Chapter Summaries

After the simulation revealed an Emperor Grade Pill Recipe among the available rewards, Xiao Ming favored it over the Woeful Poison Body and prepared to search the Falling Thunder Mountain Range for the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Object. He postponed choosing his reward while Venerable Tian Huo waited for him to locate the flow of thunder energy.

• Xiao Ming considered the Emperor Grade Pill Recipe more valuable than the Woeful Poison Body, which he feared could limit his alchemy.
• Xiao Ming told Venerable Tian Huo that he already had a way to find the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Object.
• Venerable Tian Huo warned that the mountain range’s lightning-hardened rocks would be difficult to excavate, but Xiao Ming said two puppets could help.
• Venerable Tian Huo agreed to let Xiao Ming proceed and said Xiao Ming would need to locate the thunder energy himself.
• Xiao Ming was about to release his Soul Power when the Simulator prompted him to select a reward, and he postponed choosing until later.

Xiao Ming and Venerable Tian Huo searched beneath the Falling Thunder Mountain Range for the Pure Lotus Flowing Light Thunder. They found it in a vast Thunder Pool, where Venerable Tian Huo offered to retrieve the dangerous Mysterious Thunder.

• Xiao Ming traced the energy beneath a lightning-struck peak and directed the Heaven Demon Puppets to dig into the mountain.
• Xiao Ming entered the passage and used the Simulator to obtain an Emperor Grade Heaven Reversal Creation Pill Formula, then stored it without examining it.
• Xiao Ming and Venerable Tian Huo waited as the puppets excavated, and seven days later Xiao Ming sensed they had found their target.
• Xiao Ming and Venerable Tian Huo reached a vast Thunder Pool and spotted the Pure Lotus Flowing Light Thunder.
• Venerable Tian Huo explained the Mysterious Thunder's benefits and dangers, then offered to retrieve it while Xiao Ming let his puppets soak in the pool.

Xiao Ming and Venerable Tian Huo retrieved the Pure Lotus Flowing Light Thunder and the Jade Glazed Leaves that could suppress it. Back at their resting place, Xiao Ming had Ling devour the thunder, leaving Venerable Tian Huo astonished by how easily he did it.

• Venerable Tian Huo crossed the Thunder Pool, endured the lightning, and seized the Pure Lotus Flowing Light Thunder and the Lotus Glazed Slice beneath it.
• Xiao Ming had Venerable Tian Huo bring out the Jade Leaves and used them to contain the violent thunder.
• Xiao Ming and Venerable Tian Huo left the Thunder Pool without taking its platform and returned to their resting place.
• Xiao Ming opened the Jade Leaves, allowing Ling to devour the lightning bolts and absorb the Pure Lotus Flowing Light Thunder.
• Venerable Tian Huo watched Xiao Ming devour the thunder with Ling and was stunned by how casually he did it.

After absorbing the Pure Lotus Flowing Light Thunder, Xiao Ming reached Eight Star Dou Zong and left the Falling Thunder Mountain Range with Venerable Tian Huo to reunite with Xiao Yi Xian. At the Spatial Wormhole platform, they saw Ice River Valley arrive in force, apparently seeking the Woeful Poison Body.

• Xiao Ming finished absorbing the Pure Lotus Flowing Light Thunder, tempered his body, and advanced to Eight Star Dou Zong.
• Xiao Ming tested the thunder’s power, then decided to leave the Falling Thunder Mountain Range and find Xiao Yi Xian and the others.
• Xiao Ming spent five days stabilizing his rapidly increased Dou Qi while traveling with Venerable Tian Huo toward the Spatial Wormhole.
• Xiao Ming and Venerable Tian Huo emerged onto a stone platform and prepared to leave.
• More than ten flying boats from Ice River Valley appeared, and the gathered people identified their leader as the Dou Zun Tian Shuangzi, who had come to capture the suspected Woeful Poison Body.

Xiao Ming and Venerable Tian Huo confronted Ice River Valley’s Tian Shuangzi as the group headed to Xuan City to capture the Woeful Poison Body. After Xiao Ming declared that Xiao Yi Xian belonged to him, Venerable Tian Huo subdued the Ice River Valley disciples and left Tian Shuangzi terrified.

• Tian Shuangzi led Ice River Valley toward Xuan City after learning the Woeful Poison Body’s location.
• Xiao Ming and Venerable Tian Huo blocked Ice River Valley’s path, and Tian Shuangzi cautiously identified Venerable Tian Huo.
• Xiao Ming told Tian Shuangzi that the Woeful Poison Body was his and warned that he did not fear Venerable Ice.
• Venerable Tian Huo unleashed his aura, forcing every Ice River Valley member except Tian Shuangzi to kneel.
• Tian Shuangzi recognized Venerable Tian Huo as a Five Star Dou Zun while Xiao Ming allowed the warning to stand without escalating to bloodshed.

Xiao Ming forced Ice River Valley to abandon its pursuit of Xiao Yi Xian and publicly warned others against targeting the Woeful Poison Body. He reunited with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin in Xuan City, where Qing Lin happily embraced him.

• Venerable Tian Huo subdued Ice River Valley’s members, and Tian Shuangzi offered Xiao Ming medicinal ingredients as an apology.
• Xiao Ming accepted the compensation, let Ice River Valley leave, and warned the onlookers that targeting Xiao Yi Xian would make them his enemies.
• Xiao Ming told Venerable Tian Huo that he was protecting Xiao Yi Xian, and he said marriage could wait because he was only eighteen.
• In Xuan City, Xiao Yi Xian teased Qing Lin about missing Xiao Ming, and Xiao Ming appeared and reunited with them.
• Qing Lin told Xiao Ming that Xiao Yi Xian had helped her reach Six Star Dou Emperor by driving the other participants away from the Energy Baptism.

Xiao Ming reunited with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, then learned that the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python had transformed into Queen Medusa. Medusa appeared beneath his hand and confronted him over touching her.

• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Ming that Qing Lin's controlled Dou Zongs had helped them secure the treasured place without serious trouble.
• Xiao Ming embraced Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian, then Venerable Tian Huo told Xiao Yi Xian how Xiao Ming had threatened Ice River Valley over her Woeful Poison Body.
• Xiao Ming left with Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Venerable Tian Huo, then spent the night with Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Ming found the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python sulking because he had forgotten to prepare its food and promised to make it something tasty.
• The Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python transformed into Queen Medusa, who found Xiao Ming's hand on her chest and coldly asked if he had touched enough.

Xiao Ming and Medusa discussed the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python’s soul merging with Medusa and whether having a child could prevent it. Medusa began considering having a child with Xiao Ming, and Xiao Yi Xian supported him when she learned of the situation.

• Medusa questioned Xiao Ming about where they were, and he told her they were in the Central Plains, not at the Pill Tower.
• Medusa rejected Xiao Ming’s suggestion that she have a child and explained that she could not give birth alone; Xiao Ming struggled with the responsibility it would entail.
• Medusa reflected on her growing attachment to Xiao Ming as her soul merged with the snake soul, and she considered having a child to prevent the merging from progressing.
• Medusa asked when Xiao Ming would return to the Northwest Continent, and he answered that it would be in a few years.
• Xiao Yi Xian joined Xiao Ming and Medusa, said she would support Xiao Ming, and accepted that he could have multiple wives or concubines.

Xiao Ming decided to help Medusa conceive a body for the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python, then departed with his companions to seek an Ancient Heavenly Serpent inheritance. The chapter left them heading for the Myriad Snake Mountain Range, while Ice River Valley chose to apologize to Xiao Ming and abandon its pursuit of Xiao Yi Xian.

• Xiao Ming explained that Medusa and he might help the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python conceive a body, and Xiao Yi Xian felt jealous.
• Xiao Ming teased Xiao Yi Xian about her jealousy and carried her to bed while the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python watched.
• Tian Shuangzi reported to Venerable Ice that Xiao Ming had driven him away while protecting Xiao Yi Xian, backed by a Five Star Dou Zun.
• Venerable Ice ordered Ice River Valley to stop pursuing Xiao Yi Xian and send Xiao Ming poisons as an apology.
• Xiao Ming showed his companions a map to an Ancient Heavenly Serpent, and Xiao Yi Xian identified its marked location as the Myriad Snake Mountain Range.

Xiao Ming explained his plan to help Little Cai, then reassured Xiao Yi Xian as she showed jealousy over Medusa. After Ice River Valley abandoned its pursuit of the Woeful Poison Body and prepared an apology, Xiao Ming and his companions set out for the Myriad Snake Mountain Range to investigate a map’s location of an Ancient Heavenly Serpent.

• Xiao Ming told Xiao Yi Xian that Medusa might help Little Cai nurture a body, and Medusa said she still needed to consider it.
• Xiao Yi Xian became jealous when Xiao Ming focused on Medusa and Little Cai, so Xiao Ming carried her to bed after teasing her.
• Tian Shuangzi reported to Venerable Ice that Xiao Ming had driven him away while protecting the Woeful Poison Body, with a Five Star Dou Zun accompanying him.
• Venerable Ice ordered Ice River Valley to abandon the Woeful Poison Body and send Xiao Ming a generous gift of poison as an apology.
• Xiao Ming showed Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Venerable Tian Huo a map from the Nine Serene Deepground Python Tribe that marked an Ancient Heavenly Serpent’s location.
• Xiao Yi Xian identified the destination as the Myriad Snake Mountain Range, and Xiao Ming led the group there.

Xiao Ming’s group encountered scouts from the Snake Family while traveling through the Myriad Snake Mountain Range toward the Ancient Heavenly Serpent’s Tomb. The Snake Family learned that a human Dou Zong had entered its territory, but its Third Elder postponed action until after the ritual because Lord Snake Venerable was cultivating.

• Qing Lin cooked a Soft Bone Charming Rabbit, and Xiao Ming shared the meal with her, Xiao Yi Xian, and Venerable Tian Huo.
• Xiao Ming restrained three giant pythons that had been watching the group, and Qing Lin learned they were scouts from the Snake Family.
• Xiao Ming said conflict with the Snake Family was likely as they approached the tomb in the mountain range’s heart.
• Xia Ran returned to the Snake Family’s core territory and reported that a human Dou Zong had entered the mountain range.
• The Third Elder told Xia Ran to leave the matter alone until after the ritual while Lord Snake Venerable remained in secluded cultivation.

Xiao Ming and his companions followed Qing Lin’s summons into the Myriad Snake Mountain Range and found the Ancient Heavenly Serpent’s skeleton above a blood pool. Nearby, Snake Venerable prepared a blood sacrifice to break through his cultivation, while Xiao Ming’s group watched the skeleton begin to stir.

• Qing Lin sensed a summons from the mountains, and Xiao Ming decided that the group would follow it.
• Qing Lin led Xiao Ming, Xiao Yi Xian, and Venerable Tian Huo through the caves to a hidden valley containing the Ancient Heavenly Serpent’s cracked skeleton.
• A Blood-Colored Mist rose from the pool beneath the skeleton, and Xiao Ming’s group watched cautiously as the bones regained their luster.
• Snake Venerable opened his eyes in a much larger blood pool and asked whether the blood-sacrifice preparations were complete.
• The Green Robed Old Man questioned the ritual, but Snake Venerable insisted he needed it to break through from the Five-star Dou Zun level.

Xiao Ming and his companions discovered the Ancient Heavenly Serpent’s remains and witnessed its soul emerge as a nine-headed giant python. Qing Lin used her Green Snake Three Flower Eyes to control the soul, while Snake Venerable was swallowed by the Blood Pool and lost his reason.

• Snake Venerable began the Blood Pool ritual, sacrificing countless low-tier snakes to raise his aura.
• Xiao Ming and his companions arrived at the valley as the Ancient Heavenly Serpent’s skeleton released its remaining crystalline liquid and crumbled.
• Blood Mist gathered above the Blood Pool and formed a nine-headed Ancient Heavenly Serpent soul.
• The Blood Pool swallowed Snake Venerable, and the Green Robed Old Man failed to pull him free.
• Xiao Ming prepared to weaken the serpent soul, but Qing Lin offered to control it and successfully marked its eighteen eyes with her Green Snake Three Flower Eyes.

Xiao Ming considered how to keep the Ancient Heavenly Serpent soul from threatening Qing Lin and planned to use the Pill Tower’s resources to find the Woeful Poison Body’s burial site. After Qing Lin revealed that the serpent’s Blood Pool benefited snakes, Xiao Ming sent Little Cai to investigate it.

• Xiao Ming decided he would suppress and refine the Ancient Heavenly Serpent soul, while helping Qing Lin strengthen her soul through cultivation and Spirit Nurturing Dust.
• Qing Lin explained that the Ancient Heavenly Serpent had latched onto her and could be suppressed by the Green Snake Three Flower Eyes as long as she avoided using it.
• Xiao Ming planned to return to the Pill Tower, take up his position as one of the Eight Great Elders, and use its connections to search for the Woeful Poison Body’s burial site.
• Qing Lin revealed that the Blood Pool formed after the Ancient Heavenly Serpent’s death and could benefit snakes.
• Xiao Ming woke Little Cai and pointed her toward the Blood Pool, and she appeared above it to inspect its energy.

Xiao Ming and the others watched the Blood Pool’s energy gather around Little Cai when violent tremors and explosions brought them face-to-face with the injured She Qingzi and a group of frenzied Snake Tribe members. Venerable Snake attacked Tian Qingzi, leaving him in immediate danger.

• Energy mist gathered around Little Cai as the ground began to tremble and explosions shook the area.
• Venerable Tian Huo struck the injured She Qingzi, stopping his flight and alerting the group to his strength.
• A red-eyed strong man arrived carrying a white-haired old man’s head, followed by frenzied elders and pythons; Xiao Ming recognized the strong man as a Six Star Dou Zun.
• She Qingzi began to explain the Snake Tribe’s situation, but Venerable Snake roared and attacked before he could finish.
• Venerable Snake appeared in front of Tian Qingzi and lunged for his heart with his claws.

Tian Qingzi escaped Venerable Snake by scattering into energy snakes, drawing Xiao Ming and his companions into the battle. Xiao Ming assigned his allies to fight the deranged Snake Clan experts and prepared to test his strength against a Dou Zun.

• Tian Qingzi exploded into dark-green energy snakes, and Venerable Snake and the other deranged experts destroyed most of them as they fled.
• Xiao Ming realized Tian Qingzi had drawn him and his companions into the conflict, then assigned Venerable Tian Huo, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin to face their opponents.
• Venerable Snake attacked the group with a crimson serpent, but a Heaven Demon Puppet shattered the attack before Venerable Tian Huo took Venerable Snake into the sky to fight.
• Xiao Ming used the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Changes: White Glaze Transformation and released power that brought him close to Dou Zun strength, shocking Tian Qingzi.

Xiao Ming fought a One Star Dou Zun while Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin battled the surrounding Dou Zongs. After Qing Lin slowed their enemies with the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, Xiao Ming destroyed the Dou Zun’s powerful clone with the Pure Lotus Flowing Light Thunder.

• Xiao Ming traded brutal blows with the One Star Dou Zun, while Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin held off their groups of enemies.
• Qing Lin used the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to slow the Dou Zongs attacking her and Xiao Yi Xian.
• The One Star Dou Zun summoned a powerful energy clone and joined it in attacking Xiao Ming from both sides.
• Xiao Ming struck the clone with the Pure Lotus Flowing Light Thunder and shattered it, leaving the original Dou Zun vulnerable to backlash.

Xiao Ming defeated the Myriad Snake Mountain Range’s Second Elder and learned from Tian Qingzi that a strange pool had driven the clan’s experts mad. After the fighting ended, Xiao Ming demanded compensation and had Tian Qingzi lead him and Xiao Yi Xian to the clan’s treasure vault.

• Xiao Ming knocked the Second Elder unconscious after the avatar’s destruction left him weakened, then confronted Tian Qingzi, who offered compensation instead of fighting.
• Tian Qingzi explained that the strange pool had caused the Snake Venerable and the Second Elder to lose their minds, while Xiao Ming recalled Little Cai from the pool and confirmed that she seemed unharmed.
• Xiao Yi Xian and the others finished their battles, and Xiao Ming decided that the two mindless Dou Zuns should be dealt with; he assigned Venerable Tian Huo to kill the Six-Star Dou Zun and Qing Lin to try controlling the other one.
• Xiao Ming asked Tian Qingzi for eight hundred or a thousand Snake Shedding Flowers, but Tian Qingzi said the fields had been destroyed and offered to take Xiao Ming and Xiao Yi Xian to the treasure vault instead.

Xiao Ming and Xiao Yi Xian visited the Myriad Snake Mountain Range’s Treasure Vault, where Tian Qingzi let them take half its contents in exchange for sparing the surviving clan. After settling the matter and arranging for Qing Lin to control the unconscious Second Elder, Xiao Ming prepared to return with his companions to the Pill Tower.

• Xiao Ming’s Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Changes wore off as Tian Qingzi led him and Xiao Yi Xian through the valley to the clan’s Treasure Vault.
• Tian Qingzi opened the vault and allowed Xiao Ming and Xiao Yi Xian to take whatever they wanted as thanks for saving his life and helping the clan.
• Xiao Ming and Xiao Yi Xian looted roughly half the vault’s collection before leaving, and Tian Qingzi warned the guards not to provoke them.
• Xiao Ming returned to the valley and asked Qing Lin whether she could control the unconscious Second Elder; she said she could, though it was difficult.
• Xiao Ming promised to help Qing Lin reach Dou Zong with pills and a Fallen Heart Flame Sub-Flame, then said the group would return to the Pill Tower.

Xiao Ming returned to Holy Pill City after three months of travel and prepared to take up his position among the Eight Great Elders. As he entered the Pill Tower at President Xuankong’s request, those who recognized him were shocked by how powerful he seemed.

• Xiao Ming and his companions arrived in Holy Pill City after three months away, during which Xiao Ming reached Nine-Star Dou Zong, Qing Lin reached Dou Emperor Nine-Star, and Xiao Yi Xian advanced to Peak Nine-Star Dou Zong.
• Xiao Ming planned to improve his soul power and pill refinement, while Venerable Tian Huo studied the True Flame Manipulation Art and gathered Beast Flames.
• Xiao Ming and his companions found an inn, intending to move into a residence arranged by the Pill Tower after he took up his position among the Eight Great Elders.
• The next day, a Pill Tower messenger told Xiao Ming that President Xuankong wanted to see him, and Xiao Ming went to the main tower.
• Onlookers recognized Xiao Ming and were startled when several powerful cultivators said they could no longer see through his strength.