Chapter Summaries

Yun Yun left Nalan Chaoge healing in Yaoye’s care after giving him the purple spirit crystal, companion amethyst source, and Heart of the Sea Armor. After three months of recovery in Stone Desert City, Nalan Chaoge prepared to return to the Underground Cave, where Medusa’s evolution was nearing its end.

• Yun Yun sent Yaoye a note with Nalan Chaoge’s location, and Yaoye found him unconscious and badly injured in a wooden tub.
• Yun Yun guarded Nalan Chaoge and Yaoye until Nalan Chaoge woke, then secretly placed the purple spirit crystal, companion amethyst source, and Heart of the Sea Armor in his Na Ring before leaving.
• Nalan Chaoge heard Yun Yun say Mu Chen was dead but doubted it, and he later woke to discover the gifts she had left him.
• Nalan Chaoge spent two months recovering while Qing Lin obtained medicinal ingredients, and he stabilized at Two-Star Dou Wang.
• Nalan Chaoge fully recovered after another month and decided to return to the Underground Cave before his six-month agreement with Medusa came due.
• Yaoye entered and found Nalan Chaoge awake.

Nalan Chaoge learned that Xiao Yan had arrived and rushed to the Underground Cave, where Medusa had completed her evolution. He discovered that she had subdued the Green Lotus Core Flame, threatening his plan to claim it.

• Yaoye agreed to return to the empire while Nalan Chaoge stayed behind to deal with urgent matters, and he gave her Explosive Tags and warned her not to act against the Mu Family.
• After Yaoye left Stone Desert City, Nalan Chaoge headed for the Underground Cave and found mercenaries searching nearby, concluding that Hai Bodong had revealed its location.
• A powerful blast sent the mercenaries flying as Medusa emerged from underground, apparently having completed her evolution.
• Nalan Chaoge saw the Green Lotus Core Flame resting docilely in Medusa's hand and feared that she had already subdued it.

Nalan Chaoge prepared to seize the green lotus core flame if Xiao Yan and Medusa fought, while the two argued over who had the right to keep it. As he hid nearby and disguised himself with an ice silk mask, he discovered it made him look like a beautiful woman.

• Nalan Chaoge considered the importance of the green lotus core flame to both himself and the Snake-People Tribe, then created a clone to absorb natural energy in preparation for a fight.
• Xiao Yan confronted Medusa and demanded the heavenly flame, while Medusa refused to surrender it and questioned his offer of a favor.
• Nalan Chaoge hid in a pit and watched the standoff, then worried that Medusa had noticed him.
• Nalan Chaoge searched his Na Ring and put on the ice silk mask Yaoye had given him to conceal his identity.
• Nalan Chaoge checked his reflection and was stunned to see that the mask had transformed his appearance into a peerlessly beautiful woman.

Nalan Chaoge disguised himself as a woman while watching Xiao Yan and Medusa fight over the green lotus core flame. Yao Chen took control of Xiao Yan’s body and gained the upper hand, but Medusa revealed that someone else was nearby, leaving Yao Chen and Xiao Yan on guard.

• Nalan Chaoge put on Yaoye’s dress and practiced posing as a woman while keeping watch over Xiao Yan and Medusa.
• Medusa challenged Xiao Yan’s claim to the green lotus core flame, and Xiao Yan called on Old Yao to take control of his body.
• Yao Chen’s aura surged, and he used soul power to destroy Medusa’s snake attacks before countering her Snake Seal with the bone spirit cold flame.
• Yao Chen demanded that Medusa hand over the heavenly flame, but Medusa warned that she could give it to someone else and drew their attention toward an unseen presence.
• Yao Chen told Xiao Yan to be ready to deal with the hidden person, but Xiao Yan saw only an empty desert and two fluttering leaves.

Nalan Chaoge emerged from hiding to catch Medusa’s Green Lotus Core Flame, but Yao Chen attacked him before he could finish recovering it. As Yao Chen and Xiao Yan pressed their advantage, Medusa transformed into a giant seven-colored python to hold them off while Nalan Chaoge remained wounded and still needed time to claim the flame.

• Medusa hurled the Green Lotus Core Flame toward Nalan Chaoge’s hiding place, and he caught it and began the three-minute recovery process.
• Yao Chen attacked Nalan Chaoge with his Black Heavy Ruler, but Nalan Chaoge escaped to Medusa, who briefly mistook him for a stranger before recognizing his Na Ring.
• Nalan Chaoge warned Medusa about Yao Chen and Xiao Yan, but Yao Chen’s Suction Palm and Blowing Fire Palm badly injured him while he held the flame.
• Medusa transformed into a gigantic seven-colored python and offered to hold Yao Chen off for a few minutes.
• Yao Chen left Xiao Yan’s body and filled the sky with flames as Xiao Yan charged at Nalan Chaoge.

Nalan Chaoge fought Xiao Yan while stalling for time to absorb the Green Lotus Core Flame, but newcomers disrupted him just before he could finish. The flame erupted, and Nalan Chaoge confronted Gu He and the other arrivals as the struggle for the heavenly flames intensified.

• Nalan Chaoge used his techniques to defend against Xiao Yan’s attacks while waiting for the Green Lotus Core Flame to be absorbed.
• Xiao Yan realized Nalan Chaoge was stalling and unleashed an Earth-tier technique, while the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python tried to intervene and Yao Chen held it back.
• Lion King Yan Shi, Feng Xing Feng Li, Gu He, and their group arrived and moved toward the heavenly flames.
• Nalan Chaoge pulled back the hand holding the Green Lotus Core Flame to avoid an attack, causing the flame to erupt across the surrounding area before he could finish absorbing it.
• Nalan Chaoge activated Sage Mode, confronted Gu He, and challenged his claim that people could compete for the heavenly flames based on strength.

Nalan Chaoge faced Gu He’s party and Yun Yun over the green lotus core flame while Medusa completed her advancement to Dou Zong. After gathering enough natural energy to reach Dou Emperor strength with Sage Mode, Nalan Chaoge proposed that the three groups cooperate to claim the two heavenly flames.

• Nalan Chaoge confronted Gu He’s party over the heavenly flame, then recognized Yun Yun as the one who had knocked it from his hands.
• Yun Yun admitted taking the flame and said Nalan Chaoge could reclaim it if he became strong enough, while he backed down after sensing that she was a Dou Emperor.
• Medusa emerged in human form after advancing to Dou Zong, and Gu He introduced himself and explained that he wanted a heavenly flame to advance his alchemy.
• Nalan Chaoge absorbed enough natural energy to activate Sage Mode and reach Dou Emperor strength, then asked Medusa to hold off the others for five minutes.
• As the groups approached the green lotus core flame, Nalan Chaoge suggested that they join forces and divide the two heavenly flames, prompting Gu He to consider the offer.

Nalan Chaoge and Xiao Yan competed to persuade Gu He to ally with them, each warning him about the dangers of trusting the other. As Yao Chen ordered Xiao Yan to prepare for battle, Nalan Chaoge realized Yao Chen may have chosen and trained Xiao Yan as a potential vessel for rebirth.

• Nalan Chaoge offered Gu He a share of the heavenly flames and used Medusa's reputation to urge him to cooperate, while privately telling Medusa that none of their opponents would escape.
• Xiao Yan argued that Gu He should join him to eliminate Medusa while she was weakened, but Nalan Chaoge warned that Gu He would gain nothing except the Snake-People Tribe's hatred.
• Nalan Chaoge suggested Xiao Yan already possessed a heavenly flame and could absorb another, making Gu He doubt that Xiao Yan would share one with him.
• Yao Chen stopped Xiao Yan from arguing further and ordered him to prepare for battle, fearing that Gu He might discover the Flame Mantra's ability to devour heavenly flames.
• Nalan Chaoge reasoned that Yao Chen had selected Xiao Yan as a test subject and may have trained him to withstand Yao Chen's soul taking over his body.

Nalan Chaoge exposed his suspicions about Yao Chen, who took control of Xiao Yan and attacked the group. Medusa fought Yao Chen to buy Nalan Chaoge time to absorb the green lotus core flame, while Yao Chen realized the delay was a trap and prepared to fight her with his Black Heavy Ruler.

• Nalan Chaoge accused Yao Chen of hiding his intentions and suggested that Yao Chen had been waiting for a chance to possess Xiao Yan.
• Yao Chen took control of Xiao Yan and unleashed his pale flame, prompting Nalan Chaoge to attack with Dragon Flame Song and call for Medusa’s help.
• Medusa attacked Yao Chen with an energy snake, but he shattered it with Eight Extremes Collapse; he then pierced Nalan Chaoge’s Great Spinning Ball and sent him crashing beside the green lotus core flame.
• Medusa repeatedly charged Yao Chen and kept him occupied while Nalan Chaoge held the Emerald Flame Seed and waited for the absorption process to finish.
• Yao Chen realized Medusa was distracting him from Nalan Chaoge, drew the Black Heavy Ruler, and prepared to strike as Medusa summoned her sword and urged Nalan Chaoge to hurry.

Nalan Chaoge subdued the green lotus core flame, then fought Yao Chen after Yao Chen attacked him and engulfed the area in bone spirit cold flame. As Medusa and Yun Yun led the others away, Nalan Chaoge confronted Yao Chen and exposed his suspected plan to take Xiao Yan's body, provoking a sudden surge in the flame's heat.

• Nalan Chaoge claimed the green lotus core flame, but Yao Chen struck him with Flame Splitting Wave Ruler, and Nalan Chaoge blocked the attack with Triple Rashomon.
• Yao Chen unleashed the bone spirit cold flame across the area, freezing Yan Shi and Feng Xing and trapping the others in its freezing power.
• Nalan Chaoge gave the green lotus core flame to Medusa so she could free Yan Shi and Feng Xing, while Yun Yun volunteered to help; Medusa and Yun Yun evacuated the group.
• Nalan Chaoge kept Yao Chen occupied with Fire Release techniques as Medusa and Yun Yun carried the others away.
• Nalan Chaoge summoned storm clouds while confronting Yao Chen, then revealed that he knew Yao Chen wanted Xiao Yan's body, causing Yao Chen to react and the bone spirit cold flame to grow hotter.

Nalan Chaoge fought Yao Chen with lightning techniques, but his clone was destroyed after Yao Chen tried to seize his body. Rejoining Medusa and the others near Stone Desert City, Nalan Chaoge helped secure a peace pledge between the Snake-People Tribe and Pill King Gu He, then unexpectedly proposed an alliance with the Jia Ma Empire.

• Nalan Chaoge used lightning attacks to wound Yao Chen, who escaped his Chidori strike with Transformation Wings.
• Yao Chen trapped Nalan Chaoge with Space Lock and revealed that he wanted to take Nalan Chaoge's body, but the clone was crushed before he could complete the possession.
• Over a hundred li away, the original Nalan Chaoge learned of the clone's destruction and warned Medusa and the others that Yao Chen was suspicious.
• Yun Yun departed after telling Nalan Chaoge to take care, while Gu He promised Medusa that he would never attack the Snake-People Tribe.
• Medusa agreed to keep the Snake-People Tribe within its territory, and Nalan Chaoge proposed that it and the Jia Ma Empire form an alliance.

Nalan Chaoge revealed his identity and relationship with Yaoye, surprising Gu He and the others with his cultivation and alchemy talent. After turning down the Alchemy Competition, he caught up with Medusa, who asked him to help obtain a Spirit Fusion Pill.

• Nalan Chaoge revealed that he was Yaoye's boyfriend and explained that he had already subdued the heavenly flame, which he had lent to Medusa for her evolution.
• Gu He, Yan Shi, and Feng Xing Feng Li recognized Nalan Chaoge and learned that he had reached Da Dou Shi within a year of absorbing the Poison Mark Python's blood.
• Gu He invited Nalan Chaoge to enter the Alchemy Competition, but Nalan Chaoge said he had no interest in competing and Gu He left with the others.
• Yun Yun departed before Nalan Chaoge could speak with her, and Medusa teased him by suggesting he become the Snake-People Tribe's leader instead of marrying into the Jia Ma Empire.
• Medusa asked Nalan Chaoge for help obtaining a Spirit Fusion Pill after he reminded her that she still owed him a Tier 5 Demonic Core.

Nalan Chaoge and Medusa negotiated over a Spirit Fusion Pill, the Snake-People Tribe elder, and the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame map before agreeing to travel together. Meanwhile, Nalan Chaoge faced Yao Chen with Lightning Release: Kirin, but the gathered lightning became difficult to control.

• Medusa demanded that Nalan Chaoge refine a Spirit Fusion Pill, and they bargained over the ingredients, her protection, and finding the missing Snake-People Tribe elder.
• Medusa said she would travel with Nalan Chaoge to the Jia Ma Empire and asked him to help recover the tribe's heavenly flame Fragment Map; he agreed to consider helping.
• Yao Chen crushed Nalan Chaoge's clone, but Nalan Chaoge reappeared in the sky surrounded by electricity.
• Nalan Chaoge activated his Three-Tomoe Sharingan and attempted Lightning Release: Kirin, though the lightning formed a crude animal shape and charred his hands.
• Yao Chen retreated from the enormous lightning, while Nalan Chaoge struggled to control it and invoked Lightning Release: Great Tiger.

Nalan Chaoge’s lightning clone failed to kill Yao Chen, who escaped and mistook the attack for the work of the Wind Lightning Pavilion. Yao Chen and Xiao Yan abandoned their search for the Green Lotus Core Flame to pursue the Mysterious Yellow Flame, while Nalan Chaoge and Medusa discussed retrieving the treasures left behind in the underground cave.

• Nalan Chaoge’s uncontrolled lightning struck Yao Chen, who survived and suspected Nalan Chaoge was connected to the Wind Lightning Pavilion and a powerful clan.
• Yao Chen told Xiao Yan that their attempt to obtain the Green Lotus Core Flame had failed and urged him to strengthen his body before seeking another Heavenly Flame.
• Yao Chen claimed he had sensed the Mysterious Yellow Flame nearby, and Xiao Yan continued deeper into the desert with him to search for it.
• Nalan Chaoge admitted that his lightning clone had been meant to help him escape, and Medusa questioned whether his attack had hurt Yao Chen.
• Nalan Chaoge told Medusa he wanted to return to the underground cave for the Green Lotus Platform and its Earth Fire Lotus Seeds, but Medusa revealed she had the seeds and had destroyed the platform.
• Nalan Chaoge tried to get the seeds from Medusa, then refused when she hinted she might give them to him in exchange for a favor.

Nalan Chaoge named Medusa’s Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python Sisi and secretly fed her amethyst source after trading away most of the earth fire lotus seeds. He then went to Desert City to confront Hai Bodong, where Sisi struck the old man and left the onlookers stunned.

• Medusa transformed into the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python and asked Nalan Chaoge to feed her five earth fire lotus seeds, but she snatched one before he could stop her.
• Nalan Chaoge fed Sisi amethyst source, named her, traded five lotus seeds for points and ninjutsu, and gave her the remaining amethyst source.
• Nalan Chaoge traveled to Desert City to confront Hai Bodong about the map and found him in his recently repaired shop with a woman in red and several guards.
• The woman in red ordered Nalan Chaoge to leave, but he sent Sisi at Hai Bodong, who broke his brush, shattered his ice armor, and knocked him into a wall.
• The onlookers were shocked when Hai Bodong smiled at Nalan Chaoge instead of retaliating.

Nalan Chaoge confronted Hai Bodong about a plot surrounding the Heavenly Flames and the missing Fragment Map. Hai Bodong revealed that he had obtained and taken the Po E Pill, breaking his seal and restoring the Ice Emperor’s power.

• Hai Bodong recognized Medusa’s aura on Nalan Chaoge and explained that the visitor had followed the predicted plan involving the Fragment Map.
• The woman in red and the other people in the shop overheard Nalan Chaoge’s mention of Heavenly Flames and realized how formidable he was.
• Hai Bodong dismissed the woman in red but gave her a Mid-level Xuan Tier Battle Skill as compensation, and she left the shop.
• Nalan Chaoge decided Hai Bodong had not leaked the Heavenly Flames’ location and demanded the rest of the Fragment Map, suspecting Hai Bodong had obtained the Po E Pill.
• Hai Bodong admitted he had obtained and taken the pill, then released an overwhelming aura as his seal broke and the Ice Emperor returned.

Hai Bodong used the Po E Pill to break Queen Medusa’s seal and regain his Dou Emperor strength, then tried to kill Nalan Chaoge for his Battle Skills and heavenly flame. Nalan Chaoge realized Hai Bodong had deceived him about the Fragment Map and resolved to kill him.

• Hai Bodong’s Po E Pill weakened the dark green seal as its purple energy fought against it, while Nalan Chaoge watched.
• The seal was forced from Hai Bodong’s forehead, and he regained his strength as a Dou Emperor.
• Hai Bodong considered killing Nalan Chaoge and taking his Clone Battle Skill and heavenly flame, then demanded that Nalan hand them over.
• Nalan Chaoge recalled Hai Bodong’s claims about the Fragment Map and concluded that Hai Bodong had kept the genuine one.
• Nalan Chaoge’s killing intent rose, and he decided Hai Bodong had to die.

Nalan Chaoge exposed Hai Bodong’s secrets and discovered that Bone Spirit Cold Flame had been planted inside him, then summoned Queen Medusa to confront him. Hai Bodong was left facing Medusa while Nalan Chaoge sought the genuine fragment map.

• Hai Bodong tried to kill Nalan Chaoge and take his Na Ring, but Nalan Chaoge protected himself with the Green Lotus Core Flame and revealed that Hai Bodong’s Po E Pill had been refined by an alchemist who planted Bone Spirit Cold Flame inside him.
• Nalan Chaoge exposed Hai Bodong’s fake fragment maps and his reasons for making them, prompting Hai Bodong to offer the genuine map in exchange for help.
• Hai Bodong examined his body, confirmed that a hidden flame was inside him, and demanded that Nalan Chaoge remove it.
• Hai Bodong froze Nalan Chaoge, but Nalan Chaoge used a clone to evade his attack and called for Sister Sha, saying the map she wanted was there.
• Queen Medusa emerged from the icy mist, recognized Hai Bodong as Old Man Bing, and Nalan Chaoge handed him over to her.

Medusa killed Hai Bodong after Nalan Chaoge stopped his attempted self-destruction, then extracted the location of the Fragment Map from his mind. Nalan agreed to retrieve it for the promised treasures, received the route and instructions for spotting a fake, and asked Medusa to extract Hai Bodong’s soul.

• Medusa seized Hai Bodong and demanded the map, but Nalan Chaoge stopped her from killing him before they learned where it was hidden.
• Hai Bodong tried to self-destruct, so Medusa hurled him away while Nalan Chaoge used his Byakugan and Gentle Fist to seal the flow of his Dou Qi.
• Medusa killed Hai Bodong, then used a secret art to read his mind and learned the Fragment Map was hidden in a remote mountain cave.
• Medusa offered Hai Bodong’s Na Ring and the treasures stored with the map as payment, and Nalan Chaoge accepted the month-long round trip despite needing to find Qing Lin and return to the Holy City.
• Medusa sent Nalan Chaoge the route and instructions for identifying the genuine Fragment Map, and he realized the map Xiao Yan and Yao Chen had obtained was fake.
• Nalan Chaoge asked Medusa to extract Hai Bodong’s soul, and she frowned at his request.

Nalan Chaoge captured Hai Bodong’s soul, looted his mapmaking supplies, and found the hidden Fragment Map and treasure with Medusa’s help. Medusa thanked him for feeding her Original Body Companion Amethyst Source, leaving Nalan Chaoge panicking as he realized she knew what he had done.

• Medusa extracted Hai Bodong’s soul and sealed it in a jade bottle for Nalan Chaoge.
• Nalan Chaoge took Hai Bodong’s beast hides and belongings, then flew to the frozen cave containing Hai Bodong’s hidden treasure.
• Nalan Chaoge summoned Medusa, who helped him enter the cave without destroying its sixth-rank Magic Core barrier.
• Nalan Chaoge and Medusa found the genuine Fragment Map and Hai Bodong’s hoard, including two Tier 6 Demonic Cores.
• Medusa thanked Nalan Chaoge for caring for her Original Body and giving it Companion Amethyst Source, which Nalan Chaoge realized was precious sixth-grade spiritual medicine.