Chapter Summaries

Xiao Han brought a Heavenly Flame to the Snake-People Holy City and offered it to Queen Medusa in exchange for letting the entire city witness her evolution. Medusa accepted the negotiation, and the chapter ended with Xiao Han’s condition revealed.

• Xiao Han’s group arrived at the Holy City, where Snake-People guards challenged them and demanded they leave.
• Queen Medusa appeared, and Hai Bodong recognized her and retreated in fear.
• Xiao Han told Medusa he knew she sought a Heavenly Flame to evolve and break through to the Dou Zong realm.
• Xiao Han revealed a Heavenly Flame and handed it to Medusa, warning her against betraying him.
• Medusa asked Xiao Han what he wanted, and he demanded that the entire city watch her evolution.

Xiao Han persuaded Queen Medusa to let him watch her evolution, offering the Snake-People Race future help in exchange for her promise to assist him later. They reached the hidden island and prepared the Green Lotus Core Flame and Ice Spirit Cold Spring for her evolution, which was about to begin.

• Queen Medusa agreed to let Xiao Han watch her evolve after he promised to help the Snake-People Race find a suitable place to thrive and asked her to aid him with an unspecified task in the future.
• Queen Medusa led Xiao Han to a lake whose barrier forced him into the poisonous water, but he used a Heavenly Flame to protect himself and swim across.
• Xiao Han and Queen Medusa reached the island, where she revealed a pool of Ice Spirit Cold Spring.
• Xiao Han placed the Green Lotus Core Flame on a crystal lotus seat above the pool while Queen Medusa's elders and guards gathered nearby.
• Queen Medusa announced that she was beginning her evolution and started undoing her clothes.

Queen Medusa began her evolution by entering the Green Lotus Core Flame, enduring its destruction of her body and soul. After a heavenly tribulation struck the flames, Xiao Han approached her charred, shrunken form and prepared to act.

• Queen Medusa removed her robe, formed hand seals, and released the Green Lotus Core Flame from the Crystal Lotus Seat.
• Queen Medusa transformed into a purple serpent and charged into the Green Lotus Core Flame to temper her soul.
• Hua She'er and Yue Mei watched helplessly as the flames burned Queen Medusa’s scales and body while she screamed in agony.
• Queen Medusa’s struggles stopped, and her body shrank as the Snake-People feared her evolution had failed.
• A bolt of heavenly tribulation lightning struck the Green Lotus Core Flame, prompting Hua She'er and Yue Mei to hope Queen Medusa had succeeded.
• Xiao Han stepped toward Queen Medusa’s charred form, noting that the Green Lotus Core Flame had absorbed most of the lightning’s power.

Xiao Han used Amethyst Source to win the newly evolved Queen Medusa over as his Demon Pet, while her soul remained suppressed by the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python. He left the Serpent-People Race Holy City after promising to help her merge with the Python’s soul and reach her nine-colored form, despite the Snake-People elders’ anger.

• Xiao Han opened his Jade Bottle, and the Seven-Colored Little Snake emerged from the Heavenly Flame after Queen Medusa’s successful evolution.
• Hua She'er and Yue Mei recognized the Seven-Colored Little Snake as Queen Medusa and congratulated her, but she slipped into Xiao Han’s bottle to lick the Amethyst Source.
• Xiao Han tempted the Seven-Colored Little Snake with Amethyst Source until she accepted him as her master, became his Demon Pet, and curled up in his sleeve.
• The system awarded Xiao Han experience and energy, raising him to Two-Star Dou Ling.
• Xiao Han told the Snake-People Race members that Queen Medusa had chosen to follow him and promised to help her merge souls and reach her nine-colored form.
• Hua She'er and the others tried to block Xiao Han from leaving, but Yue Mei persuaded them to let him go rather than risk harming Queen Medusa.

Xiao Han prepared to subdue the Green Lotus Core Flame despite having no Flame Mantra, relying on rare treasures and Xiao Xuan’s experience. He began the dangerous attempt in the Snake-People Race’s holy city, where Hua She’er, Yue Mei, Hai Bodong, and the Amethyst Winged Lion King stood by.

• Xiao Han stayed by the lake and asked Hai Bodong and the Amethyst Winged Lion King to guard him as he prepared to refine a Different Fire.
• Xiao Han revealed a Blood Lotus Pill, Ice Spirit Cold Spring, and Na Ling, astonishing Hai Bodong and the Snake-People Race experts.
• Xiao Han explained that the guards and the fact that their queen was in his hands meant the Snake-People Race had to protect him rather than attack him.
• Xiao Han separated the Green Lotus Core Flame from its stone platform, forcing everyone nearby to retreat from its intense heat.
• Xiao Han told Hai Bodong he had a seventy percent chance of subduing the Green Lotus Core Flame, based on Yao Lao’s chosen materials and Xiao Xuan’s insights.

Xiao Han began refining the Green Lotus Core Flame, using the Blood Lotus Pill and Ice Spirit Cold Spring to endure its destructive heat. After swallowing the Fire Seed, he followed Senior Xiao Xuan’s method to subdue the Heavenly Flame, leaving the outcome uncertain.

• Xiao Han swallowed the Blood Lotus Pill, which formed a protective blood-colored layer over his body.
• Xiao Han used Absorption Palm to draw the Green Lotus Core Flame toward him and reached into it to extract its Fire Seed.
• Xiao Han pulled out the Fire Seed and swallowed it, shocking Hai Bodong and frightening Qing Lin.
• Xiao Han endured the Fire Seed’s heat as it burned through his body, then drank Ice Spirit Cold Spring to counter the flames.
• Xiao Han sat cross-legged and began refining the Green Lotus Core Flame using Senior Xiao Xuan’s method.

Xiao Han survived refining the Green Lotus Core Flame, rose to One-Star Dou Wang, and gained a Silver-tier Treasure Chest. After recognizing that two Heavenly Flames were his limit for now, he decided to seek the Flame Mantra and left for Wutan City with Qing Lin on the Amethyst Winged Lion King.

• As the Ice Spirit Cold Spring ran out and the Heavenly Flame threatened to consume Xiao Han, Hai Bodong and the Snake-People Race experts feared he would fail.
• Xiao Han subdued the Green Lotus Core Flame, earning 400,000 Experience Points, 1,000 Energy Points, several level-ups, and a Silver-tier Treasure Chest.
• Xiao Han inspected his status and learned from the system that Heavenly Flame body tempering had increased his physical body's Experience Points by 500,000, though future tempering would have diminishing effects.
• Hai Bodong congratulated Xiao Han, and Qing Lin wept with relief as Xiao Han reassured her.
• Xiao Han recognized that refining two Heavenly Flames had pushed his limits, resolved to obtain the Flame Mantra, and departed for Wutan City with Qing Lin on the Amethyst Winged Lion King.

The Xiao Clan held its coming-of-age assessment while Xiao Han remained missing after entering the Demon Beast Forest, and Xiao Dingtian refused to believe his grandson was dead. As Xiao Zhan began declaring Xiao Han expelled for missing the ceremony, someone announced that Xiao Han had arrived.

• Xiao Zhan urged Xiao Dingtian to accept that Xiao Han had likely died, but Xiao Dingtian angrily insisted he would not believe it without seeing the body.
• Xiao Ying and the First Elder pressed Xiao Zhan to begin the ceremony, while Xiao Dingtian objected to proceeding without Xiao Han.
• Xiao Zhan explained the assessment rules and prepared to announce Xiao Han's expulsion for missing the ceremony.
• Xiao Yan said the ceremony was boring without Xiao Han, whom he had spent the past year trying to surpass.
• A clear voice announced that Xiao Han had arrived just as Xiao Zhan began his declaration.

Xiao Han returned to the Xiao family with the Amethyst Winged Lion King, stunning the clan with the Seventh-Order Demon Beast’s obedience to him. After introducing Qing Lin, he accepted Xiao Zhan’s invitation to take the delayed family test while considering how to obtain Yao Lao or the Flame Mantra from Xiao Yan.

• The Amethyst Winged Lion King landed at the Xiao family Training Field, and Xiao Han dismounted as the beast called him master.
• Xiao Dingtian welcomed Xiao Han back and scolded him for failing to send word while Xiao Han explained that the Amethyst Winged Lion King had followed him willingly.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King confirmed that it had chosen to follow Xiao Han and promised to serve him, leaving the Xiao family astonished.
• Xiao Han introduced his maid Qing Lin to Xiao Dingtian.
• Xiao Zhan avoided raising the question of expelling Xiao Han and told him to take the family test.
• Xiao Han approached the Black Stone Tablet and considered how to obtain Yao Lao or the Flame Mantra from Xiao Yan.

Xiao Han concealed his true strength during the Xiao Family test, appearing to have fallen to Dou Qi, Third Stage. He challenged Xiao Yan, who accepted despite Yao Lao’s warning about a dangerous aura surrounding Xiao Han.

• Xiao Han’s test showed Dou Qi, Third Stage, shocking the Xiao Family and recalling Xiao Yan’s former decline.
• Xiao Han privately revealed that he had recognized the examiner as a Dou Ling-level expert, while the examiner wondered how strong Xiao Han truly was.
• Xiao Zhan announced that unqualified disciples could challenge qualified companions for a place among them.
• Xiao Han challenged Xiao Yan, whose cultivation had reached Six Star Dou Zhe after a year of intense training.
• Yao Lao warned Xiao Yan that Xiao Han carried an aura that made him wary, but Xiao Yan accepted the challenge.

Xiao Han used physical contact during his match with Xiao Yan to steal the Flame Mantra and several combat skills through his Grafting Flowers onto Trees ability. Although Xiao Yan admitted defeat and officials ordered Xiao Han to release him, Xiao Han continued the transfer, locking onto Xiao Yan’s Six Star Dou Zhe cultivation.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Han began their arena match after the referee ordered them not to take each other’s lives and to stop when either conceded.
• Xiao Han ignored Xiao Yan’s Blowing Palm, grabbed his hands, and grafted the Flame Mantra from him.
• Xiao Han continued transferring Xiao Yan’s Blowing Palm, Stone Crushing Palm, and Mountain Splitting Palm as Xiao Yan realized he was in danger and called for help.
• Xiao Yan admitted defeat and Xiao Zhan and the referee demanded that Xiao Han let go, but Xiao Han kept holding Xiao Yan’s hand.
• Xiao Han used the system to lock onto Xiao Yan’s Six Star Dou Zhe cultivation for another transfer.

Xiao Han drained Xiao Yan’s cultivation and intelligence with Grafting Flowers onto Trees, then left Xiao Yan mentally reduced to a small child. Xiao Zhan was injured trying to intervene and realized Xiao Han was far stronger than his supposed Dou Qi rank.

• Xiao Han used Grafting Flowers onto Trees to take Xiao Yan’s cultivation and gained thirty thousand Experience Points.
• Xiao Zhan noticed Xiao Yan’s cultivation had vanished and leaped into the arena, ordering Xiao Han to release him.
• Xiao Han selected Xiao Yan’s intelligence as the next attribute to take, while Xiao Zhan tried to grab his shoulder.
• Xiao Han’s slight shoulder movement sent Xiao Zhan flying and left him coughing blood; Xiao Zhan concluded Xiao Han was likely a Dou Wang.
• Xiao Han took Xiao Yan’s intelligence, leaving Xiao Yan with the mind of a two- or three-year-old child who called Xiao Han “Grandma” and asked for milk.

After Xiao Yan became an idiot, Xiao Zhan confronted Xiao Han, but the Supreme Elder intervened and pushed Xiao Zhan to step down as Patriarch. Xiao Han retook the test and revealed a shocking cultivation level.

• Xiao Yan grabbed Xiao Han's clothes and repeatedly pleaded for his grandmother, while Xiao Zhan demanded to know what Xiao Han had done to him.
• Xiao Zhan seized Xiao Han's wrist, but Xiao Dingtian intervened and accused him of attacking a junior.
• The Supreme Elder revealed his authority and told Xiao Zhan to step down after fifteen years as Patriarch.
• Xiao Zhan asked the Supreme Elder to justify the demand, so the Supreme Elder ordered Xiao Han to take the test again.
• Xiao Han pressed his palm to the Black Stone Tablet, which displayed that he was a One-Star Dou Wang.

Xiao Han revealed that he had reached the One-Star Dou Wang realm, and the Supreme Elder proposed making him the Xiao Family Patriarch. Xiao Han agreed after the Hongmeng System offered an achievement reward, but he set conditions, including personally keeping the Tuoshe Ancient Jade Fragment.

• The Black Stone Tablet revealed Xiao Han's cultivation as a One-Star Dou Wang, shocking the Xiao Family and explaining how easily he had defeated Xiao Zhan.
• The Supreme Elder proposed Xiao Han as the new Xiao Family Patriarch, and the senior members accepted without objection.
• After the Hongmeng System promised a personal achievement for taking the position, Xiao Han agreed to consider it on two conditions.
• Xiao Han demanded that he be free of routine family affairs and only help against external enemies; the Supreme Elder agreed to handle those affairs himself.
• Xiao Han's second condition was that he personally keep the Tuoshe Ancient Jade Fragment, the Xiao Family Patriarch's token.

Xiao Han accepted the Xiao Family Patriarch position, received the Tuoshe Ancient Jade Fragment, and leveled up to Two-Star Dou Wang. Xiao Xun'er refrained from taking the jade, while Xiao Zhan dragged the crippled, deranged Xiao Yan away after he acted inappropriately toward her.

• Xiao Han accepted the Patriarch position, received the ancestral token and Tuoshe Ancient Jade Fragment, and earned rewards that raised him to Two-Star Dou Wang.
• Xiao Zhan suspected the jade was connected to Xiao Han's sudden breakthrough, while Xiao Xun'er recognized it as the Tuoshe Ancient Jade and decided not to seize it.
• Xiao Zhan reminded Xiao Han that he would not forgive Xiao Yan's crippling and started to leave with his son.
• Xiao Yan grabbed at Xiao Xun'er and called her his grandmother, so she slapped him away and told him to conduct himself with dignity.
• Xiao Zhan forcibly dragged Xiao Yan from the Training Field, and Xiao Ying asked whether Xiao Yan was permanently crippled.

After Xiao Han took over as Xiao Family Patriarch, Gu Xun Er persuaded Xiao Zhan to leave Wutan City with Xiao Yan and seek a cure in the Gu Clan. Xiao Han arrived at Xiao Yan's Courtyard House afterward and found them gone.

• Xiao Zhan stayed with the sleeping Xiao Yan instead of attending Xiao Han's celebration banquet.
• Gu Xun Er offered to take Xiao Zhan and Xiao Yan to the Gu Clan, where its ancient texts might reveal a cure for Xiao Yan.
• Gu Xun Er warned that Xiao Han might target Xiao Yan, and Xiao Zhan agreed to leave that night.
• Xiao Zhan carried Xiao Yan out of the Xiao family with Gu Xun Er and Ling Ying, vowing to return and take revenge on Xiao Han.
• Xiao Han arrived at Xiao Yan's Courtyard House and discovered that they had escaped.

After returning to Wutan City with the Amethyst Winged Lion King, Xiao Han rejected the Gale Family’s and Oba Family’s offers to become affiliated clans and refused to take in a First Grade Alchemist. After more than twenty days of peace, two figures arrived on his roof, and one greeted him as an old acquaintance.

• Xiao Dingtian told Xiao Han that the Gale Family, the Oba Family, and other factions wanted to submit to the Xiao Clan, but Xiao Han ordered him to reject them.
• Xiao Han promised Xiao Dingtian that he would establish a kingdom someday, then reflected on how his presence had changed the original storyline.
• News of the Amethyst Winged Lion King drew visitors to Wutan City, while Xiao Han rejected a First Grade Alchemist who later joined the Gale Family.
• The Gale Family avoided provoking the Xiao Clan and did not seize its Street Markets, despite the alchemist’s presence.
• After more than twenty days of peace, the Amethyst Winged Lion King growled at the roof, where two figures appeared and one greeted Xiao Han.

Jia Xingtian attacked Xiao Han’s Amethyst Winged Lion King to test the strength of the beast and its master, but Xiao Han defeated him with overwhelming physical power. The chapter left Jia Xingtian exposed as the Gamma Imperial Family’s guardian deity, humbled and asking for peace and quiet.

• Hai Bodong and a black-robed visitor arrived at Xiao Han’s home, and the visitor attacked the Amethyst Winged Lion King.
• The black-robed elder’s yellow blade overpowered the beast, but Xiao Han stepped in and took the next attack without injury.
• Xiao Han shattered the elder’s Rock Bulwark and battered him through the air until he crashed into the ruins.
• Hai Bodong stopped Xiao Han and identified the defeated elder as Jia Xingtian, the Gamma Imperial Family’s guardian deity.
• Jia Xingtian admitted defeat, and after Xiao Han and Hai Bodong teased him, he said he wanted some peace and quiet.

Xiao Han rejected Princess Yao Ye’s offer of a ducal title, suspecting the Gamma Imperial Family wanted to bring him under its control. He instead demanded the Monster Beast Mountain Range near the Tagor Desert and promised to protect the empire so long as it left him and the Xiao Clan alone.

• Old Jia asked Xiao Han who had taught him, but Xiao Han said he had no teacher and declared no one on the Douqi Continent was qualified to teach him.
• Imperial Guards entered Xiao Han’s courtyard with Princess Yao Ye, who greeted him and invited him to a banquet after witnessing his victory over Old Jia.
• Yao Ye presented an imperial decree granting Xiao Han the title of Star Glory Duke, but Xiao Han refused to kneel and accept it.
• Xiao Han rejected the dukedom and asked for the Monster Beast Mountain Range nearest the Tagor Desert in exchange for a promise to protect the Gamma Empire if it did not threaten him or the Xiao Clan.

Xiao Han secured a stretch of the Monster Beast Mountain Range from Jia Xingtian and made the Gamma Empire compensate residents whose homes were destroyed. He then told the Xiao Clan elders he planned to build an independent nation, while they realized Yao Ye might be seeking to grow close to him.

• Jia Xingtian granted Xiao Han the mountain range nearest the Tagor Desert, and Xiao Han declined the Star Glory Duke title.
• Xiao Han demanded compensation for the damage Jia Xingtian had caused, and Jia Xingtian gave Yao Ye one million gold coins to distribute.
• The Xiao Clan elders questioned Xiao Han's choices, and he said the clan could establish its own nation instead of serving the Gamma Empire.
• Xiao Han revealed that Jia Xingtian was nearing his Great Limit and had accepted his demands because the Gamma Imperial Family needed his protection.
• Xiao Dingtian asked whether Xiao Han would accept Yao Ye, and Xiao Han asked who he meant.