Chapter Summaries

Xiao Cang forced Medusa to swallow a Shaping Pill, transforming her into a human and raising her strength to Half-step Dou Zong. When Medusa rallied the Snake People Clan to attack him, Xiao Cang unlocked a Dou Zun Experience Card and declared that he would force her to submit.

• Xiao Cang made Medusa swallow a Shaping Pill and threatened the Snake People Clan to keep its fighters from intervening.
• Medusa suffered through the transformation as her scales and snake tail fell away and human legs formed.
• The Shaping Pill's remaining power raised Medusa's cultivation to Half-step Dou Zong, and she ordered the elders and leaders to attack Xiao Cang.
• Xiao Cang unlocked his Dou Zun Experience Card and unleashed a terrifying aura over the Snake People Clan settlement.

Xiao Cang used a Dou Zun Experience Card to become a Nine Revolutions Dou Zun and forced Medusa to submit by threatening the Snake People Clan. Medusa agreed to marry him after he promised to protect her clan, and she took him to the Queen’s Palace.

• Xiao Cang’s aura revealed his Nine Revolutions Dou Zun strength, terrifying Medusa, the Three Elders, and the eight chieftains.
• Xiao Cang pulled Medusa into his grasp and demanded her submission, threatening to destroy the Snake People Clan if she resisted.
• Medusa chose to submit to protect her clan, and Xiao Cang promised to help the Snake People Clan leave the Tagor Desert.
• Medusa dismissed the elders and chieftains, then led Xiao Cang to the Queen’s Palace and went to bathe and change.

Medusa submitted to Xiao Cang and married him to protect the Snake People Clan, though she planned to kill herself after he left. After their wedding wine, Xiao Cang told her to take the initiative in serving him, and she chose to comply.

• Hua She'er offered Medusa a deadly poison, but Medusa rejected the idea of risking the Snake People Clan and said she would kill herself after Xiao Cang left.
• Medusa bathed, dressed in a thin veil, and went to Xiao Cang's bedchamber.
• Xiao Cang told Medusa to call him Husband and ordered wine and food for their wedding.
• Medusa drank Bridal Cup Wine with Xiao Cang, who pulled her into his embrace.
• Xiao Cang told Medusa to take the initiative in serving him, and Medusa agreed despite her humiliation.

After taking Medusa by force, Xiao Cang offered her a Shattering Sect Pill and promised greater strength, changing her resolve from suicide to survival. Medusa accepted his terms and prepared to bear a child for the Xiao Family.

• Xiao Cang claimed rewards that included cultivation, two Heaven Tier Dou Techniques, and an Earth-Demon Puppet, bringing his cultivation to Seven-star Dou Zong.
• Xiao Cang gave Medusa a Shattering Sect Pill and offered her a chance to break through to Dou Zong.
• Medusa accepted the pill and abandoned her plan to kill herself after Xiao Cang promised that Dou Zong would not be her limit.
• Xiao Cang gave Medusa a Fertility Pill and told her to bear him a child; Medusa agreed and embraced him.

Medusa announced that Xiao Cang would become the Snake People Clan’s Regent King and that she had married him, provoking objections from the elders and chiefs. Xiao Cang killed the Great Elder for openly defying the decree, leaving the rest of the court too frightened to respond.

• Hua She'er and the Snake People Clan’s elders and chiefs gathered at the Queen’s Palace and discussed their anger toward Xiao Cang.
• Medusa arrived with unsteady steps, ordered her subordinates to accept Xiao Cang as Regent King, and declared that they must honor him as a sovereign.
• The Great Elder and several others objected, arguing that the Snake People Clan could not accept a human husband or ruler.
• Xiao Cang suddenly appeared in the hall and asked who had objected to his marriage and appointment.
• The Great Elder claimed responsibility, and Xiao Cang killed him with a single thrust of his Gold-Silver Spear.
• Xiao Cang asked the remaining Snake People Clan experts whether they agreed or objected, and they fell silent in fear.

Xiao Cang secured his position as the Snake People Clan's Regent King by killing the Great Elder and promising to help Medusa reach Dou Zong so they could lead the clan out of the desert. After Medusa began taking the Shattering Sect Pill, Xiao Cang rose to seven-star Dou Zong and obtained two Heaven Tier Dou Techniques.

• Medusa dismissed the Snake People Clan's leaders after they accepted Xiao Cang as Regent King, encouraged by his promise that she would soon become a Dou Zong and lead them out of the desert.
• Medusa told Xiao Cang she did not resent him for killing the Great Elder, then privately submitted to him as her Master.
• Xiao Cang allowed Medusa to take the Shattering Sect Pill and meditated beside her as she began her breakthrough.
• Xiao Cang claimed his reward, surged to seven-star Dou Zong, and comprehended the Great Heaven Creation Palm and Vajra Glazed Body.
• Xiao Cang opened his eyes and looked at Medusa, eager to test his newly acquired body-strengthening technique.

Xiao Cang obtained an Earth-Demon Puppet while Medusa continued her breakthrough, then challenged Hua She'er and the Medusa Snake Guards to a fight. After they combined their strength to reach the level of a One-star Dou Emperor, Xiao Cang transformed into his Vajra Glazed Body and began testing his strength against them.

• Xiao Cang received an Earth-Demon Puppet with the strength of a Nine-star Dou Zong and left the Queen's Palace while Medusa continued her breakthrough.
• Xiao Cang found Hua She'er and the Snake Guards grieving their failure to protect Medusa, then offered to leave the Tagor Desert if Hua She'er could beat him at One-star Dou King strength.
• Hua She'er accepted the challenge, and Xiao Cang provoked her into having the Medusa Snake Guards join the fight.
• The Medusa Snake Guards combined their auras, raising Hua She'er's strength to that of a One-star Dou Emperor.
• Hua She'er attacked Xiao Cang with her Snake Spear, and he transformed into a nine-zhang-nine-chi Vajra Glazed Body before punching back.

Xiao Cang defeated Hua She'er with two punches and healed her after she accepted defeat and agreed to his conditions. With no Shaping Pills left, he dragged her toward the Queen's Palace, while Yue Mei watched and began hoping she could win his favor.

• Xiao Cang used the Vajra Glazed Body to shatter Hua She'er's spear and overwhelm her with two punches.
• Xiao Cang healed Hua She'er with pills, and she admitted defeat and agreed to his conditions.
• Xiao Cang realized he had no Shaping Pills and decided Hua She'er would have to do, then dragged her toward the Queen's Palace.
• Yue Mei witnessed Hua She'er's defeat, admired Xiao Cang's strength, and considered offering herself to him.

Xiao Cang continued to abuse Hua She'er while Medusa remained unaware as she attempted her breakthrough. Yue Mei then came to ask Xiao Cang for a pill to help her advance, but he rejected her offer and forced her to submit instead.

• Xiao Cang dismissed Hua She'er's objections and continued abusing her until midnight.
• Xiao Cang summoned the Snake Guards, who carried the injured Hua She'er away without challenging him.
• Yue Mei entered the palace and asked Xiao Cang for a pill to help her break through her bottleneck.
• Xiao Cang seized Yue Mei and told her he could take her without giving her a pill.
• Yue Mei submitted to Xiao Cang while Medusa remained absorbed in her breakthrough.

Xiao Cang rewarded Yue Mei, supplied Yao Chen with soul-nurturing saliva, and ordered Hua She'er to gather medicinal treasures while he waited for Medusa’s breakthrough. The chapter ended as Medusa’s aura crossed from Nine Star Dou Huang into Dou Zong.

• Yue Mei asked Xiao Cang for a pill, and he gave her one that could help her attempt a breakthrough to Dou Emperor.
• Yao Chen asked Xiao Cang for more Three Spirit Soul Nurturing Saliva and reported that he had over five hundred pills remaining; Xiao Cang rewarded him with seven drops.
• Yao Chen told Xiao Cang that medicinal ingredients were nearly exhausted, so Xiao Cang ordered Hua She'er to gather Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.
• Hua She'er led the Snake Guard to collect several hundred kinds of treasures, which Xiao Cang accepted and asked them to continue gathering.
• Medusa’s aura surged beyond Nine Star Dou Huang and entered the Dou Zong realm.

Medusa broke through to Dou Zong with Xiao Cang’s help and agreed to lead the Snake People Clan out of the Tagor Desert. Xiao Cang brought her to the Monster Beast Mountain Range to arrange their settlement, where he confronted the Amethyst Winged Lion King and insisted that he would agree to the migration.

• Medusa broke through to Dou Zong, then warned the Snake People Clan not to disrespect Xiao Cang and declared him their Regent King.
• Medusa asked Xiao Cang to lead the Snake People Clan out of the desert, and he agreed to settle them in the Monster Beast Mountain Range.
• Medusa told the Eight Chieftains to prepare for the migration and traveled with Xiao Cang into the mountain range to choose a settlement site.
• Xiao Cang summoned the Amethyst Winged Lion King and informed him that the Snake People Clan would migrate into the range.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King questioned Xiao Cang’s authority, and Xiao Cang insisted that the Lion King would agree.

Xiao Cang fought the Amethyst Winged Lion King to secure the Monster Beast Mountain Range for the Snake People Clan’s migration. After defeating the Lion King, Xiao Cang left it with a pill to heal its arm and told it to help protect the migrating clan.

• Xiao Cang released his aura and challenged the Amethyst Winged Lion King, which refused to yield despite recognizing his strength.
• Xiao Cang used the Vajra Glazed Body and shattered the Lion King's right arm with one punch.
• The Lion King attacked Xiao Cang with its Innate Purple Flame, but Xiao Cang's Green Flame devoured it without harming him.
• Xiao Cang rushed the Lion King and raised his fist, prompting it to surrender and promise not to interfere with the Snake People Clan's migration.
• Xiao Cang gave the Lion King a medicinal pill to heal its arm and asked it to look after the Snake People Clan during its migration.

After bringing Medusa to Stone Desert City, Xiao Cang reassured Xiao Ding that the Snake People Clan was migrating peacefully, then reunited Qing Lin with Medusa. He arranged for Medusa to guide Qing Lin’s cultivation, and the three went into Xiao Cang’s room together.

• Xiao Cang checked the Monster Beast Mountain Range for other Sixth-Order Magical Beasts before the Snake People Clan began its migration.
• Xiao Ding prepared to seek reinforcements when he heard that a large Snake People force was approaching Stone Desert City, but Xiao Cang explained they were only passing through.
• Xiao Ding learned that Medusa was the Snake People Queen and Xiao Cang’s wife.
• Xiao Cang reunited with Qing Lin and introduced her to Medusa, who agreed to become Qing Lin’s sister and teach her cultivation.
• Xiao Cang led Medusa and Qing Lin into his room, where the two women served him together.

Xiao Cang escorted the Snake People Clan to the Monster Beast Mountain Range and secured Jia Xing Tian’s consent for their migration. After helping them settle, he spent several days with Medusa and Qing Lin before preparing to return to the Imperial Capital and later travel to Jia Nan Academy.

• Xiao Cang had Stone Desert City’s residents stay inside while the Snake People Clan passed through, and mercenaries reported the migration to the army.
• Xiao Cang told Qing Lin he would stay in the Monster Beast Mountain Range only briefly because he needed to handle urgent matters and planned to visit Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Cang and Medusa met Jia Xing Tian, who was shocked to learn they had both reached Dou Zong, then agreed not to obstruct the Snake People Clan’s migration after hearing its rules.
• Jia Xing Tian told Xiao Cang that Yao Ye missed him, and Xiao Cang promised to return to the Imperial Capital in a few days.
• Xiao Cang and Medusa helped the Snake People Clan settle in the Monster Beast Mountain Range, then brought Medusa and Qing Lin to Qingshan Town.
• After several days with the two women, Xiao Cang used the Vajra Glazed Body, leaving Medusa exhausted and frightening Qing Lin.

Xiao Cang left Medusa and Qing Lin to oversee the Snake People Clan and returned to the Misty Cloud Sect after nearly three months away. Yun Yun tearfully reunited with him, and he gave her a Fetal Protection Pill before carrying her inside.

• Xiao Cang told Medusa and Qing Lin to keep training and manage the Snake People Clan while he was away.
• Yue Mei broke through to Dou Emperor after receiving a pill from Xiao Cang, and Medusa sent the other chieftains back to supervise the city’s construction.
• Medusa and Qing Lin admitted they would accept however many concubines Xiao Cang brought back as long as they could remain by his side.
• Yun Yun waited at the Misty Cloud Sect, missing Xiao Cang and worrying that he had not returned during her pregnancy.
• Xiao Cang arrived at the Misty Cloud Sect, and Yun Yun embraced him in tears and scolded him for taking so long.
• Xiao Cang gave Yun Yun a Fetal Protection Pill and carried her inside after she told him how much she had missed him.

After returning to the Misty Cloud Sect, Xiao Cang spent two days with Yun Yun before she urged him to visit Nalan Yanran. Their reunion was interrupted by news of trouble at Yun Shan's seclusion site, where Xiao Cang sensed a chilling Dou Qi fluctuation that made him suspect the Soul Hall had appeared.

• Xiao Cang told Yun Yun that he had become a Dou Zong, and they discussed his strength and Heavenly Grade body movement Dou Technique.
• Nalan Yanran saw Little Silver return and went to find Xiao Cang, but she left Yun Yun's palace after realizing the two were together.
• Xiao Cang and Yun Yun spent two days discussing cultivation and sparring, and Yun Yun suggested that he go see Nalan Yanran.
• Elder Yun Liu reported that Yun Leng had entered Yun Shan's seclusion site to investigate an abnormality and had not returned.
• Xiao Cang followed Yun Yun to the seclusion site, sensed a soul-attacking Dou Qi fluctuation, and suspected the Soul Hall was involved.

Xiao Cang and Medusa arrived at Yun Shan’s secluded cave, where Protector Wu was trying to tempt Yun Shan into joining Soul Hall in exchange for a breakthrough to Dou Zong. Xiao Cang revealed his own strength and pill-making skill, then blocked Protector Wu’s attempt to retreat.

• Protector Wu offered Yun Shan a pill and the promise of greater power if he joined Soul Hall, but Yun Shan refused to trust him.
• Protector Wu injured Yun Leng when Yun Leng came to investigate, and Yun Shan shielded him while resisting Protector Wu’s offer.
• Xiao Cang arrived with Medusa, followed by Yun Yun, and Yun Shan recognized his long-absent disciple.
• Xiao Cang told Yun Shan he could refine a Shattering Sect Pill and revealed he had become a Sixth-grade Alchemist.
• Protector Wu realized Xiao Cang’s Dou Qi was at least that of a Seven-star Dou Zong and tried to withdraw, but Xiao Cang declared he would not let him leave.

Xiao Cang fought Protector Wu, a Seven-star Dou Zong, and overwhelmed him with his spear and Vajra Glazed Body. After Xiao Cang seized him, Protector Wu unleashed the Illusory Soul Great Law and released countless resentful Soul Bodies.

• Xiao Cang told Yun Yun to protect Yun Shan and Yun Leng, then challenged Protector Wu to a fight.
• Xiao Cang battered Protector Wu with his fists and Divine Wrath Overlord Spear, cutting apart his chains and piercing the gray mist despite the Thunder Sound Curse.
• Protector Wu attacked Xiao Cang’s soul with Soul Snatch, but Xiao Cang’s Vajra Glazed Body withstood the chains without injury.
• Xiao Cang pursued Protector Wu beyond the Misty Cloud Sect and caught him in his giant golden hand, nearly crushing his body.
• Yun Shan, Yun Yun, and Yun Leng saw Xiao Cang capture Protector Wu, who then unleashed the Illusory Soul Great Law and released countless resentful Soul Bodies.

Protector Wu absorbed his collected resentful souls to reach Nine-star Dou Zong and engulfed Xiao Cang in a gray-mist technique, but Xiao Cang emerged surrounded by four Strange Fires. The chapter left Protector Wu horrified as the Misty Cloud Sect watched Xiao Cang display power far beyond their expectations.

• Protector Wu refined countless resentful souls, raised his strength to Nine-star Dou Zong, and vowed to kill everyone in the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Cang struck Protector Wu with a punch that made him spit blood, despite Protector Wu's increased strength.
• Protector Wu dispersed into gray mist, enveloped Xiao Cang, and tried to refine him while Yun Shan and Yun Yun called out in alarm.
• Xiao Cang unleashed a sea of flames and revealed four Strange Fires, scorching away Protector Wu's gray mist.
• Protector Wu shrieked in disbelief at Xiao Cang's four Strange Fires as Nalan Yanran and the sect members watched from below.

Xiao Cang defeated Protector Wu and turned him into a Soul Slave, then returned to the Misty Cloud Sect. After reuniting with Nalan Yanran, he heard her ask whether he could marry her now.

• Yun Shan and Yun Yun watched as Xiao Cang’s Four Strange Fires overwhelmed Protector Wu’s attack.
• Protector Wu tried to seize Xiao Cang’s soul, but Xiao Cang trapped him with the Sorrowful Wind Soul Refining Hand and erased his consciousness with the Netherworld Soul Control Art.
• Xiao Cang made Protector Wu his Soul Slave and took his Storage Ring so he could learn about the Soul Hall.
• Xiao Cang promised to refine a Shattering Sect Pill for Yun Shan, then told him that he and Yun Yun had married.
• Xiao Cang reunited with Nalan Yanran, who asked him if he could marry her now.