Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ming went to the Charming Snake Tribe to trade for Sand Mandara, hoping Yue Mei could arrange a safe meeting with the Snake-People Queen. After learning the tribe had none in stock, he asked Yue Mei to take him to the Holy City as an intermediary.

• Xiao Ming decided to seek Sand Mandara through the Snake People Race rather than search the desert or enter the Holy City alone.
• Xiao Ming arrived at the Charming Snake Tribe, where Snake-People guards sounded the alarm at the sight of a human powerhouse.
• Xiao Ming learned that Yue Mei was away in the Holy City and waited for her at the central oasis.
• Yue Mei returned and greeted Xiao Ming flirtatiously, but his display of pressure revealed that he was a Peak Dou King.
• Xiao Ming introduced himself as a Grade Six Alchemist and Jia Nan Academy elder, then asked to trade for Sand Mandara.
• Yue Mei said the Charming Snake Tribe had run out of Sand Mandara and that only the Holy City had some, so Xiao Ming asked her to escort him there.

Xiao Ming traveled with Yue Mei to the Snake-People Holy City to meet Queen Medusa. After they arrived at the temple, Queen Medusa appeared with two attendants, leaving Xiao Ming face-to-face with the Snake-People ruler.

• Yue Mei agreed to escort Xiao Ming to the Holy City without compensation, asking only that he remember the Snake People Race's friendship.
• Xiao Ming and Yue Mei flew from the Charming Snake Tribe to the Holy City and passed through its guards after explaining their visit.
• Xiao Ming observed the city’s stronger guards and the shadowy figures he suspected were Queen Medusa’s personal guards.
• Yue Mei and Xiao Ming waited in the temple’s main hall, where Yue Mei asked Xiao Ming to repay her efforts in the future.
• Queen Medusa entered the hall with a bald Snake-People man and another beautiful female Snake-People behind her.

Xiao Ming met Queen Medusa in the Holy City and offered a Snake Soul Sacred Fruit in exchange for a Sand Mandara. Medusa accepted the trade but demanded that he eventually refine a Grade Seven pill to help her evolve, leaving Xiao Ming facing her added condition.

• Yue Mei introduced Xiao Ming to Queen Medusa as a Grade Six Alchemist seeking a Sand Mandara, while the Great Commander accused him of having ulterior motives.
• Medusa offered to exchange a Sand Mandara for a suitable medicinal ingredient and a promise that Xiao Ming would refine pills for the Snake People Race.
• Xiao Ming revealed a Snake Soul Sacred Fruit, whose powerful appeal astonished Medusa, Yue Mei, and the others.
• Medusa agreed to trade the fruit for a Sand Mandara on the condition that Xiao Ming refine a Snake Saint Soul Advancement Pill to help her evolve.
• Xiao Ming said he could not refine the Grade Seven pill, but Medusa suggested he could reach Grade Seven within a few years with the Snake People Race's support.

Xiao Ming's negotiations with Medusa broke down when she tried to keep him in the Snake People Race to refine a pill, and the Great Commander attacked him. Xiao Ming revealed his strength and Heavenly Flames, then launched a giant flaming sword at the Great Commander as their fight continued above the Holy City.

• Medusa refused to let Xiao Ming leave and said she wanted him to refine a medicinal pill, while the Great Commander attacked him when he resisted.
• Xiao Ming dodged the Great Commander's strikes and matched his physical strength, then flew outside to confront him in the sky.
• Xiao Ming used Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Changes, raising his strength to roughly that of a Four-Star Dou Emperor and kicking the Great Commander into the ground.
• Xiao Ming summoned a field of flaming swords that destroyed the Great Commander's energy snakes and forced him to recall a concealed dark-green snake.
• Xiao Ming fused the small swords into a giant flaming sword and sent it toward the Great Commander.

Xiao Ming fought the Great Commander in the Snake-People Holy City, wearing down his Companion Snake Spirit while setting a trap. Ling crippled the Great Commander’s arm, and Xiao Ming captured him and mocked him before Queen Medusa.

• The Great Commander summoned his Snake Spirit Manifestation, and Xiao Ming struck the energy sphere with the Three Flame Ethereal Seal, transforming it into a huge Energy Green Snake.
• Xiao Ming attacked the Energy Green Snake while his Red Giant Sword kept the Great Commander occupied.
• The Great Commander blocked and shattered the weakened Red Giant Sword, then prepared to attack Xiao Ming.
• Ling darted from the sword’s fragments and pierced through the Great Commander’s right arm, while a massive white snake restrained him.
• Xiao Ming appeared before the captive Great Commander, slapped him repeatedly, and told Queen Medusa that her Great Commander seemed weak.

Xiao Ming captured the Bald Great Commander and demanded that Queen Medusa trade the Sand Mandara for his release. After escaping with his prisoner, Xiao Ming recovered in a cave, foiled the Great Commander’s escape attempt, and sealed his Dou Qi.

• Xiao Ming threatened to keep the Bald Great Commander hostage unless Queen Medusa brought the Sand Mandara to Green Continent near the Charming Snake Tribe the day after tomorrow, then flew away with him.
• Queen Medusa abandoned plans to ambush Xiao Ming and decided to exchange for the Great Commander, while also seeking the Snake Soul Sacred Fruit.
• Xiao Ming landed in the desert, slapped the Bald Great Commander, took a recovery pill, and carried him to a cave to treat his injuries.
• The Bald Great Commander tried to escape by crawling toward the cave entrance to find a snake for his tribe’s position-swapping Secret Technique, but Xiao Ming caught him.
• Xiao Ming used a sealing Secret Technique containing Heavenly Flame to seal the Bald Great Commander’s Dou Qi, leaving him only a Da Dou Shi unless the seal was undone or broken with a Sixth Rank medicinal pill.

Xiao Ming exchanged the sealed Great Commander for Sand Mandara after refusing Queen Medusa’s demand to undo the seal. He later returned to Stone Desert City, where Zi Yan, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian welcomed him back.

• Xiao Ming bound the Great Commander and waited until Queen Medusa and Yue Mei arrived to exchange for him.
• Queen Medusa gave Xiao Ming the Sand Mandara, and they exchanged it for the Great Commander without lifting his seal.
• Yue Mei reported that the Great Commander’s right arm was crippled and his Dou Qi was sealed, while Queen Medusa took him back to the Holy City.
• Xiao Ming returned to Stone Desert City several days later and reunited with Zi Yan, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian at an Inn.

Xiao Ming led Zi Yan, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian beneath the desert near East City to search for the Heavenly Flames. They reached a vast underground lava cavern and prepared to find the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake.

• Xiao Ming invited Qing Lin, Zi Yan, and Xiao Yi Xian to accompany him to East City in search of Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Ming used his Soul Power to locate an underground passage and opened its entrance with a punch.
• Zi Yan scouted ahead, and Xiao Ming carried Qing Lin down the passage while Xiao Yi Xian followed with a Moonlight Stone.
• The group found more than a dozen tunnels, and Zi Yan identified a Fourth Tier Magical Beast's Aura and chose the tunnel leading toward its lair.
• As the passage grew hotter, Xiao Ming used Marrow of Extreme Cold to protect Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Ming and the others reached the passage's end and saw a vast underground cavern filled with flowing lava.

Xiao Ming subdued a Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake in the lava so Qing Lin could use her special eyes to enslave it. Qing Lin succeeded but fainted, leaving the snake obediently marked and still afraid of Xiao Ming.

• Qing Lin and Zi Yan sensed the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake in the lava, and Xiao Ming lured it out.
• Xiao Ming knocked the snake unconscious with a controlled punch and brought it to shore.
• Xiao Ming had Qing Lin meet the snake’s gaze, and her eyes marked both of its heads with green flowers.
• Qing Lin fainted after enslaving the snake, and Xiao Ming caught her as the snake’s aggression toward her faded.
• Xiao Ming kicked the snake back into the lava, then checked whether Qing Lin was all right.

After Qing Lin subdued the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, she discovered that it knew where the Heavenly Flame lay beneath the lava. Xiao Ming followed the snake through the depths and found the Green Lotus Core Flame, ending with the flame burning inside the lotus platform.

• Xiao Ming reassured Xiao Yi Xian that Qing Lin was safe, and Qing Lin woke and told him she knew where the Heavenly Flame was.
• Qing Lin used her connection with the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake to learn that the Heavenly Flame was beneath the lava.
• Xiao Ming covered himself with the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame and entered the lava, then ordered Qing Lin to guide him with the snake.
• Xiao Ming followed the Fire Spirit Snake through the lava until he saw the green glow of the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Xiao Ming approached the eight-petaled lotus and found a cluster of green flames burning inside its platform.

Xiao Ming secured the Green Lotus Core Flame and returned to Desert City, where he gave Hai Bodong the Sand Mandara in exchange for the Fragment Map. He entered a stone chamber to devour the Heavenly Flame, delaying Hai Bodong’s promised pill until afterward.

• Xiao Ming cut the Green Lotus free from its stem and confirmed that the Green Lotus Core Flame inside it could help him break through to Dou Emperor.
• Xiao Ming resurfaced with the Green Lotus, told Qing Lin, Zi Yan, and Xiao Yi Xian about the flame, and led them out of the magma cavern.
• Xiao Ming and his companions reached Hai Bodong’s shop in Desert City, where Xiao Ming handed over the Sand Mandara and received the Fragment Map.
• Xiao Ming told Hai Bodong he would refine the promised pill after devouring the Green Lotus Core Flame, then followed him to a quiet stone chamber.
• Xiao Ming checked the chamber with his Soul Power, sat on its cushion with the Green Lotus, and prepared to enter seclusion.

Xiao Ming used his final simulation attempt and learned that the Cartography Pavilion in Black Mark City held a Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Fragment Map, while he eventually reached the Ling Realm through enlightenment. He chose the Flame-Receiving Spirit as his reward, then began separating the Green Lotus Core Flame from its lotus seat.

• Xiao Ming ran a life simulation that revealed his future cultivation, discoveries, and eventual breakthrough to the Ling Realm.
• Xiao Ming considered the simulation's clues, including the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Fragment Map held by the Cartography Pavilion's Pavilion Master.
• Xiao Ming chose the Flame-Receiving Spirit over the Postnatal Woeful Poison Body and stored the gray stone in his Na Ring.
• Xiao Ming used Soul Power to separate the Green Lotus Seat from the Green Lotus Core Flame, which swelled into a mass of flame.

Xiao Ming devoured the Green Lotus Core Flame and spent five months refining its energy, breaking through to Three Star Dou Huang. He awoke with greatly increased power, and his breakthrough caused the secret chamber beneath Hai Bodong's map shop to collapse as Qing Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Hai Bodong arrived.

• Xiao Ming seized the Green Lotus Core Flame Seed and swallowed it, then used Ling to devour its scattered Flame Origin.
• Xiao Ming circulated his Cultivation Method for five months, refining the Green Lotus Core Flame and absorbing the Dou Qi Ling released.
• Xiao Ming awakened as a Three Star Dou Huang, tested his Soul Power across a hundred-mile radius, and concealed it again.
• The secret chamber collapsed beneath Xiao Ming, and Qing Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Hai Bodong entered the passageway.
• Xiao Ming emerged unharmed from the dust, and Qing Lin hurried over to him.

After emerging from seclusion as a Dou Emperor, Xiao Ming examined Xiao Yi Xian and found that her Woeful Poison Body was nearing its first eruption. He planned to use medicinal treasures to draw out excess toxins and help her control her Poison Power, beginning by preparing a cleansing treatment.

• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Ming that Zi Yan had been away for more than twenty days, and Hai Bodong congratulated him on reaching Dou Emperor before arranging for him to refine pills the next day.
• Xiao Ming checked Xiao Yi Xian's cultivation and learned that her poison had already made Qing Lin's Fire Spirit Snake, Little Double, listless for several days.
• Xiao Ming examined Xiao Yi Xian and determined that her Woeful Poison Body was approaching an early eruption caused by toxins she had not fully refined.
• Xiao Ming explained that medicinal treasures could cleanse Xiao Yi Xian's meridians and bones, draw out excess toxins, and help her train control over Poison Power while her strength was still low.
• Xiao Yi Xian brought in a tub of cold water, and Xiao Ming opened a Jade Bottle to begin preparing the medicinal liquid.

Xiao Ming prepared a medicinal bath with Earth Core Body Tempering Milk and herbs to cleanse Xiao Yi Xian’s marrow and refine her bones. She endured the treatment and expelled lingering toxins, while Xiao Ming left her to clean up after realizing a day had passed.

• Xiao Ming mixed Earth Core Body Tempering Milk and refined herbs into a medicinal bath for Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Ming explained the treatment and turned away while Xiao Yi Xian undressed and entered the tub.
• Xiao Yi Xian endured the bath’s intense pain and cultivated as its energy flowed into her body.
• Xiao Ming monitored Xiao Yi Xian until the medicinal liquid turned clear and her bones and meridians began to glow.
• Xiao Yi Xian expelled gray mist that corroded the tub, then blushed when she realized she was exposed.
• Xiao Ming left and told Xiao Yi Xian to clean the room after cultivating, and she suspected he had seen everything.

Xiao Ming accepted Hai Bodong’s Poison Breaking Pill formula and ingredients, then successfully refined the Grade Six pill. He gave it to Hai Bodong, who eagerly prepared to test its effects.

• Hai Bodong handed Xiao Ming the Poison Breaking Pill formula and prepared ingredients, and Xiao Ming claimed the formula as payment.
• Xiao Ming warned Hai Bodong that pill refinement could fail, then asked him to leave the room undisturbed.
• Xiao Ming refined the Poison Breaking Pill in the Myriad Beast Cauldron and collected the finished pill in a Jade Bottle.
• Hai Bodong eagerly accepted the pill and trusted its authenticity after learning of Xiao Ming’s reputation throughout Jia Ma.
• Xiao Ming told Hai Bodong to try the pill’s effects.

Xiao Ming checked Xiao Yi Xian’s Poison Body, saw Hai Bodong recover his Dou Emperor strength, and stayed in Desert City while training Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin. Zi Yan returned after befriending Medusa, and Xiao Ming began preparing to leave for the academy.

• Hai Bodong entered the basement to break his seal, while Xiao Ming went to check on Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin.
• Xiao Ming tested Xiao Yi Xian’s skin toxicity with Qing Lin’s Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake and found it remained strong enough to poison a Da Dou Shi.
• Hai Bodong recovered his Dou Emperor strength and offered to take Xiao Ming to the Mittel Family, but Xiao Ming stayed until Zi Yan returned.
• Xiao Ming trained Qing Lin and helped Xiao Yi Xian control her Poison Power while they waited in Hai Bodong’s shop.
• Zi Yan returned and told Xiao Ming she had befriended Medusa and received medicinal ingredients from her.
• Xiao Ming asked Zi Yan whether she had mentioned him to Medusa, then told Xiao Yi Xian to inform Hai Bodong that they planned to leave Desert City.

Xiao Ming and his companions traveled from Desert City toward Wu Tan City, then came across Yun Yun fighting the Amethyst Winged Lion King. After both fighters were gravely wounded, Xiao Ming sent Zi Yan to retrieve Yun Yun and Hai Bodong to bring back the Lion King as a mount.

• Hai Bodong decided to accompany Xiao Ming to Wu Tan City and planned to contact Mitel Tengshan through the Mitel Auction House there.
• Xiao Ming's group flew toward Wu Tan City and spotted Yun Yun battling the Amethyst Winged Lion King in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• While the two Dou Emperors fought, Zi Yan led Xiao Ming and the others into the Lion King's cave and took its Fifth-Tier Magic Cores and other treasures.
• Yun Yun and the Amethyst Winged Lion King exchanged powerful attacks until both were severely wounded and fell from the sky.
• Xiao Ming sent Zi Yan to retrieve Yun Yun and ordered Hai Bodong to bring back the Lion King so he could make it his mount.

Xiao Ming and his companions traveled toward Wu Tan City, raiding the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cave while Yun Yun fought the beast. After both Dou Emperors were gravely injured, Xiao Ming chose to save Yun Yun and take the Lion King as a mount.

• Hai Bodong decided to accompany Xiao Ming to Wu Tan City, and the group set out from Desert City.
• Xiao Ming detected Yun Yun and the Amethyst Winged Lion King fighting, so he led the others toward the Lion King's cave instead of taking a detour.
• Zi Yan frightened the cave's guards, forced the Little Amethyst Winged Lion King to reveal its treasure vault, and Xiao Ming collected its Magic Cores and jade boxes.
• Yun Yun and the Amethyst Winged Lion King exchanged powerful attacks until both were severely injured and fell from the sky.
• Xiao Ming sent Zi Yan to retrieve Yun Yun and asked Hai Bodong to bring back the Lion King, which he intended to save and tame as a mount.

Xiao Ming healed the badly injured Amethyst Winged Lion King and Yun Yun, then persuaded the Lion King to join him by offering a future Form Transformation Pill. The Lion King agreed and insisted on bringing his son, while Yun Yun remained unconscious nearby.

• Xiao Ming fed the Amethyst Winged Lion King a Sixth Rank Vitality Pill, stopping its bleeding but not restoring its strength.
• Zi Yan brought the unconscious Yun Yun to Xiao Ming, who gave her a Vitality Pill for her injuries.
• Xiao Ming sent Qing Lin to bring out the Little Amethyst Winged Lion King, and the cub rushed to his wounded father.
• After waking, the Amethyst Winged Lion King recognized Xiao Ming and learned that he wanted it to join his ranks.
• Xiao Ming promised to refine a Form Transformation Pill, and the Amethyst Winged Lion King agreed to join him and bring its son along.