Chapter Summaries

After destroying Demonic Flame Valley, Xiao Kun left the Black Corner Region and began refining a Heavenly Demon Puppet from Old Ghost Dimu’s remains. The body, soul, and Magical Beast Core fused successfully, leaving only the molten metal reinforcement unfinished.

• Xiao Kun set aside the Ancient Emperor’s Cave Mansion and traveled with Yun Yun and the others to a remote mountain range to refine puppets in seclusion.
• Xiao Kun studied the Heavenly Demon Puppet Secret Art and gathered metal materials from his Storage Rings.
• Xiao Kun refined Old Ghost Dimu’s corpse, removed its corpse qi, and purified Old Ghost Dimu’s soul and a seventh-tier Magical Beast Core.
• Xiao Kun fused Old Ghost Dimu’s body, soul, and Magical Beast Core over several days, producing an aura equal to a seven-star Dou Zong.
• Xiao Kun prepared to fuse the molten metal with the puppet’s body to complete its reinforcement.

Xiao Kun completed an Earth Demon Puppet and a four-star Dou Zun Heavenly Demon Puppet, then went to find Medusa to give her the promised gift. The chapter left Medusa waiting to see what he had brought.

• Xiao Kun finished refining Old Ghost Dimu’s body into a silver Earth Demon Puppet that had reached peak Dou Zong strength, then tested its loyalty and power.
• Xiao Kun spent two weeks refining Venerate Yin’s corpse into a golden Heavenly Demon Puppet with four-star Dou Zun strength.
• Xiao Kun dressed both puppets and left his cave to deliver the promised gift to Medusa.
• Medusa greeted Xiao Kun at her cave dwelling and waited silently for him to reveal the gift.

Xiao Kun gave Medusa a four-star Dou Zun Heavenly Demon Puppet to protect her and the Snake-People Tribe, then watched her claim it as master. The puppet proved powerful in a test, while Xiao Kun gained a five-star Dou Saint puppet through the system and promised to refine more for the others.

• Xiao Kun presented Medusa with a four-star Dou Zun Heavenly Demon Puppet and explained that it could help protect the Snake-People Tribe.
• Medusa accepted the gift and claimed the puppet as master, triggering a three-thousandfold compensation that gave Xiao Kun a five-star Dou Saint puppet.
• Xiao Kun and Medusa left the cave to test the puppet, and Yun Yun and the others joined them after sensing its Dou Zun aura.
• Under Medusa's control, the Heavenly Demon Puppet shattered the space ahead with a single punch, impressing everyone.
• Yun Yun and the others looked eagerly to Xiao Kun, who promised not to leave them out if he refined more Dou Zun puppets.

Xiao Kun and his companions traveled to the Heavenly Snake Mansion to request its Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils Secret Art. The mansion’s elders arrived to negotiate, and Xiao Kun offered several valuable pills in exchange.

• Xiao Kun told Yun Yun and the others he planned to visit the Heavenly Snake Mansion before returning to the Jia Ma Empire, and they agreed to go with him.
• Xiao Kun led the group through Space Channels toward the Heavenly Snake Mansion and sensed its powerful experts and hidden snake-shaped magical beasts.
• He asked the mansion’s guards to lend him the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils Secret Art, but they initially refused.
• A Dou Emperor guard reconsidered after suspecting Xiao Kun had found someone with the special pupils and asked him to wait for the elders.
• Lu Qing arrived with four other Dou Zong elders, and Xiao Kun offered one Form Transformation Pill, five Sect Breaking Pills, and ten Emperor Extreme Pills for the Secret Art.

Xiao Kun tried to negotiate with Heavenly Snake Mansion for the Jade-Green Snake Three-Flower Pupils Secret Art, but when Lu Qing rejected his offer, he revealed his Dou Zun strength and forced her to reconsider. Lu Qing promised to consult the mansion’s ancestor, whose secluded cultivation was interrupted by the news.

• Xiao Kun offered precious pills to Lu Qing and Heavenly Snake Mansion in exchange for the secret art, but Lu Qing said the offer was insufficient.
• Xiao Kun released his early-stage Dou Zun aura, overwhelming the mansion’s disciples and shocking its five Dou Zong experts.
• Lu Qing asked Xiao Kun to show mercy and said the secret art could still be discussed, then invited him and his group to wait in the main hall for the ancestor.
• Zi Yan praised the power of force, and Xiao Kun corrected her that he was exchanging pills rather than taking the secret art.
• Lu Qing crushed the special jade stone to summon Heavenly Snake Mansion’s ancestor, who asked why Lu Qing had interrupted her seclusion.

The Heavenly Snake Mansion’s ancestor, Green Spirit, prepared to bargain for the Jade-Green Snake Three-Flower Pupils Secret Art after hearing Xiao Kun was a young Dou Zun. Xiao Kun’s companions confirmed he came from the Jia Ma Empire, and a Heavenly Snake Mansion Dou Zong began recalling his rise there.

• Lu Qing told Green Spirit that Xiao Kun wanted to exchange for the Secret Art, and Green Spirit decided to meet him and seek better terms.
• Green Spirit led thirteen Dou Zong experts to meet Xiao Kun and his companions, while both groups assessed each other’s strength.
• Xiao Kun and Green Spirit exchanged introductions, and Yun Yun, Ya Fei, Medusa, and Zi Yan named their affiliations.
• Green Spirit questioned whether Xiao Kun truly came from the Jia Ma Empire, and Xiao Kun confirmed that he did.
• A young Heavenly Snake Mansion Dou Zong recognized Xiao Kun’s name and recalled that the Xiao Family had risen to prominence in the Jia Ma Empire a year and a half earlier.

Xiao Kun negotiated with Green Spirit for the Jade-Green Snake Three-Flower Pupils Secret Art, claiming to have a Dou Sheng teacher and revealing a four-star Dou Zun puppet to deter her challenge. Green Spirit accepted his offer, and they exchanged the secret art for the promised pills, with Xiao Kun adding five Sect Breaking Pills.

• Green Spirit questioned Xiao Kun about his rapid rise, and he claimed a strict Dou Sheng teacher had trained him.
• Green Spirit said Xiao Kun’s initial offer was insufficient and challenged him to demonstrate the Central Plains’ methods.
• Xiao Kun had Medusa summon a four-star Dou Zun Heavenly Demon Puppet, shocking Green Spirit and showing that the Heavenly Snake Mansion could not resist him.
• Green Spirit agreed to exchange the Jade-Green Snake Three-Flower Pupils Secret Art, and Xiao Kun added five Sect Breaking Pills to the deal.
• Green Spirit handed Xiao Kun the jade-green scroll, and they exchanged it for the promised Form Transformation Pill, ten Sect Breaking Pills, and ten Emperor Extreme Pills.

Xiao Kun traded pills with Green Spirit and agreed to refine Heavenly Snake Mansion’s Heavenly Snake Blood Tempering Pill after revealing that he had made the pills himself. The chapter ended with Green Spirit arranging preparations for the next day, while Xiao Kun realized he would also have the ingredients needed to make a Dragon Power Pill.

• Xiao Kun inspected Green Spirit’s scroll and accepted it, while Green Spirit admired the supreme-grade pills he had provided.
• Green Spirit asked Xiao Kun to introduce her to an alchemist who could refine Heavenly Snake Mansion’s peak seventh-grade Heavenly Snake Blood Tempering Pill.
• Xiao Kun revealed that he had refined the pills himself and agreed to make the Heavenly Snake Blood Tempering Pill.
• Green Spirit learned that Xiao Kun claimed to be an Eighth-grade Alchemist and agreed to provide him with medicinal ingredients in return for the refinement.
• Xiao Kun realized the ingredients from Heavenly Snake Mansion would let him make a Dragon Power Pill, and Green Spirit suggested he rest before beginning the next day.

Xiao Kun arrived at the Heavenly Snake Mansion to refine two Seventh-grade Heavenly Snake Blood Tempering Pills for Green Qian. Before beginning the public demonstration, he traded pills for the bodies and souls of two Dou Sect experts, then took his place on the protected platform as the gathered disciples watched.

• Green Spirit introduced Green Qian, the pill recipient, and Green Yan, the mansion’s Seventh-grade Alchemist, to Xiao Kun.
• Xiao Kun asked whether the mansion had Dou Sect bodies and souls, then traded two Sect Breaking Pills and two Emperor Extreme Pills for each expert’s remains.
• Green Spirit led Xiao Kun and his companions to a mountain plaza where thousands of Heavenly Snake Mansion disciples had gathered to watch the refinement.
• Green Spirit gave Xiao Kun the ingredients for two Heavenly Snake Blood Tempering Pills and indicated that he could begin.
• Xiao Kun greeted Yun Yun and the others, then flashed onto the raised platform.

Xiao Kun prepared to refine the Heavenly Snake Blood Tempering Pill using his Void Refining Cauldron and the Flame of Life, astonishing the Heavenly Snake Mansion crowd. The chapter ended with Green Yan identifying the flame as the fifth-ranked Heavenly Flame.

• Xiao Kun summoned the Void Refining Cauldron on the platform, drawing admiration from the female disciples and curiosity from Green Yan.
• Green Yan probed the cauldron with her Soul Power, which the cauldron devoured, and she wondered if it appeared on the Heavenly Cauldron Ranking.
• Green Spirit raised a barrier that blocked sound while allowing heat and air to circulate, and Xiao Kun took out the ingredients and Pill Recipe.
• Xiao Kun put the Pill Recipe away because he already knew it, checked the ingredients, and gathered enough seeds to grow a complete batch of medicinal ingredients.
• Xiao Kun spread the Flame of Life across the platform and rapidly grew the seventy-nine ingredients, astonishing everyone as Green Yan recognized the fifth-ranked Heavenly Flame.

Xiao Kun used the Flame of Life to gather ingredients and began refining the Heavenly Snake Blood Tempering Pill with two Dou Qi Clones. After the clones’ batches failed and he absorbed their experience, he completed the pill’s dangerous fusion stage and left it roasting in the Void Refining Cauldron.

• Xiao Kun harvested five sets of ingredients, bringing his total to seven, and prepared to refine the Heavenly Snake Blood Tempering Pill.
• Xiao Kun revealed the Life Spirit Karma Fire, startling Green Spirit, Green Yan, and the gathered crowd with its heat and apparent Heavenly Flame fusion.
• Xiao Kun created two Dou Qi Clones, and the three began refining Seventh-grade Medicinal Pills at different paces to learn from each other’s failures.
• Ten days later, both clones’ batches had failed, but Xiao Kun reclaimed them and absorbed their experience before carefully fusing the remaining medicinal liquids.
• After three hours of work, Xiao Kun fused the liquids, then roasted the mixture for five more days until a blood-colored pill appeared in the Void Refining Cauldron.

Xiao Kun completed the Heavenly Snake Blood Tempering Pill for Green Qian, triggering pill lightning over the plaza. He used an Earth Demon Puppet to withstand the tribulation and confirmed that lightning advanced its transformation toward a Dou Zun-level puppet before collecting the pill.

• Xiao Kun finished nurturing the Heavenly Snake Blood Tempering Pill, and dark clouds gathered above the plaza as the pill lightning formed.
• Green Qian celebrated the successful refinement, while Green Yan acknowledged Xiao Kun's superior alchemy skill.
• Xiao Kun summoned an Earth Demon Puppet, which shattered the first bolts of pill lightning and began developing more golden patterns.
• The Earth Demon Puppet endured a powerful final strike and rose unharmed, with golden patterns covering one-fifth of its body.
• Xiao Kun stored the puppet and caught the completed Heavenly Snake Blood Tempering Pill in his hand.

Xiao Kun completed his dealings with the Heavenly Snake Mansion and returned to the Jia Ma Empire with Yun Yun and the others. He reunited with the Xiao Family in the imperial capital, where his new Dou Zun strength astonished the city.

• Xiao Kun gave Green Qian the Heavenly Snake Blood Tempering Pill, which she believed raised her chance of breaking through to Dou Zun to at least eighty percent.
• Green Spirit delivered the promised medicinal ingredients and two Dou Sect experts' bodies and souls, and Xiao Kun exchanged pills for the bodies.
• Xiao Kun agreed to let Green Spirit visit him in the Jia Ma Empire for pill refining and confirmed that he had found someone with the Jade-Green Snake Three-Flower Pupils.
• Xiao Kun opened a Space Channel and led Yun Yun and the others back to the Jia Ma Empire, alarming the imperial capital's residents and experts.
• Hai Bodong recognized Xiao Kun and was surprised to learn he had become a Dou Zun; Xiao Kun then reunited with Xiao Zhan, Xiao Li, Xiao Ding, and the Xiao Family members who had advanced in strength.

Xiao Kun returned to the Xiao Family with Yun Yun, Ya Fei, Zi Yan, and Medusa, then recounted his experiences in the Black Corner Region and Jia Nan Academy. He gave Qing Lin the Jade-Green Snake Three-Flower Pupils Secret Art, and the system rewarded him with its True version.

• Xiao Kun introduced Zi Yan and Medusa to the Xiao Family, and everyone reacted with fear and shock upon learning Medusa's identity.
• Xiao Kun returned to the Xiao Family residence, where Qing Lin greeted him and he promised her a gift.
• Xiao Kun told the Xiao Family seniors about Xiao Yan's progress, the Black Corner Region, Jia Nan Academy, the Soul Hall, and his trip to the Heavenly Snake Mansion.
• Qing Lin cried after learning Xiao Kun had pressured the Heavenly Snake Mansion for her sake, and Xiao Kun comforted her before giving her the Jade-Green Snake Three-Flower Pupils Secret Art.
• The system triggered a thousandfold critical-hit compensation and awarded Xiao Kun the True Jade-Green Snake Three-Flower Pupils Secret Art.

Xiao Kun strengthened Qing Lin’s secret art, learned that Xiao Yi Xian had come to find him, and began plans to establish a new city with a Space Channel. He then gave Xiao Zhan valuable cultivation methods and Dou techniques, triggering a thousandfold critical hit that produced Heaven-tier and Earth-tier High-grade techniques.

• Xiao Kun gave Qing Lin an enhanced True Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils Secret Art and helped her control a Dou Wang-level snake-type Magic Beast.
• Xiao Zhan told Xiao Kun that Xiao Yi Xian had arrived a month earlier and was living outside the city, and Xiao Kun explained her Poisonous Body of Misfortune to the others.
• Xiao Kun agreed to lift Lu Man’s confinement, then proposed building a new city to house a Space Channel, and the Xiao Family members approved.
• Medusa and Zi Yan left for the Tagor Desert, while Xiao Kun helped Qing Lin control the snake-type Magic Beast.
• Xiao Kun gave Xiao Zhan fifty valuable cultivation methods and Dou techniques, triggering a thousandfold critical hit that yielded twenty Heaven-tier and thirty Earth-tier High-grade methods and techniques.

Xiao Kun returned to the Xiao Family, supplied Xiao Zhan with cultivation methods and resources, and resumed cultivating as he neared a breakthrough. White Fang then told Lu Man that Xiao Kun had released her from house arrest and that she could return to the Heavenly Snake Mansion.

• Xiao Kun gave Xiao Zhan dozens of Heaven-tier Cultivation Methods and a tenfold increase in supplies, and Xiao Zhan promised to manage the family’s affairs.
• Xiao Kun returned to his courtyard, rewarded Li Xuan for keeping his room clean, and began cultivating toward the Nine-Star Dou Zun realm.
• White Fang visited Lu Man in the courtyard where she was under house arrest and told her that Xiao Kun had permitted her to leave.
• White Fang explained that Xiao Kun had become a Dou Zun and had returned with the Jade-Green Snake Three-Flower Pupils Secret Art, convincing Lu Man that the Xiao Family no longer feared the Heavenly Snake Mansion.
• White Fang invited Lu Man to celebrate her freedom, and she agreed.

Xiao Kun broke through to Nine-Star Dou Zun and reunited with Xiao Yi Xian, who sought his help resolving her Poisonous Body of Misfortune. He gave her the Nine-Colored Poison Scripture, and after she discovered the cure’s daunting requirements, he reassured her that she need not worry about obtaining them.

• Lu Man left her confinement with White Fang, confirmed the Xiao Family was safe, and celebrated with him in the imperial capital.
• Xiao Kun broke through to Nine-Star Dou Zun, then returned to his courtyard after being overwhelmed by greetings from Xiao Family members.
• Li Xuan brought Xiao Yi Xian to Xiao Kun, and Xiao Yi Xian asked him to resolve her Poisonous Body of Misfortune in exchange for serving the Xiao Family.
• Xiao Kun gave Xiao Yi Xian the Nine-Colored Poison Scripture, which included a method to resolve her condition.
• Xiao Yi Xian read that the cure required a seventh-rank Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast magic core, Bodhi Body Transformation Fluid, and three Heavenly Flames, and Xiao Kun told her not to worry about the ingredients.

Xiao Yi Xian became a retainer of the Xiao Family after Xiao Kun promised to resolve her Poisonous Body of Misfortune, though he admitted that finding the Bodhi Body Transformation Fluid could take two or three years. Two weeks later, Xiao Kun refined nine peak seventh-grade pills at the Misty Cloud Sect, drawing a crowd of powerful onlookers and further astonishing them with his alchemy and clones.

• Xiao Kun told Xiao Yi Xian he had two of the three requirements for curing her Poisonous Body of Misfortune and expected to find the Bodhi Body Transformation Fluid within two or three years; she agreed to wait.
• Xiao Kun brought Xiao Yi Xian to Xiao Zhan, who formalized her status as a Xiao Family retainer and provided her resources.
• Xiao Kun refined two Dou Zong corpses into five-star Dou Zong Earth Demon Puppets, then went to the Misty Cloud Sect to refine pills away from the imperial capital.
• Xiao Kun created eight clones and refined nine Heavenly Snake Blood Tempering Pills at once, summoning storm clouds that covered the Misty Cloud Sect and imperial capital.
• Experts from the Xiao Family, Misty Cloud Sect, and Jia Ma Empire gathered and recognized Xiao Kun as the source of the spectacle.
• Fa Ma praised Xiao Kun's alchemy, Hai Bodong marveled at his clone Secret Art, and Jia Xingtian praised Xiao Zhan's son as Xiao Zhan welcomed the admiration.

Xiao Kun used mutated pill lightning to advance three Earth Demon Puppets into five-star Dou Zuns, while alchemists and powerful figures from the Jia Ma Empire watched. After three months of refining pills, the Xiao Family’s influence grew, and marriage proposals flooded in for its side branches.

• Xiao Kun arranged nine Heavenly Snake Blood Tempering Pills in three groups and had three Earth Demon Puppets take the lightning tribulation for them.
• The lightning strikes advanced two puppets to seven-star Dou Zongs and transformed the peak Dou Zong puppet into a Dou Zun puppet.
• Xiao Kun stored the pills and puppets, then continued refining while the Jia Ma Empire’s alchemists observed him.
• Over three months, Xiao Kun refined eight more batches and advanced all three puppets to five-star Dou Zuns, while gaining more Heavenly Snake Blood Tempering Pills and Dragon Power Pills.
• Fa Ma, Gu He, and other observers witnessed the Xiao Family’s growing strength, and marriage proposals increasingly targeted its side branches.

After recovering from months of pill refinement, Xiao Kun gave Ya Fei and Yun Yun powerful Heavenly Demon Puppets. The gifts triggered critical-hit rewards, including a One-Star Dou Sheng-level puppet, and the three left to test the puppets.

• Xiao Kun finished tempering the puppets, stabilized his Nine-Star Dou Zun cultivation, and went to rest.
• The next morning, Ya Fei and Yun Yun visited Xiao Kun because they were worried about his health.
• Xiao Kun offered Ya Fei and Yun Yun a Five-Star Dou Zun Heavenly Demon Puppet each, despite their suggestion that he give the puppets to Xiao Zhan instead.
• Ya Fei and Yun Yun accepted the puppets and used drops of blood to recognize their masters.
• Xiao Kun received a Peak Nine-Revolving Dou Venerate-level puppet for Ya Fei's gift and a One-Star Dou Sheng-level puppet for Yun Yun's gift.
• Xiao Kun, Ya Fei, and Yun Yun transformed into streaks of light and left to test the puppets.