Chapter Summaries

Yan Qingshan sought the Sand Mandala needed for Hai Bodong’s prescription and traveled to the Snake-people Temple to meet Queen Medusa. After seizing Hua Sha'er’s attention at the temple gates, he left Queen Medusa to reconsider striking him.

• Yan Qingshan learned Hai Bodong still lacked the Sand Mandala, then sent Ya Fei and the Yao Clan Three Brothers to the Holy City with Hai Bodong’s token and instructions.
• Yan Qingshan flew alone into the Tagore Desert and reached the Snake-people Temple after crossing the guarded territory.
• Hua Sha'er challenged Yan Qingshan at the temple, but he subdued her, carried her into the air, and asked her to pass his message to Queen Medusa.
• Queen Medusa appeared at the temple and gathered Dou Qi to attack Yan Qingshan, but Hua Sha'er whispered to her, causing her expression and stance to change.

Yan Qingshan met Queen Medusa in the Snake-people Temple and revealed that he had taken the Green Lotus Core Flame three years earlier. He offered to help her reach the Dou Zong realm and lead the Snake-people Race out of the Tagore Desert, leaving the queen to decide whether to trust his proposal.

• Queen Medusa agreed to hear Yan Qingshan after Hua Sha'er escorted him into the temple.
• Yan Qingshan apologized to Hua Sha'er with a Fifth-grade Qi Nurturing Pill, though his teasing embarrassed her.
• Yan Qingshan told Queen Medusa he was an alchemist and revealed his azure Heavenly Flame.
• Yan Qingshan admitted he had taken the Green Lotus Core Flame and explained his deduction that Queen Medusa sought it for her evolution secret art.
• Yan Qingshan offered to help Queen Medusa break through to Dou Zong and free the Snake-people Race from the desert, leaving the decision to her.

Yan Qingshan struck a bargain with Queen Medusa, offering his Heavenly Flame and help in exchange for access to the Snake-people Race’s medicinal ingredients. After demonstrating his alchemy and obtaining a rare Sand Mandala, he began attempting to refine a sixth-grade Calamity Breaking Pill.

• Yan Qingshan revealed that he was a fifth-grade alchemist and offered to help Queen Medusa transform and lead the Snake-people Race out of the Tagore Desert in exchange for medicinal ingredients.
• Queen Medusa agreed to let Yan Qingshan use the Snake-people Race’s ingredients for three months, with the Snake-people Race receiving half the pills he refined, and sent Hua Sha'er to take him to the medicine vault.
• Yan Qingshan refined pills at high speed with Shuguang’s assistance and secretly kept some bottles before sharing the rest with Hua Sha'er and Yue Mei.
• Yue Mei delivered the Sand Mandala Yan Qingshan had requested, and he dismissed her and Hua Sha'er before beginning another period of pill refinement.
• Yan Qingshan used the pill formula and Shuguang’s recorded process to begin refining the sixth-grade Calamity Breaking Pill.

Yan Qingshan refined a Calamity Breaking Pill while using a Dou Spirit Pill and the alchemy breakthrough to advance toward the Dou Emperor realm. The sixth-grade pill’s emergence shook the Snake-people Temple, and Queen Medusa ordered her people to protect Yan Qingshan and keep the news secret.

• Yan Qingshan began refining the Calamity Breaking Pill, failed his first attempt, and started again with greater control.
• As the pill took shape, Yan Qingshan swallowed a Dou Spirit Pill and used the transformation of becoming a sixth-grade alchemist to attempt a breakthrough from peak Dou Wang to Dou Emperor.
• After thirty-three days, the Calamity Breaking Pill formed and released a powerful energy disturbance that shook the temple.
• Yue Mei and Hua Sha'er noticed the disturbance, and Queen Medusa arrived as a purple beam pierced the chamber ceiling.
• Four elder Dou Emperors and other Snake-people gathered, recognized the phenomenon as that of a sixth-grade pill, and some showed greedy interest.
• Queen Medusa ordered stronger security, forbade anyone from revealing the event or disturbing Yan Qingshan, and considered the value of securing his friendship.

Yan Qingshan completed a sixth-tier Calamity Breaking Pill and broke through to Dou Emperor, while Queen Medusa prepared to undergo her dangerous secret art. As the ritual began, Queen Medusa undressed before Yan Qingshan, who was to help her.

• A middle-aged man sensed the sixth-tier pill’s emergence near the Snake-people Temple, saw the tribe mobilizing, and flew back to inform Yun Yun.
• Yan Qingshan completed the Calamity Breaking Pill and broke through to Dou Emperor, while Queen Medusa decided to continue with her plan to win him over.
• Queen Medusa told Yue Mei and Hua Sha'er to secure Yan Qingshan’s help if her secret art failed, and they accepted the assignment.
• Yan Qingshan gave Queen Medusa a Blood Lotus Pill and prepared the Ice Spirit Cold Spring with azure flame for her transformation.
• Queen Medusa undressed before Yan Qingshan as she prepared to begin the secret art.

Queen Medusa underwent the perilous Heavenly Flame transformation while Yan Qingshan watched over the process. After surviving a heavenly lightning strike, she emerged as a Seven-colored Heaven Swallowing Python, with Queen Medusa's soul still asleep inside.

• Queen Medusa transformed into a giant purple serpent and plunged into Yan Qingshan's Green Lotus Core Flame to begin her evolution.
• The serpent endured nearly half an hour of agony as the Heavenly Flame burned away her scales and shrank her body, while the Snake-people outside feared she had failed.
• Dark clouds gathered, and a bolt of heavenly lightning struck the flames; Yan Qingshan blocked part of its power and let the rest reach the serpent.
• The charred serpent's corpse cracked open, releasing an ancient aura before a seven-colored snake emerged and stopped before Yan Qingshan.
• Yan Qingshan recognized the newborn Seven-colored Heaven Swallowing Python, whose body was controlled by the Purple Flame Nether Python's soul while Queen Medusa's soul remained asleep.

Yan Qingshan secretly secured the Seven-colored Sky-swallowing Python and sent it away with Crimson Serpent before the Snake-people arrived. After Mobas accused him of causing Queen Medusa’s failure and attacked him, the Grand Elder intervened, cleared Yan Qingshan of wrongdoing, and asked him to stay a few more days.

• Yan Qingshan fed the Seven-colored Sky-swallowing Python spiritual liquid, won its trust, and sent it away with Crimson Serpent to evade the Snake-people’s search.
• Yue Mei, Hua Sha'er, and other Snake-people arrived at the ruined island, where Yan Qingshan claimed he had fainted and did not know whether Queen Medusa had succeeded.
• Mobas accused Yan Qingshan of causing Queen Medusa’s failure and attacked him, but Yan Qingshan knocked him back and revealed his Heavenly Flames.
• The Grand Elder and three other elders arrived, confronted Yan Qingshan, and stopped Mobas from escalating the conflict.
• The Grand Elder declared that Yan Qingshan had done nothing improper, ordered Mobas taken into custody, and said Queen Medusa had asked Yan Qingshan to stay for a few more days.

Yan Qingshan stayed in the temple after Yue Mei and Hua Sha'er seduced him, then woke beside Queen Medusa, who had unexpectedly awakened in her Seven-colored Sky-swallowing Python form. Medusa confronted him over his plans for Little Colorful Snake and his treatment of her transformed body, leaving Yan Qingshan trying to talk his way out of trouble.

• Yue Mei and Hua Sha'er seduced Yan Qingshan in the side hall, and he spent the night with them.
• Crimson Serpent and Little Colorful Snake came looking for Yan Qingshan, and he brought them inside his clothes before deciding to remain in the temple.
• Yan Qingshan woke the next morning with Queen Medusa in his arms and realized she had awakened far earlier than he expected.
• Queen Medusa accused Yan Qingshan of scheming against the Snake-people Race and treating her transformed body like a pet.
• Yan Qingshan claimed he had admired Medusa and that his affinity with magical beasts had made her instinctively approach him, while Medusa teased him about calling her Master.

Yan Qingshan persuaded Queen Medusa that his earlier plan to take her away had been impulsive, and the two became intimate before she transformed into the Seven-colored Heaven Swallowing Python and escaped his advances. He then spent time with Hua Sha'er and Yue Mei before going with them to the Offering Elders' Hall, where Mobas confronted them over the missing Queen.

• Yan Qingshan soothed Queen Medusa's suspicions with declarations of affection and explanations for his preparations, and she admitted she had wondered why he favored Hua Sha'er.
• Queen Medusa bit Yan Qingshan as punishment, but he kissed and pursued her until she transformed into the Seven-colored Heaven Swallowing Python to avoid him.
• Yan Qingshan gave the python a bottle of spirit liquid, then turned his attention to Hua Sha'er and Yue Mei.
• Yan Qingshan, Hua Sha'er, and Yue Mei went to the Offering Elders' Hall while Queen Medusa remained missing.
• Mobas, chained to a boulder outside the hall as punishment, angrily rebuked Yan Qingshan, Hua Sha'er, and Yue Mei for their intimacy while the Queen was missing.

Yan Qingshan agreed to refine a Snake Marrow Bone-Shedding Pill for the Snake-people Race in exchange for its secret arts and pill formulas, after the Four Elders explained their plans to preserve the Medusa bloodline. He then parted from Yue Mei and Hua Sha'er and left Moon City.

• Yan Qingshan silenced Mobas with a blast of Dou Qi and went with Yue Mei and Hua Sha'er to meet the Four Elders.
• The Four Elders explained that they might need to create a new Medusa heir and asked Yan Qingshan to refine a Snake Marrow Bone-Shedding Pill.
• Yan Qingshan examined the Snake-people Race's secret arts and agreed to deliver the pill within three years in exchange for the secret arts and their pill formulas.
• Yan Qingshan spent the night with Yue Mei and Hua Sha'er in Moon Palace and promised he would return.
• At dawn, Yan Qingshan left Moon Palace and headed away from Moon City.

Yan Qingshan returned to Hai Bodong as a Dou Emperor and gave him the Calamity Breaking Pill. Hai Bodong broke the seal on his cultivation and handed over the ancient map fragment, while Yan Qingshan recognized that it could not be copied because it was not a real map.

• Yan Qingshan returned to Hai Bodong, who recognized his breakthrough to Dou Emperor and received the Calamity Breaking Pill.
• Hai Bodong noticed Queen Medusa's and other Snake-women's auras on Yan Qingshan, and Yan Qingshan claimed that Medusa was his lover.
• Hai Bodong led Yan Qingshan into his underground ice cavern and swallowed the pill to break the seal.
• The pill's purple medicinal power overcame the dark green snake-pattern seal, which vanished into the Seven-colored Sky-swallowing Python on Yan Qingshan's wrist.
• Hai Bodong regained his Dou Emperor cultivation and gave Yan Qingshan the ancient map fragment as promised.
• Hai Bodong explained that his attempts to copy the fragment had failed, and Yan Qingshan recognized it as a construct of a Half-Emperor's remnant soul.

Yan Qingshan reached Jia Ma Holy City with Hai Bodong, reunited with Ya Fei, and learned that the imperial family’s secret operation appeared to be proceeding smoothly. He arranged to meet Princess Yaoye and summoned Queen Medusa, explaining that he needed her strength to secure a deal with the imperial family.

• Yan Qingshan and Hai Bodong entered Jia Ma Holy City and went to the Mittel Family headquarters, where Ya Fei rushed into Yan Qingshan’s arms.
• Ya Fei introduced Yan Qingshan to her grandfather, Mitel Tengshan, who reported frequent troop movements and tightened inner defenses around the imperial family’s secret grounds.
• Ya Fei told Yan Qingshan that Princess Yaoye had repeatedly sought a meeting, and he asked her to arrange one for the next day.
• After reuniting with Ya Fei, Yan Qingshan called Queen Medusa out of Little Colorful Snake and reminded her of her promise to help him.
• Yan Qingshan told Queen Medusa that he planned to negotiate a deal with the imperial family and needed a powerful deterrent to secure his rightful benefits.

Yan Qingshan explained his plan to help the Snake-people Race leave the Tagore Desert by using his favor with the Jia Ma Royal Family and the conflict between it and the Misty Cloud Sect. Queen Medusa agreed to follow his arrangements but escaped his advances by transforming into the little colorful snake, and Yan Qingshan fell asleep holding Ya Fei.

• Yan Qingshan reminded Queen Medusa that he could help the Snake-people Race leave the Tagore Desert and warned that the surrounding powers might unite against them.
• Yan Qingshan revealed that he had offered the Jia Ma Royal Family's guardian a breakthrough insight and a Sect Breaking Pill in exchange for a major favor.
• Queen Medusa questioned whether the royal family would honor its promise, and Yan Qingshan explained that the threat from the Misty Cloud Sect would make the royal family value his support.
• Yan Qingshan told Queen Medusa that Yun Shan had secretly become a Dou Zong and that the Misty Cloud Sect intended to seize control of the empire.
• Queen Medusa asked how she should cooperate, and Yan Qingshan told her to follow his arrangements before trying to kiss her.
• Queen Medusa transformed into the little colorful snake to evade Yan Qingshan, who eventually fell asleep holding Ya Fei.

Princess Yaoye visited Ya Fei and Yan Qingshan, then took them to the imperial palace to meet the Emperor. Yan Qingshan deliberately behaved like a lecher, and the chapter ended with him casually introducing himself to the Emperor and taking a seat.

• Princess Yaoye arrived at the Mitel Auction House, where Ya Fei greeted her and explained that Yan Qingshan had not yet awakened.
• Ya Fei woke Yan Qingshan and introduced him to Princess Yaoye, who doubted that the languid young man was the figure stirring the Empire.
• Yan Qingshan flirted shamelessly with Princess Yaoye during the carriage ride, making her lose interest in her original intentions.
• Princess Yaoye brought Yan Qingshan and Ya Fei into the imperial palace to meet her father, the Emperor.
• Yan Qingshan greeted the Emperor with a slight bow, seated himself opposite him, and poured his own tea.

Yan Qingshan intimidated the royal family and outlined how the Misty Cloud Sect and rival empires threatened Jia Ma’s power. He left the emperor with a warning that the royal family lacked the strength to negotiate until Jia Xingtian reached Dou Zong.

• Yan Qingshan revealed his Dou Emperor strength and forced the royal family’s three Dou Wang experts back with his aura.
• He warned the emperor that Yun Shan’s rise and the Chu Yun Empire’s Dou Zong could leave the royal family subordinate to the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Yan Qingshan said he wanted a greater return on his investment in the Jia Ma Empire, joked about marrying Princess Yaoye, then demanded that Jia Xingtian meet him after breaking through to Dou Zong.
• Yan Qingshan and Ya Fei left the palace, while the emperor concealed his anger and asked the three Dou Wang experts to sit.
• Nalan Jie suppressed the Branding Poison Python’s venom, and the royal prince warned that Yan Qingshan had revealed a Dou Zong’s aura.
• The emperor realized the royal family had no grounds to negotiate without a Dou Zong.

Yan Qingshan explained why he wanted to delay negotiations over a homeland for the Snake-people Race until both it and the Jia Ma Empire could balance each other’s power. While he waited and cultivated, Yun Leng reported growing tensions to the Misty Cloud Sect leader, who ordered the sect not to act rashly.

• Yan Qingshan ignored Princess Yaoye on the journey back to the Mittel Family, and Ya Fei laughed with him about how he had unsettled her.
• Yan Qingshan told Queen Medusa that he wanted negotiations between the Snake-people Race and the Jia Ma Empire to wait until both sides could restrain each other.
• Queen Medusa accepted Yan Qingshan’s reasoning, then returned to her Seven-colored Sky-swallowing Python form while he prepared to cultivate.
• After two days, gossip about Princess Yaoye faded as factions in the Holy City and the Misty Cloud Sect quietly prepared amid rising tensions.
• Yun Leng told the Misty Cloud Sect leader about the royal family’s ties with the Mittel Family, increased security, and the lack of news about Jia Xingtian.
• The Misty Cloud Sect leader instructed Yun Leng to leave the matter alone and not act unless the royal family moved first.

The new Sect Leader of the Misty Cloud Sect traveled to the Magical Beast Mountain Range to obtain an Amethyst Spirit Crystal for Nalan Yanran, while Yan Qingshan followed her there. Yan Qingshan watched Xiao Yan train before heading toward the Sect Leader as she confronted the Amethyst Winged Lion King, whose response left a battle looming.

• The new Sect Leader told Yun Leng she would leave the Misty Cloud Sect to seek an Amethyst Cloud Crystal for Nalan Yanran, and defended Nalan Yanran's place as Young Sect Leader.
• After receiving intelligence that the Sect Leader had gone to the Magical Beast Mountain Range, Yan Qingshan left a letter and flew after her.
• Yan Qingshan found Xiao Yan training at a waterfall and secretly listened as Old Ya praised Yan Qingshan's talent and Xiao Yan vowed to catch up to him.
• Old Ya sensed something unusual, while Yan Qingshan noticed the Sect Leader's confrontation with the Amethyst Winged Lion King and flew toward it.
• The Sect Leader offered rewards for an Amethyst Spirit Crystal, but the Amethyst Winged Lion King demanded a Form Transformation Pill and then raised its aura when she proposed other items.

Yan Qingshan watched the Amethyst Winged Lion King defeat a Dou Emperor and secretly rescued the injured woman. He reunited with Xiao Yan and Old Ya beside the waterfall, but approaching magical beasts threatened to interrupt them.

• An old man explained to his youth that the Amethyst Winged Lion King cultivated a rare beast-compatible Dou Qi technique, while the woman’s offer would not satisfy it.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King overcame the woman’s attacks with its Amethyst Seal and Roaring Lion’s Roar, then ordered the beasts to search for her.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King’s expanded territory and newly transformed fifth-tier child helped establish its growing dominance over neighboring territories.
• Yan Qingshan met Xiao Yan and Old Ya at the waterfall, where he held the unconscious woman he had rescued and admitted he had come seeking her.
• Yan Qingshan teased Xiao Yan about his childhood visit to Xiao Xun’er’s room as magical beast roars approached.

Yan Qingshan carried an injured, unconscious woman to a hidden cave and prepared to treat her, but she woke before he could help. After she realized her sealed Dou Qi and blocked Meridians left her unable to move, she reluctantly asked him to apply medicine, and he began treating her while blindfolded.

• Yan Qingshan left Xiao Yan and Old Ya and carried the injured woman to a hidden cave in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• The woman woke as Yan Qingshan reached for her clothes and angrily insisted that she could treat herself.
• Yan Qingshan explained that her Dou Qi was sealed and her acupoints and Meridians were blocked, leaving her unable to move without help.
• The woman apologized and asked Yan Qingshan to apply medicine, and he warned her that treating her wounds would require removing her clothes.
• Yan Qingshan blindfolded himself, undressed the woman, covered her with a robe, and began applying medicine while singing.

Yan Qingshan treated Yun Zhi’s wounds in a cave, teasing and embarrassing her as they grew more familiar. After their playful scuffle and a sudden kiss, he cooked for them and ended the chapter offering her fish soup.

• Yan Qingshan treated Yun Zhi’s wounds and covered her with his robe, then asked her name; she introduced herself as Yun Zhi, and he told her about himself.
• Yan Qingshan left to check for danger and gather food, then startled Yun Zhi when he returned and caught her before she fell.
• Yan Qingshan teased Yun Zhi until she pounced on him and bit him, then continued making fun of her until she began to cry.
• Yan Qingshan tried to comfort Yun Zhi by kissing her, but she shoved him away and ordered him not to approach her again.
• Yan Qingshan cooked venison and fish soup, then brought Yun Zhi a bowl and offered her a cooled spoonful.