Chapter Summaries

Xiao Se killed the traffickers and freed four Snake Women before rescuing a human girl from Tang San’s sack. The girl told him her name was Qing Lin.

• Tang San returned to the traffickers with a sack, and Xiao Se suddenly appeared and killed him.
• Xiao Se killed the trafficker leader in one strike and burned the other seven as they fled.
• Xiao Se broke open the iron cage and freed four Snake Women, who escaped into the Tagor Desert.
• Xiao Se opened Tang San’s sack and found a frightened human girl inside.
• The girl thanked Xiao Se and stammered that her name was Qing Lin.

Xiao Se rescued Qing Lin, accepted her as his younger sister, and met Xiao Li and Xue Lan of the Mo Tie Mercenary Group. He left with Qing Lin after giving Xiao Li medicinal pills.

• Xiao Se reassured Qing Lin that he was not afraid of her Snake-Person heritage and offered to take her in as his second little sister.
• Xiao Se sensed Xiao Li and Xue Lan hiding behind a sand dune, then called them out.
• Qing Lin recognized Xue Lan, who explained that she and Xiao Li had come to rescue her.
• Xiao Li introduced himself, and Xiao Se gave him three bottles of Injury Pills.
• Xiao Se took Qing Lin with him and departed using his movement Dou Technique.

Xiao Se cared for Qing Lin in the desert and promised to teach her Dou Qi cultivation. At the Snake-People Race Holy City, Yue Mei learned Yue Er had been captured, but Yue Er soon returned and explained that she and her guards had escaped their captors.

• Qing Lin changed into Xiao Se’s shirt, ate his jerky, and received a Ring stocked with food and water.
• Xiao Se learned Qing Lin could not use the Ring because she had never cultivated, and promised to teach her Dou Qi cultivation.
• Snake One told Yue Mei that Yue Er had followed her and been captured by humans, so Yue Mei prepared to rescue her.
• Yue Er returned to the Holy City with three adult Snake Women and told Yue Mei that bad people had captured them on the way.
• Yue Mei scolded Yue Er’s guards, but Yue Er defended them and explained that they had been captured while protecting her from a Dou Master.

Queen Medusa learned that Yue Er had been rescued by a human youth and forbade her from seeing him again. Meanwhile, Xiao Se helped Qing Lin advance her cultivation, then found and entered the underground cave beneath the dunes.

• Medusa emerged from the Sacred Temple and ordered Yue Mei to pursue the humans who had taken Snake Women.
• Yue Er explained that a human youth with a purple Long Sword had killed the traffickers and rescued the Snake Women, so Medusa called off the pursuit.
• Medusa warned Yue Er not to have anything to do with the youth, leaving Yue Er dismayed.
• Qing Lin told Xiao Se she had reached Three Stages of Dou Qi, and Xiao Se prepared to travel to the final location on the map.
• Xiao Se reached the dunes, used his X-Ray Vision to locate a buried cave entrance, and blasted it open with Purple-Cyan Flame.
• Xiao Se entered the cave and reached a fiery red world.

Xiao Se and Qing Lin reached the underground lava world, where Xiao Se subdued the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake and Qing Lin formed a contract with it. After confirming the Heavenly Flame lay beneath the lava, Xiao Se used the Vast Sea Bodyguard Cover to follow the snake underwater and search for it.

• Xiao Se spotted the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake approaching through the lava and asked Long Kui to help subdue it while Qing Lin attempted to form a contract.
• Long Kui took control of Xiao Se's body and blasted the attacking snake into the cavern ceiling, then bound it with a crimson energy ribbon.
• Qing Lin used her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to form a one-sided contract with the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, which she named Little Fire.
• Qing Lin asked Little Fire where the Heavenly Flame was, and it revealed that the flame lay beneath the lava.
• Xiao Se tested the Vast Sea Bodyguard Cover with a medicinal fruit, then grabbed Little Fire's tail and entered the lava inside the cover.

Xiao Se found the Azure Lotus Core Flame deep in the magma and secured its lotus seat. Its brief flare alerted Medusa, the Heavenly Snake Mansion, and a refined middle-aged man, setting others in motion toward the Tagor Desert.

• The Heavenly Snake Mansion's Great Elder sensed the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils in the Tagor Desert and ordered Bai Ya and Lü Man summoned.
• Xiao Se warned the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake not to mislead him, and it led him deeper into the magma.
• Xiao Se spotted the Azure Lotus Core Flame, approached it beneath the Vast Sea Bodyguard Cover, and cut free and bound its lotus seat.
• Medusa sensed the Heavenly Flame's aura and flew out from her bedchamber.
• A refined middle-aged man recognized the Heavenly Flame's aura, decided to gather helpers, and flew toward the imperial capital.

Medusa reached Qing Lin in the underground cavern and discovered that she possessed the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils. Xiao Se returned too late to stop her from questioning Qing Lin, and prepared to confront Medusa rather than attack her by surprise.

• Qing Lin sensed a powerful, blood-soaked aura approaching and feared she would be unable to escape before Xiao Se returned.
• Medusa used a strange spatial technique to reach Qing Lin, recognized her as a half-snake person, and discovered her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Medusa lifted Qing Lin with her Dou Qi and demanded to know who had brought her there, but Qing Lin refused to betray Xiao Se.
• Xiao Se and Hong Kui saw Medusa confronting Qing Lin and realized they had arrived too late.
• Xiao Se summoned the Demon Sword and merged with Long Kui, choosing to face Medusa openly to avoid making her an enemy and endangering Qing Lin.

Xiao Se emerged from the magma and negotiated with Queen Medusa to free Qing Lin and keep the Heavenly Flame. He offered to refine a Soul Protecting Pill to help Medusa survive her evolution, leaving the deal unresolved.

• Xiao Se emerged from the magma and asked Queen Medusa to let Qing Lin leave with him.
• Medusa agreed to release Qing Lin only if Xiao Se surrendered the Heavenly Flame, and threatened Qing Lin when he hesitated.
• Xiao Se revealed the Azure Flame, then stored it in the System Warehouse and refused to hand it over without assurances.
• Xiao Se proposed a deal, explaining that he could refine a Soul Protecting Pill to protect Medusa's soul during her evolution.

Xiao Se and Medusa reached an agreement: he would supply the Soul Protecting Pill and Heavenly Flame for her evolution, then leave with Qing Lin. He stayed on the island in the Medusa Temple to prepare, while Qing Lin was placed in the Snake-People Race palace.

• Xiao Se agreed to give Medusa the Heavenly Flame and Soul Protecting Pill in exchange for leaving with Qing Lin after her evolution, and Medusa accepted while keeping Qing Lin until then.
• Medusa brought Xiao Se and Qing Lin to the Snake-People Race Holy City, where Hua She'er escorted Qing Lin to the palace side hall.
• Medusa took Xiao Se to the island in the Medusa Temple and gave him access to the rare medicinal ingredients needed for the Soul Protecting Pill.
• Xiao Se crossed the lake with Hong Kui's psychic protection, gathered herbs from the island, and learned that Medusa planned to begin her evolution in seven days.
• Xiao Se refined the Soul Protecting Pill on the first day and spent the following days cultivating, resisting the urge to devour the Azure Lotus Core Flame.

Xiao Se exchanged for four fire techniques and prepared to help Medusa begin her evolution with the Azure Lotus Core Flame. Medusa faced the dangerous ritual, determined to risk everything for the Snake-People Race.

• Xiao Se exchanged his scroll for Uchiha Madara's Ninjutsu, gaining four fire techniques converted into Dou Skills.
• Xiao Se apologized to Long Kui for neglecting her, and she reassured him before returning to the Demon Sword.
• Medusa returned and received the Soul Protecting Pill, then discovered Xiao Se had cleared the island's medicinal garden and stored the herbs away.
• Xiao Se gave Medusa a Blood Lotus Pill and warned her about the Azure Lotus Core Flame, while Medusa told him to stay away from the evolution.
• Xiao Se released the Azure Lotus Core Flame, and Medusa declared she would risk everything for the Snake-People Race.

Qing Lin left with Lü Man and Bai Ya to train at Heavenly Snake Mansion so she could become strong enough to protect Xiao Se, while Xiao Se witnessed Medusa's successful evolution and found her reborn as a tiny seven-colored snake. After preparing to devour the Azure Lotus Core Flame, Xiao Se was left on the ruined island as Gu He and his companions departed by airship to pursue a Heavenly Flame.

• Qing Lin agreed to go with Lü Man and Bai Ya to Heavenly Snake Mansion, hoping to grow strong enough to protect Xiao Se.
• As Qing Lin departed, dark clouds gathered over the Snake-People Holy City, and Xiao Se realized Medusa had passed the Heavenly Flame's body-tempering stage and faced a lightning tribulation.
• Xiao Se sheltered beside the Azure Lotus Core Flame as lightning devastated the island, then stored the Heavenly Flame after the storm passed.
• Medusa's charred body shattered, and a tiny seven-colored snake emerged; Xiao Se concluded the Queen's soul was asleep and fed the snake Amethyst Accompanying Source.
• The little snake warmed to Xiao Se and burrowed into his arms as he prepared the materials and began devouring the Azure Lotus Core Flame.
• Gu He boarded an airship with Yun Yun, Yan Shi, and Feng Li to pursue a Heavenly Flame.

After recovering from devouring the Azure Lotus Core Flame, Xiao Se discovered that his cultivation had risen to six-star Dou Shi and the Burning Art had advanced to Mysterious High Rank. He left the island with Hong Kui, while the weakened Medusa transformed into a seven-colored snake and chose to accompany him.

• Xiao Se awakened in Hong Kui's arms after the Azure Lotus Core Flame and Earth Fire Lotus Seed helped him survive the damage to his meridians.
• Xiao Se found that his cultivation had advanced from three-star to six-star Dou Shi and the Burning Art had risen from Yellow Rank High to Mysterious High Rank.
• Medusa arrived, and Hong Kui threatened her with a blood-red bow until Xiao Se intervened and reminded Medusa of her promise not to harm him.
• Medusa told Xiao Se that Qing Lin had already left and given Hong Kui a letter, which Xiao Se read before accepting that Qing Lin could grow at the Heavenly Snake Mansion.
• Xiao Se asked Medusa to keep Hong Kui's existence secret, then flew away with Hong Kui entering his Demon Sword Tattoo.
• Medusa transformed into a seven-colored snake, caught up with Xiao Se, and slipped into his clothes after he invited her to come along.

Xiao Se tested the power of his Azure Flame-enhanced sword technique, then visited Hai Bo Dong and delivered the Sand Mandala needed to refine the Breaking Calamity Pill. Hai Bo Dong welcomed him to begin refining it, while Xiao Se considered that they might no longer need Long Kui’s Soul Power.

• Xiao Se used Crimson Flame Sword - Limit Break with the Azure Lotus Core Flame to split a rocky mountain, and Lan Kui remarked on how much stronger he had become.
• Xiao Se flew to the Ancient Map Shop and found Hai Bo Dong with a woman in red who had come seeking his help; Hai Bo Dong gave her a Profound Middle-Rank Dou Skills scroll and sent her away.
• Hai Bo Dong sensed the Heavenly Flame’s power in Xiao Se and asked whether he had found the medicinal ingredient.
• Xiao Se gave Hai Bo Dong the Sand Mandala, saying he had retrieved it from Queen Medusa’s palace.
• Hai Bo Dong invited Xiao Se to refine the Breaking Calamity Pill, and Xiao Se considered that the process might not require Long Kui’s Soul Power.

Xiao Se obtained Hai Bo Dong’s Breaking Calamity Pill formula and ingredients, then coaxed Queen Medusa into discussing a new bargain. Medusa agreed to consider helping him in exchange for a future Soul Fusion Pill, while Xiao Se proposed that she help remove Hai Bo Dong’s seal.

• Xiao Se took the Breaking Calamity Pill formula and ingredients from Hai Bo Dong, then sent him away while claiming he needed to refine the pill undisturbed.
• After Hai Bo Dong left, Xiao Se fed the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python Amethyst Accompanying Source and teased Medusa with the promise of a pill that could heal her soul.
• Queen Medusa emerged and demanded the pill, but Xiao Se explained that he would seek its formula through the Alchemist Grand Meeting and offered to refine it in exchange for her protection and help.
• Medusa questioned what Xiao Se wanted her to do, and he proposed that she put the energy needed to lift Hai Bo Dong’s seal into a pill he would refine.

Xiao Se completed a modified Breaking Calamity Pill, and Hai Bo Dong swallowed it to break the seal suppressing his strength and regain his Dou Emperor cultivation. After Hai Bo Dong considered attacking him, Xiao Se revealed a safeguard and offered him a new reason to cooperate until the Alchemist Grand Meeting.

• Xiao Se used Medusa and Hong Kui to add their energy to the Breaking Calamity Pill, completing its modification.
• Xiao Se gave Hai Bo Dong the pill, and Hai Bo Dong confirmed that it loosened his seal before swallowing it.
• Hai Bo Dong’s seal lifted, restoring his Dou Emperor strength and allowing him to unfurl his Ice-colored Dou Qi Wings.
• Hai Bo Dong turned his hostile aura toward Xiao Se, but backed down after seeing Xiao Se’s Heavenly Flame and realizing the danger of offending him.
• Xiao Se gave Hai Bo Dong the ingredients for a Rejuvenating Purple Pill and said he would refine it publicly at the Alchemist Grand Meeting finals.

Xiao Se and Hai Bo Dong traveled toward Wutan City before the Alchemist Grand Meeting and encountered Gu He's expedition to the Tagor Desert. At Medusa's request, they pursued the airship, where Hai Bo Dong revealed his identity to Gu He and the others.

• Hai Bo Dong agreed to help Xiao Se after receiving the promise of a Rejuvenating Purple Pill, and Xiao Se chose to return to Wutan City before going to the Imperial Capital.
• Xiao Se and Hai Bo Dong spotted Gu He's airship bound for the Tagor Desert, and Hai Bo Dong explained that Gu He was likely searching for a Heavenly Flame.
• Queen Medusa asked Xiao Se to stop Gu He's group, fearing they would disrupt the Snake-People Race's Holy City while she was away.
• Xiao Se reminded Hai Bo Dong of the favor he owed, and they flew after Gu He's airship.
• Yun Yun detected the two pursuers but sensed no hostility, and Gu He welcomed them aboard.
• Hai Bo Dong greeted Gu He, Feng Li, and Yan Shi as old acquaintances and asked whether they had forgotten him.

Hai Bo Dong revealed himself to Gu He's group, and Xiao Se showed them that he had already refined the Heavenly Flame they sought. After leaving with Hai Bo Dong, Xiao Se met Yun Yun, the Yun Lan Sect's Dou Emperor, who had followed them from Gu He's vessel.

• An elder recognized Hai Bo Dong as the Mittel Family's Ice Emperor, and Hai Bo Dong learned that Mittel Tengshan had become a Dou Wang.
• Hai Bo Dong deduced that Gu He was seeking a Heavenly Flame in the Tagor Desert, but Xiao Se revealed the Azure Flame he had refined and said their journey was futile.
• Hai Bo Dong left with Xiao Se, while Gu He called off the expedition and promised to fulfill the rewards he had offered.
• Long Kui warned Xiao Se that the Dou Emperor from Gu He's vessel had followed them, and Yun Yun entered their room.
• Yun Yun introduced herself as the Yun Lan Sect's Sect Master, and Xiao Se gave her the alias Xiao Huo Huo.

Yun Yun invited Xiao Se to join the Yun Lan Sect, but he refused and insisted he preferred to remain free. In Wutan City, Xiao Yan endured the clan’s mockery at his Dou Qi test, while Xiao Se’s absence prompted questions about where he had gone.

• Yun Yun asked whether Xiao Se belonged to the Xiao Clan of Wutan City, and he said they only shared a surname.
• Yun Yun offered Xiao Se generous rewards and the position of Young Sect Leader if he joined the Yun Lan Sect, but Xiao Se declined.
• Yun Yun left, and Xiao Se told Hai Bo Dong that his real name was Xiao Se and that he considered himself unrelated to the Xiao Clan.
• At the Xiao Clan’s Dou Qi test, Xiao Yan received a result of Three Stages of Dou Qi and was ridiculed by the crowd.
• When the tester called for Xiao Se, the clan elders and Xiao Ning could not say where he was, until someone in the crowd explained that he had left a year earlier to gain experience.

Xiao Se and Hai Bo Dong returned to Wutan City after Xiao Se left a letter for Little Fairy Doctor in their old valley. They visited the bustling Mittel Auction House, where Hai Bo Dong recognized Ya Fei’s sharp business instincts, and Xiao Se asked how Hai Bo Dong saw him.

• Xiao Se found no trace of Little Fairy Doctor in the valley, so he left her a letter about his plans to attend the Alchemist Grand Meeting in Gama Holy City.
• Xiao Se and Hai Bo Dong flew to Wutan City, where Xiao Se suggested visiting the Mittel Auction House and its business prodigy.
• The pair entered the auction house and learned that its grand auction had drawn prominent local and regional family heads.
• Xiao Se and Hai Bo Dong watched Ya Fei command the auction and discussed her proud, enduring nature.
• Hai Bo Dong described Xiao Se as scheming yet just, and said he seemed to know all his secrets.

Xiao Se and Hai Bo Dong attended the Mittel Auction, where Hai Bo Dong bought a Purple Spirit Fruit and Xiao Se bought two other items. In the waiting room, Ya Fei recognized Xiao Se and discovered that Hai Bo Dong was a Dou Wang.

• Hai Bo Dong bid three hundred thousand Gold Coins for the Purple Spirit Fruit, while Xiao Se bought a third-tier magic core and a cultivation technique.
• Xiao Se asked Hai Bo Dong to wait at the auction house while he handled personal business in Wutan City.
• Ya Fei recognized Xiao Se by his belt after hearing his voice, and Xiao Se removed his mask and greeted her as Sister Ya Fei.
• Ya Fei gave Hai Bo Dong a thirty percent discount on the Purple Spirit Fruit and accepted his list of medicinal ingredients.
• Ya Fei recognized Hai Bo Dong's Purple Gold Card as one reserved for Dou Wang experts and asked whether he was a Dou Wang.