Chapter Summaries

Xiao Kun subdued the Green Lotus Core Flame and witnessed Medusa emerge as a Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python. He won the little snake over with Associated Amethyst Source, and it fell asleep around his wrist as he considered his future with Medusa.

• Xiao Kun overwhelmed the Green Lotus Core Flame with Myriad Beast Earth Core Flame and stored it in the System Space.
• Xiao Kun watched Medusa’s charred body rupture as a powerful Dou Zong aura briefly spread across the city.
• A tiny Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python emerged from the remains, and Xiao Kun caught it.
• Xiao Kun tempted the frightened snake with Associated Amethyst Source, and it chose to stay with him.
• The Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python curled around Xiao Kun’s wrist and fell asleep, while he thought about deepening his bond with Medusa.

Xiao Kun obtained the Green Lotus Core Flame and the little Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python, then disguised himself and escaped the Snake People Royal City using Shifting Phantom. The others mistook his mysterious abilities for those of a legendary Dou Zun, while Xiao Kun hid nearby to remain within range of his clone.

• Gu He noticed Medusa's aura fade, then saw another Heavenly Flame erupt inside the barrier and urged the others to help him seize it.
• Inside the barrier, Xiao Kun secured the Green Lotus Core Flame and the little Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python, put on a black hooded robe, and chose Shifting Phantom for his escape.
• As the barrier faded, Xiao Kun used an afterimage to emerge unnoticed, then teleported above the city walls and vanished.
• Yun Yun sensed Xiao Kun's spatial fluctuation and pointed out his position, but the group did not pursue him, believing his powers resembled those of a Dou Zun.
• Yue Mei and Flower Snake worried about Medusa, while Xiao Kun found a hiding place within a hundred miles of his clone.

After the Divine Temple’s barrier shattered, Xiao Kun’s group found Medusa missing and the Heavenly Flames gone, then left Snake People Royal City without resolving the mystery. On the return journey, Xiao Kun’s clone said goodbye to Yun Yun and departed after teasing her with a request for a hug.

• Xiao Kun’s clone led Gu He, Yun Yun, and the others into the Divine Temple, where they found the island empty of Heavenly Flames and discovered a charred corpse that Yue Mei and Flower Snake believed was Medusa.
• Gu He failed to locate the Heavenly Flames, while the Snake-People Race suspected Xiao Kun’s group but held back from attacking them.
• Xiao Kun’s clone urged the group to leave before more Snake-People Race elders arrived, and Yun Yun and the others flew away from Snake People Royal City.
• On the return journey, Xiao Kun’s clone told Yun Yun that he was leaving to continue his training, then asked her for a hug.
• Yun Yun moved to embrace Xiao Kun’s clone, but he flew away and told her they could save the hug for their next meeting.

Xiao Kun returned to the Mo Iron Mercenary Group after obtaining the Green Lotus Core Flame, then gave it to Xiao Yan and received the Flame of Life as a thousandfold reward. The chapter left Xiao Yan with the Heavenly Flame and Xiao Kun with a rare new treasure stored in the System Space.

• Xiao Kun recalled his clone and learned everything it had experienced, then decided he would claim the hug Yun Yun owed him when they met again.
• Xiao Kun flew to Shimo City over seven days, reaching the peak of the eight-star Dou Emperor realm during his journey.
• Xiao Kun returned to the Mo Iron Mercenary Group and found Xiao Yan had become a Da Dou Shi.
• Xiao Kun revealed the Green Lotus Core Flame, and Xiao Yan placed it into the lotus seat Xiao Kun had given him.
• The system rewarded Xiao Kun with the fifth-ranked Heavenly Flame, Flame of Life, after he gifted the Green Lotus Core Flame to Xiao Yan.

Xiao Kun returned to Shimo City, gave Xiao Yan the Green Lotus Core Flame and a pill to help him refine it, then broke through to the nine-star Dou Emperor realm. He realized Heavenly Snake Mansion would soon come for Qing Lin, forcing him to prioritize protecting her before he could absorb the Flame of Life.

• Xiao Kun gave Xiao Yan the Green Lotus Core Flame and a Sixth-grade Earth Spirit Pill to aid his dangerous refinement.
• Xiao Kun reunited with Qing Lin, learned the mercenary group had treated her well, and greeted Xiao Ding and Xiao Li.
• Xiao Kun secluded himself near Shimo City and broke through to the nine-star Dou Emperor realm by dawn.
• Xiao Kun discovered his surging Soul Power had caused dormant seeds near his cave to bloom with spiritual energy.
• Xiao Kun concluded Heavenly Snake Mansion would arrive within ten to twenty days to take Qing Lin, delaying his plans to absorb the Flame of Life.

After stabilizing his cultivation, Xiao Kun confronted Lu Man of Heavenly Snake Mansion when she came to take Qing Lin for her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils. Xiao Yan escorted Qing Lin away while Xiao Kun prepared to face Lu Man alone.

• Xiao Kun stabilized his nine-star Dou Emperor realm and reached the peak of the Dou Emperor stage.
• Xiao Yan visited Xiao Kun after advancing to three-star Da Dou Shi and discussed his recent progress.
• Xiao Kun sensed a powerful aura in Qing Lin's room, rushed there, and clashed with a green-robed woman who had arrived.
• Xiao Kun recognized the woman as Lu Man of Heavenly Snake Mansion and learned she had come for Qing Lin's Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Xiao Yan arrived with Yao Lao's help, and Xiao Kun told him to protect Qing Lin and leave the fight to him.
• Xiao Yan led Qing Lin away while Lu Man reacted in shock to the strength of the two brothers.

Lu Man tried to seize Qing Lin, but Xiao Kun defeated her and pursued her out of Shimo City while Xiao Yan escorted Qing Lin away. Lu Man fled toward White Fang, and Xiao Kun followed at a measured pace, attacking her as the chase continued.

• Lu Man raised a wooden wall to obstruct Xiao Yan and trapped Xiao Kun in a wooden prison while she tried to reach Qing Lin.
• Xiao Kun burned through the prison and kicked Lu Man through the building’s roof, then told Xiao Yan to take Qing Lin away.
• Xiao Kun concealed himself in golden flame armor and pursued Lu Man toward the outskirts to keep their battle away from Shimo City’s residents.
• Lu Man healed her injuries in the air, decided to retreat and join White Fang, and flew toward the outskirts.
• Xiao Kun followed Lu Man at a controlled speed and fired pillars of flame at her as people in Shimo City watched them fly past.

Lu Man summoned White Fang, the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor, to help her fight Xiao Kun after her ambush plan failed. White Fang and Lu Man attacked together, but Xiao Kun sensed their strikes and dodged between them, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Lu Man abandoned her plan to lure Xiao Kun to White Fang and summoned the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor with a whistle.
• White Fang mocked Lu Man, then learned Xiao Kun was stronger than she was and that the girl with Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils had been taken by another Dou Emperor.
• Lu Man and White Fang joined forces against Xiao Kun, but his overwhelming aura made them wary.
• White Fang struck with its tail as Lu Man sent an emerald wooden serpent to attack Xiao Kun.
• Xiao Kun used his Soul Power and Peng Wings to evade both attacks, but White Fang believed its tail had hit him.

Xiao Kun used his speed to attack Lu Man and the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor, forcing them to defend each other back to back. After destroying Lu Man’s wooden serpent with a golden flame net, he prepared to continue fighting the pair.

• Xiao Kun struck the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor from behind, but its slick scales dispersed most of the blow before it counterattacked unsuccessfully.
• Xiao Kun appeared behind Lu Man, who blocked his attack with a jade-green energy pillar and then retreated toward the serpent emperor.
• Lu Man and the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor stood back to back to guard against Xiao Kun’s sudden attacks.
• Lu Man sent her enormous wooden serpent at Xiao Kun to buy time, but he trapped it in a golden flame net and burned it to ashes.
• Xiao Kun turned toward the two opponents and considered their close formation an opportunity to test himself.

Xiao Kun battled Lu Man and the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor, whose coordinated attacks briefly seemed to poison him. After discovering his Heaven Devouring Armor had devoured the poison, he used the Heavenly Flame Three Profound Transformations to reach three-star Dou Zong and advanced on his opponents through the air.

• Xiao Kun's rapid attacks failed against Lu Man and the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor's teamwork, so they baited him into a strike and hit his shoulder with the emperor's poisonous ray.
• Xiao Kun discovered that his sixth-rank Heaven Devouring Armor had devoured the poison, leaving him unharmed.
• Xiao Kun recognized his lack of battle experience and decided to use a trump card against the pair.
• Xiao Kun activated the first and second transformations of the Heavenly Flame Three Profound Transformations, breaking through to three-star Dou Zong.
• Xiao Kun retracted his Peng Wings and walked through the air toward Lu Man and the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor, while realizing his grasp of space had greatly improved.

Xiao Kun defeated the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor and Lu Man, then learned how the Heavenly Snake Mansion searched for people with the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils. He detained them for three years and recruited the serpent, White Fang, as a retainer of the Xiao Family.

• Xiao Kun used his new spatial power to defeat the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor and Lu Man, then sealed Lu Man's Dou Qi and knocked her unconscious.
• Lu Man told Xiao Kun that she and the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor came from the Heavenly Snake Mansion and wanted to take Qing Lin for training, but Xiao Kun refused to release them.
• The Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor explained that the Heavenly Snake Mansion searched for the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils by sending people across the continent, and that he could sense their presence.
• Xiao Kun learned that the Heavenly Snake Mansion would likely not notice their absence for at least three years, and decided to keep both prisoners until then.
• Xiao Kun offered the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor a Form Transformation Pill after a one-year probation period and promised to protect him from the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• The Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor agreed to become a retainer of the Xiao Family, introduced himself as White Fang, and accepted Xiao Kun as his Young Clan Leader.

After defeating Lu Man and White Fang, Xiao Kun secured White Fang’s surrender and prepared to take the Mo Iron Mercenary Group back to the Xiao Family. He arranged a sealing technique from Yao Lao, then led the group out of Shimo City and burned their base to conceal their departure.

• Xiao Kun left Shimo City with White Fang and Lu Man, and White Fang explained to Lu Man that he had surrendered while she was now a prisoner.
• Xiao Kun met with Xiao Ding and his brothers, decided the Mo Iron Mercenary Group would leave Shimo City that night, and secretly left a clone to watch White Fang and Lu Man.
• Xiao Kun traded with Yao Lao for the Extreme Sealing Curse and received a handbook of alchemy experience reaching the eighth tier.
• Xiao Kun’s group slipped out of Shimo City under Xiao Yan’s lead and met up with White Fang and Lu Man.
• Xiao Kun burned the Mo Iron Mercenary Group’s base with Heavenly Flames, stirring the city and masking the group’s departure before he quietly left.

Xiao Kun reunited with the Mo Iron Mercenary Group and rewarded White Fang for staying loyal while ordering him to keep watch over Lu Man. He revealed that the group was headed to the Xiao Family in Wu Tan City and urged them to help the family grow.

• Xiao Kun revealed his true form beside his clone, which merged into him after Lu Man identified the technique.
• Xiao Kun learned that Lu Man had tried to escape with White Fang, but White Fang stopped her and stayed behind.
• Xiao Kun gave White Fang an Emperor Extreme Pill as a reward and told him to continue watching Lu Man.
• Xiao Kun reflected that Lu Man's Storage Ring held ordinary items, including ten million Gold Coins, cultivation manuals, Dou Techniques, monster cores, and pills.
• Xiao Kun told the fifty members of the Mo Iron Mercenary Group that they were going to Wu Tan City to join the Xiao Family.

Xiao Kun returned to the Xiao Family with the Mo Iron Mercenary Group aboard White Fang and reunited with his family in Wu Tan City. After sealing Lu Man and arranging accommodations for the newcomers, he assessed the Xiao Family’s greatly increased strength and recognized its rise to prominence.

• Xiao Kun persuaded White Fang to carry the group home by promising him an Emperor Extreme Pill, and the group traveled toward the Xiao Family.
• On the journey, Xiao Kun practiced the Extreme Sealing Curse with clones and used it to seal Lu Man’s Dou Qi.
• Xiao Kun gave White Fang an Emperor Extreme Pill and told him to enter Wu Tan City after nightfall and live in the Xiao Family’s back mountain.
• Xiao Kun and the others entered Wu Tan City and reunited with Xiao Zhan, the Xiao Family elders, and Lion Enshrined.
• Steward Mo arranged accommodations for the Mo Iron Mercenary Group, while Xiao Kun arranged for Qing Lin to be treated as an Enshrined and Lu Man to stay under White Fang’s guard.
• Xiao Kun assessed the family’s cultivation levels the next morning and found that the Xiao Family had become a powerful force with three Dou Emperors, one Dou Wang, and fifteen Dou Lings.

Xiao Kun encouraged Qing Lin to pursue cultivation rather than serve him, then used Earth Spirit Marrow to strengthen his body and reach the peak of the Dou Emperor realm. After adapting to the changes, he began preparing to refine the Flame of Life.

• Xiao Kun reassured Qing Lin that he still wanted her and urged her to study and cultivate as a retainer of the Xiao Family.
• Xiao Kun went to his secluded cave in the back mountain and swallowed the Earth Spirit Marrow.
• The Earth Spirit Marrow burned away Xiao Kun’s impurities, doubled his physical strength and meridian capacity, and raised his cultivation to the peak of the Dou Emperor realm.
• After a day spent adapting to his stronger body, Xiao Kun wrapped himself in the Myriad Beast Earth Core Flame and asked the system to conceal the disturbance from refining a Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Kun extracted the Flame of Life’s flame seed, which appeared as a scorching green herb filled with vitality.

Xiao Kun refined the Flame of Life into the Life Spirit Flame, reaching the peak of Dou Zong and advancing his soul realm to the Late Spirit Realm. After revealing his breakthrough to Xiao Yan, Lion King, White Fang, and Lu Man, he left his two Dou Emperor subordinates hopeful that they could eventually reach Dou Zong as well.

• Xiao Kun swallowed the Flame of Life seed and spent two months refining it with his other Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Kun emerged with the fused Life Spirit Flame, reached Dou Zong Peak, and advanced his soul realm to the Late Spirit Realm.
• Xiao Kun’s aura shook Wu Tan City, and Lion King, White Fang, Yao Lao, and Lu Man sensed his Dou Zong breakthrough and rushed to the back mountain.
• Xiao Kun confirmed his breakthrough to Xiao Yan, Lion King, White Fang, and Lu Man, surprising them with his strength at eighteen.
• Xiao Kun encouraged Lion King and White Fang by promising that the Xiao Family’s pills could help them break through to Dou Zong, and they pledged themselves to the family.

Xiao Kun emerged from seclusion, gave Xiao Yan the Heavenly Flame Three Profound Transformations, and prepared to travel to the imperial capital with him. In the capital, Ya Fei waited anxiously for Xiao Kun while thriving as a leader in the Mitel Auction House, and Xiao Kun’s contribution to the Xiao Family triggered a thousandfold critical-hit compensation.

• Xiao Yan told Xiao Kun that he had been in seclusion for over two months and that only one month remained before the Three-Year Agreement with Nalan Yanran.
• Xiao Kun sent the Lion King and White Fang away, then gave Xiao Yan the Heavenly Flame Three Profound Transformations and explained its connection to the Eight Ancient Clans and clan marks.
• Xiao Kun told Xiao Yan they would leave for the imperial capital in ten days so he could practice the Sky Severing Finger before their trip to the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Ya Fei asked Hai Bodong why Xiao Kun had not come to the imperial capital, and Hai Bodong reassured her that Xiao Yan’s agreement with Nalan Yanran might bring him there soon.
• Xiao Kun gave Xiao Zhan Dou Techniques and cultivation methods taken from defeated enemies, triggering a thousandfold critical-hit compensation.

Xiao Kun cultivated Sky Severing Style Two in the Magic Beast Mountain Range, mastered its devastating attack, and replenished his Dou Qi with his Heaven-tier Spirit Burning Art. After meeting Xiao Yan, who had prepared to leave for the imperial capital, Xiao Kun transformed into an Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor to carry him onward.

• Xiao Kun went to the Magic Beast Mountain Range to practice Sky Severing Style Two and postponed cultivating Sword Three.
• Xiao Kun opened the two required minor meridians in five days, then used his Dou Qi Clones to accelerate his training.
• Xiao Kun mastered Sky Severing Style Two and crushed a mountain peak with its giant finger, which also intimidated and restrained its target.
• Xiao Kun used the Heaven-tier Spirit Burning Art to rapidly restore the Dou Qi consumed by his attack.
• Xiao Kun met Xiao Yan in Wu Tan City and learned that Xiao Yan had achieved initial mastery of the first transformation of the Heavenly Flame Three Profound Transformations.
• Xiao Kun and Xiao Yan said farewell to their family and companions, and Xiao Kun transformed into an Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor to carry Xiao Yan away.

Xiao Kun gave Xiao Yan the Flame Shaping Secret Art and urged him to refine an Earth Fire Lotus Seed to improve his control over the Green Lotus Core Flame. The Little Sky-Swallowing Python rushed for another seed, was identified by Yao Lao as Medusa, and received one from Xiao Kun, who gained a drop of Earth Spirit Marrow through a critical-hit reward.

• Xiao Yan asked Xiao Kun to teach him better flame control, so Xiao Kun gave him the Flame Shaping Secret Art and explained that an Earth Fire Lotus Seed would improve his compatibility with the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Xiao Yan prepared to refine his seed, and Xiao Kun gave him another; Xiao Kun's system then awarded him ten Earth Fire Lotus Seeds through a tenfold critical hit.
• The Little Sky-Swallowing Python woke and darted toward Xiao Yan's seed, but Xiao Kun froze her in midair before she could reach him.
• Yao Lao identified the snake as a Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python, and Xiao Kun explained that she was Medusa after an incomplete evolution.
• Xiao Kun released the Little Sky-Swallowing Python and offered her an Earth Fire Lotus Seed, which she swallowed; Xiao Kun received a drop of Earth Spirit Marrow through a ten-thousandfold critical hit.
• The Little Sky-Swallowing Python rubbed against Xiao Kun's thumb, and he warned her not to rush out again while promising her more treats.

Xiao Kun and Xiao Yan arrived at Jia Ma Holy City, where Xiao Yan completed his absorption of the Earth Fire Lotus Seed and gained better control over the Green Lotus Core Flame. Xiao Kun led him toward the Mitel Auction House headquarters to visit Ya Fei, parting the crowds with his Soul Power as they approached.

• Xiao Kun sent the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor toward the Imperial Capital while Little Sky-Swallowing Python slept in his sleeve.
• Xiao Yan finished absorbing the Earth Fire Lotus Seed, advanced to six-star Da Dou Shi, and discovered that he could control the Green Lotus Core Flame more deftly.
• Xiao Kun and Xiao Yan landed outside Jia Ma Holy City and entered the Imperial Capital on foot.
• Xiao Kun told Xiao Yan they would visit the Mitel Auction House headquarters to see Ya Fei, who had returned from the Wu Tan City branch.
• Xiao Kun used his Soul Power to make the crowded street part as he and Xiao Yan approached the auction house.