objective to win the Alchemist Convention championship.

Lin Feng killed Mo Cheng and the Mo Clan’s experts, then forced the Mo Clan Patriarch to bring out the imprisoned Qing Lin. He reassured Qing Lin that she was safe, while Hai Bodong warned him of a powerful presence nearby.

• Lin Feng killed Mo Cheng and the Mo Clan’s experts, leaving the Mo Clan Patriarch begging for his life.
• Nalan Yanran and the Misty Cloud Sect elders questioned Lin Feng and asked him to spare the Mo Clan, but he refused to be intimidated by the sect.
• Lin Feng seized the Mo Clan Patriarch and demanded that he bring out the girl Mo Cheng had captured.
• Hai Bodong sensed a powerful aura nearby and warned Lin Feng, who suspected Lu Man was hiding in the shadows.
• The Mo Clan Patriarch brought Qing Lin to Lin Feng, and Lin Feng told her that Xiao Li had sent him and that she was safe.

Lin Feng rescued Qing Lin from the Mo Clan and left Salt City with her and Hai Bodong. As the Misty Cloud Sect declined to protect the weakened Mo Clan, Lin Feng comforted Qing Lin, earned her trust, and arranged a safe place for her to rest.

• Lin Feng warned the Mo Clan and Misty Cloud Sect against seeking revenge, then left with Qing Lin and Hai Bodong.
• After Mo Cheng's death, the Mo Clan's rivals planned to take advantage of its weakness, while the Misty Cloud Sect refused the Mo Clan head's plea for help.
• On the way through Salt City, Hai Bodong noticed Qing Lin's scales, and she feared he would hurt her.
• Lin Feng and Hai Bodong reassured Qing Lin that her scales were beautiful, and she timidly asked their names.
• Lin Feng bought Qing Lin several sets of clothes, rented her a separate room at the inn, and promised she would be safe.

Lin Feng learned that Qing Lin possessed the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and met Lu Man, a Dou Emperor from the Heavenly Serpent Mansion who had come to find her. He let Lu Man ask Qing Lin whether she wanted to leave for the mansion, and the chapter ended as Qing Lin considered the offer.

• Lin Feng told Hai Bodong that Qing Lin's eyes bore the mark of the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Lu Man appeared in Lin Feng's room, introduced herself as a member of the Heavenly Serpent Mansion, and admitted she had followed them to find Qing Lin.
• Lin Feng agreed that Lu Man could invite Qing Lin to leave, provided the girl chose for herself.
• Lu Man gently offered to take Qing Lin to the Heavenly Serpent Mansion to train and become strong enough to protect herself and others.

Qing Lin chose to leave with Lu Man and cultivate at Heavenly Serpent Mansion after Lin Feng encouraged her to trust herself and offered her support. As Lin Feng and Hai Bodong reflected on helping her, news of Lin Feng’s actions against the Mo Clan spread, drawing faction leaders to the inn while the city and Eastern Province began to change.

• Lin Feng assured Qing Lin that she could choose whether to go with Lu Man, and Qing Lin decided to cultivate so she could protect herself and others.
• Lin Feng gave Qing Lin medicinal pills, encouraged her not to hide her scales, and asked Lu Man to take good care of her.
• Lu Man led Qing Lin away, and Lin Feng promised they would meet again and said he would reassure Xiao Li and the others.
• Lin Feng and Hai Bodong discussed helping people in need, then drank together on the balcony.
• News of Lin Feng’s attack on the Mo Clan spread, and faction leaders came to the inn seeking an audience, but Lin Feng refused to receive them.
• The innkeeper guarded the stairs and accepted gifts and names from visitors hoping to befriend Lin Feng as Salt City and the Eastern Province began to change.

After Lin Feng killed Mo Cheng, the Mo Clan fell apart while Ge Ye, Yun Jun, and Yun Leng feared his revenge. Yun Shan secretly broke through to Dou Zong and agreed to capture Lin Feng for a mysterious figure, while Lin Feng and Hai Bodong continued toward the Imperial Capital.

• The Eastern Province's factions carved up the weakened Mo Clan, while rumors spread that its remaining clansmen had either been wiped out or fled.
• Ge Ye, Yun Jun, and Yun Leng discussed their fear of Lin Feng and hoped the Old Sect Leader would intervene when he emerged from seclusion.
• Yun Shan revealed he had broken through to Dou Zong with help from a mysterious figure, who asked him to find or capture Lin Feng for his soul.
• Lin Feng and Hai Bodong flew from Salt City toward the Imperial Capital, where they expected to arrive in about a day.

Hai Bodong and Lin Feng arrived in the Imperial Capital and went to the Mittel Family estate, where Hai Bodong announced that he had returned alive. The Mittel Family's Great Elder recognized him and greeted him as “Old Hai.”

• Hai Bodong led Lin Feng through the Imperial Capital to the Mittel Family gates.
• Jiang Jin insulted Hai Bodong and Lin Feng, but his grandfather intervened and politely asked their purpose.
• Hai Bodong told the old man to inform Mittel Tengshan that Hai Bodong had returned alive, and the old man escorted the pair inside.
• Jiang Jin served them tea as Hai Bodong shared his knowledge of the Mittel Family and the Imperial Capital.
• The Great Elder hurried into the reception hall and recognized Hai Bodong with an emotional greeting.

Hai Bodong reunited with Mittel Tengshan and introduced Lin Feng as his honored guest, while asking the Mittel Family to find a pill recipe. Hai Bodong revealed that he hoped Lin Feng could persuade the imperial family and other powers to unite against the Misty Cloud Sect, leaving Mittel Tengshan weighing the threat of Yun Shan’s possible breakthrough.

• Mittel Tengshan welcomed Hai Bodong’s return and ordered a family banquet, then learned that Lin Feng was Hai Bodong’s friend and a gifted Six-Rank alchemist.
• Hai Bodong asked Mittel Tengshan to secure the recipe for the Soul Recovery Purple Pill, and Mittel Tengshan agreed to search for it.
• Mittel Tengshan told Hai Bodong that the Nalan Family head was bedridden, the imperial family feared Yun Shan might have become a Dou Zong, and the imperial family was gathering allies.
• Hai Bodong explained that he hoped Lin Feng could convince the imperial family and other forces to risk destroying the Misty Cloud Sect, citing Lin Feng’s strength and alchemist status.
• Mittel Tengshan agreed that the Mittel Family would follow Hai Bodong, while Hai Bodong warned that the banquet would test whether the other powers were willing to oppose the Misty Cloud Sect.