Chapter Summaries

Xiao Chen took the First-Rank Alchemist assessment and quickly refined a Strength Accumulation Pill with Pill Markings. Frank and Otto examined the unusually high-quality pill, while Xue Mei and Lin Fei watched in surprise.

• Frank told Xiao Chen that he had to begin with the First-Rank Alchemist assessment because he had no Alchemist Badge.
• Xiao Chen received the Strength Accumulation Pill recipe and began the assessment using golden flames from his Medicine Cauldron.
• Frank and Otto wondered whether Xiao Chen's golden flames were Heavenly Flames, then watched as he skillfully refined the pill.
• Xiao Chen completed the pill far ahead of the other examinees and handed it to Frank for inspection.
• Xue Mei and Lin Fei joined Frank and Otto in examining the pill, which proved to be a Strength Accumulation Pill with Pill Markings.

Xiao Chen passed the First-, Second-, and Third-Rank Alchemist examinations in Hei Yan City, producing Pill Markings on each pill. He asked to take the Fourth-Rank examination, and Frank agreed to arrange it.

• Frank certified Xiao Chen as a First-Rank Alchemist, and Xiao Chen immediately requested the Second-Rank examination.
• Xiao Chen passed the Second-Rank examination early with a pill bearing Pill Markings.
• Xiao Chen requested the Third-Rank examination, refined a pill with Pill Markings, and passed.
• Xiao Chen asked to take the Fourth-Rank examination, but Frank hesitated over his confidence and the cost of the ingredients.
• Frank and Otto exchanged excited glances, and Frank ordered the Fourth-Rank examination procedures and ingredients prepared.

Xiao Chen passed the Fourth-Rank Alchemist assessment in Hei Yan City and received the guild’s special robe. Frank and Otto tried to recruit him and then asked him to represent their guild at the Alchemist Convention, but Xiao Chen declined membership.

• Xiao Chen successfully refined a Fourth-Rank Pill on his second attempt, though it had no Pill Markings.
• Frank and Otto confirmed Xiao Chen had passed the assessment, and Xue Mei and Lin Fei reacted to his achievement.
• Frank presented Xiao Chen with a Fourth-Rank Alchemist robe, which Xiao Chen tried on.
• Xiao Chen refused Frank’s invitation to join the Hei Yan City Alchemist Guild as a Guest Elder.
• Otto asked Xiao Chen to represent the guild at the Alchemist Convention.

Xiao Chen passed the Alchemist assessment as a Fourth-Rank Alchemist, accepted a gift from Frank, and prepared to travel with Xiao Yi Xian. After Ling Er revealed Stone Desert City as a new check-in location, Xiao Chen decided to go there first to find Qing Lin.

• Frank and Otto told Xiao Chen about the Alchemist Convention and gave him a Storage Ring as a token from the Hei Yan City Alchemist Guild.
• Xiao Chen showed Xiao Yi Xian his Fourth-Rank Alchemist Badge, and she was astonished by his achievement.
• Xiao Chen and Xiao Yi Xian found an inn with separate rooms, spent the night, and checked out the next morning.
• Ling Er announced Stone Desert City as a new check-in location, so Xiao Chen changed his plans and decided to find Qing Lin there.

Xiao Chen reached Stone Desert City with Xiao Yi Xian, signed in to obtain a Rejuvenating Purple Pill, and reunited with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li at the Desert Iron Mercenary Group. The next morning, he discovered Qing Lin’s snake scales and reassured her that they were beautiful.

• Xiao Chen flew with Xiao Yi Xian to Stone Desert City and signed in, earning a Rejuvenating Purple Pill that could restore strength lost to seals or internal injuries.
• Xiao Chen found the Desert Iron Mercenary Group and met its commanders, Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, who welcomed him and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Chen drank with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li that night, became drunk, and was helped to bed by Xiao Yi Xian.
• Qing Lin entered Xiao Chen’s room the next morning and introduced herself while bringing warm water for him to wash.
• Xiao Chen noticed the snake scales on Qing Lin’s wrist, and after she cowered in fear, he gently told her that they were beautiful.

Xiao Chen welcomed Qing Lin as his personal maid and saw her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils in action before joining her and Xiao Yi Xian at the Desert Iron Mercenary Group’s strength assessment. The chapter ended as Xiao Chen and Xiao Li prepared to spar in front of the cheering mercenaries.

• Xiao Chen reassured Qing Lin about her scales, noticed the power of her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, and accepted her offer to serve as his personal maid.
• Xiao Chen introduced Qing Lin to Xiao Yi Xian, who took her into Stone Desert City to buy clothes and other things.
• Qing Lin woke Xiao Chen for the mercenary group’s quarterly assessment, and he went with her and Xiao Yi Xian to the training grounds.
• Xiao Li challenged Xiao Chen to a spar, drawing excited cheers from the mercenaries and encouragement from Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Li summoned a Tungsten Steel spear and formed silver Dou Qi gauze around himself, while Xiao Chen circulated his Dou Qi and formed golden gauze without activating his Giant Elephant Micro-Particles.

Xiao Chen defeated Xiao Li in a training match using his spatial abilities, then learned that the Sand Mercenary Group was threatening the Desert Iron Mercenary Group. He offered to deal with the Sand group’s Da Dou Shi captain, Luo Bu, and left the brothers to gather their men.

• Xiao Chen dodged Xiao Li’s spear attacks while Qing Lin worried and Xiao Yi Xian reassured her about his strength.
• Xiao Li used Lightning Arc Three-Section Dance, but Xiao Chen blocked it with Space Wall and appeared before him with Space Teleportation, forcing Xiao Li to admit defeat.
• Xiao Chen reunited with Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian, and the trio later left the training grounds as the mercenary tests continued.
• Xiao Chen asked Xiao Ding and Xiao Li about the Sand Mercenary Group, and Xiao Li explained that its captain, Luo Bu, was a Da Dou Shi.
• Xiao Chen proposed destroying the Sand Mercenary Group and offered to take on Luo Bu while his brothers gathered the men.

Xiao Chen and the Desert Iron Mercenary Group launched an operation to destroy the Sand Mercenary Group, led by Luo Bu. The forces met outside the Sand Mercenary Group’s headquarters, where Luo Bu prepared to fight Xiao Chen.

• Xiao Chen assured Xiao Ding that he could handle the Sand Mercenary Group and helped plan the attack.
• Xiao Chen told Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian to stay at the Desert Iron Mercenary Group’s headquarters, gave them cultivation pills, and left them behind.
• The next morning, Xiao Chen, Xiao Ding, and Xiao Li led the Desert Iron Mercenary Group’s elite mercenaries toward the Sand Mercenary Group’s stronghold.
• After learning of the approaching attack, Luo Bu ordered his men to gather and set out to destroy the Desert Iron Mercenary Group.
• Xiao Chen’s force met Luo Bu and his men outside their headquarters, and Xiao Chen challenged Luo Bu by saying he wanted to borrow his head.
• Luo Bu, believing Xiao Chen was only a Dou Shi, declared that he would teach the Desert Iron Mercenary Group a lesson.

Xiao Chen killed Luo Bu, took control of Stone Desert City’s mercenary groups, and left to search for the Green Lotus Core Flame. He reached the lava caverns and used his soul perception to search the magma for the missing Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake.

• Xiao Chen killed Luo Bu with a golden palm, and the surviving Sand Mercenary Group members surrendered and joined the Desert Iron Mercenary Group.
• Xiao Chen defeated the leaders of several other mercenary groups, making the Desert Iron Mercenary Group the dominant force in Stone Desert City.
• Xiao Chen celebrated with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, then left Stone Desert City the next morning to look for the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Xiao Chen reached the lava caverns and searched the magma with his soul perception, finding clues despite the fire-element aura interfering with him.

Xiao Chen subdued an injured Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake and found the Green Lotus Core Flame beneath the magma, but Queen Medusa had already taken the flame. He collected the Earth Fire Lotus Seeds and the lotus, then left the snake to guard the remaining root stalk and flew toward Stone Desert City.

• Xiao Chen fought the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, knocked it unconscious, and branded it with a Soul Seal.
• Xiao Chen rode the controlled snake through the magma and discovered the Green Lotus Core Flame’s cyan lotus, with its central flame missing.
• Xiao Chen found Queen Medusa’s seven-colored scale and collected eleven Earth Fire Lotus Seeds.
• Xiao Chen cut away and took the lotus while leaving its root stalk, then returned to the surface and left the snake to guard it.
• Xiao Chen flew toward Stone Desert City.

Xiao Chen found the map fragment for the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame in Ice Emperor Hai Bodong’s shop and offered him a Calamity Breaking Pill in exchange for serving as an elder for three years. The deal was made, and Hai Bodong was left wondering who Xiao Chen was after seeing Xian Er’s Dou Zong aura.

• Xiao Chen returned to the Desert Iron Mercenary Group headquarters, told Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, and the others he would enter the Tagor Desert, then headed for Desert City the next day.
• Xiao Chen found the map shop Ancient Map and discovered the other Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame map fragment among its damaged maps.
• Xiao Chen identified Hai Bodong and offered to restore his Dou Emperor cultivation with a Calamity Breaking Pill in exchange for joining Xiao Chen’s new faction as an elder.
• Hai Bodong agreed to serve for three years, and Xiao Chen gave him the pill.
• Xian Er appeared beside Xiao Chen and called him Master, shocking Hai Bodong with her Dou Zong aura; Hai Bodong then promised he would keep his word.
• Xiao Chen asked Hai Bodong where he planned to go after recovering his cultivation.

Xiao Chen left Desert City with Xian Er and traveled deeper into the Tagor Desert, following Hai Bodong’s map toward Queen Medusa’s territory. At an oasis, he stumbled upon Yue Mei bathing and turned to leave after recognizing her.

• Xiao Chen asked Hai Bodong to look after Mittel Ya Fei, whom he called his woman, and Hai Bodong agreed to return to the Mittel Family after breaking his seal.
• Xiao Chen and Xian Er spent the night together, and he sensed that her strength had reached Five Star Dou Zong.
• Xiao Chen left Desert City with Xian Er, then traveled alone through the Tagor Desert while keeping her in the Small World inside his Cosmos Ring.
• Xiao Chen used Hai Bodong’s map to locate an oasis and entered its forest after nightfall to find water.
• Xiao Chen saw Yue Mei bathing in a lake, recognized her as one of the Eight Great Tribes’ leaders, and turned away to leave.

Xiao Chen encountered Yue Mei in the desert and fled while she pursued him. He escaped by using Space Power, then Yue Mei faced the arrival of Yun Yun, Gu He, and their companions.

• Yue Mei caught Xiao Chen watching her at the lake and attacked him with a venomous water arrow, but he dodged it.
• Xiao Chen sensed Yue Mei was a Dou Wang, refused to explain why he was there, and flew away with Angel Wings as Snake-People surrounded him.
• Yue Mei formed energy wings and chased Xiao Chen across the desert, teasing him and trying to lure him to her tribe.
• Xiao Chen detected Yun Yun and Gu He's group ahead, then used Space Power to vanish and leave Yue Mei behind.
• Yun Yun, Gu He, and the others arrived, and Yue Mei sensed the powerful humans approaching.

Yue Mei fought off a group of human experts in the Tagor Desert and escaped while trying to warn Queen Medusa. Xiao Chen followed the group toward the queen’s city, cultivated nearby, and discovered that his strength and cultivation had advanced.

• Yue Mei demanded to know why the human group had entered Snake-People territory, but Lao He ordered two men to capture her.
• Yue Mei attacked with a wave of sand, then used Serpent Skill: Division to scatter into energy snakes and escape through the desert.
• Yun Yun sensed Ye Chen’s lingering aura, while Xiao Chen concealed himself and vanished from his vantage point.
• Xiao Chen reached an oasis near Queen Medusa’s city and cultivated while waiting for Yun Yun’s group.
• Xiao Chen discovered he had awakened ten thousand Giant Elephant Micro-Particles and reached Three-Star Dou Shi, then reflected on the limits of his strength against Dou Zong experts.

Xiao Chen reflected on his cultivation and the limits of his abilities before noticing Gu He’s party arrive at Snake-People God City to seek an audience with Queen Medusa. Queen Medusa appeared to meet them, and Xiao Chen watched her with interest.

• Xiao Chen reviewed his progress in the Azure Sky Dragon Transformation Art, Great Wilderness Imprisoning Sky Finger, Dragon Phoenix True Scripture, and Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Strength.
• Xiao Chen considered the powers of his Chaos Bloodline, Chaos Divine Body, Time Power, and Space Power, and noticed a powerful aura approaching the city.
• The next day, Gu He and his companions arrived above Snake-People God City, where Yue Mei and Mo Bas warned them to leave.
• Gu He announced that he had come to discuss a matter with Queen Medusa, and she appeared before the group after his call.
• Xiao Chen admired Queen Medusa and thought about how difficult it would be to win her over.

Xiao Chen checked in with Queen Medusa and received pills and the Sovereign Sword while Gu He tried to trade for her Heavenly Flames. The black-robed man exposed that the Queen before them was only an energy body, then struck it and made it vanish.

• Xiao Chen checked in with Queen Medusa and obtained a Dou Ling Pill, a Bodhi Great Returning Pill, and the Sovereign Sword.
• Gu He asked Queen Medusa to exchange her Heavenly Flames for two sixth-rank Dou Ling Pills and a seventh-rank Transformation Pill, but she refused.
• The black-robed man explained that Queen Medusa needed the Heavenly Flames to evolve and deduced that the figure before them was only an energy body containing part of her will.
• The black-robed man appeared behind Queen Medusa and struck her, causing her energy body to dissolve into pale purple smoke.

While Gu He and the Snake-People Tribe fought on the city walls, Xiao Chen infiltrated the temple to observe Queen Medusa’s attempt to evolve using the Green Lotus Core Flame. The chapter ended as she transformed into a giant purple snake and shielded the temple with a barrier.

• After Queen Medusa's energy clone vanished, Yue Mei and Mo Bas ordered the Snake-People Tribe experts to attack Gu He and the others.
• Xiao Chen slipped into the city, evaded the temple guards, and used Space Teleportation to reach the island in the lake.
• Xiao Chen found Queen Medusa preparing to use the Green Lotus Core Flame and the Ice Spirit Cold Spring for her evolution.
• Queen Medusa released the Green Lotus Core Flame and began her transformation, vowing that the humans would remain in the desert if she succeeded.
• Queen Medusa became a giant purple snake and formed a protective barrier around the temple.

Queen Medusa endured the Green Lotus Core Flame and a bolt of heavenly lightning, completing her evolution. Xiao Chen approached the aftermath and encountered the newly born Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python, while the snake people and Yun Yun remained uncertain about Queen Medusa’s condition.

• Queen Medusa entered the Green Lotus Core Flame and suffered as it burned her body and soul.
• After Queen Medusa lay motionless, black clouds gathered and Silver Thunder struck her inside the temple.
• Xiao Chen ran toward the charred serpent, expecting Queen Medusa’s evolution to succeed and planning to separate the two souls within her.
• The serpent’s body exploded into dust, and a terrifying aura briefly spread across the city before retreating.
• A seven-colored streak emerged from the remains and became a tiny snake that Xiao Chen identified as the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python.

Xiao Chen used Amethyst Companion Source to contract the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python, then stored the Green Lotus Core Flame in the Small World inside his Cosmos Ring. After leaving Snake-People God City, he saw Gu He and Yun Yun fleeing the gathered Snake-People leaders, who split up to pursue them.

• Xiao Chen lured the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python with Amethyst Companion Source and established a master-servant contract while Queen Medusa's soul remained dormant.
• Xiao Chen fed the snake more Amethyst Companion Source, and it coiled around his wrist.
• Xiao Chen placed the Green Lotus Core Flame, protected by the Green Lotus Seat, into the Small World inside his Cosmos Ring and vanished from the temple.
• Xiao Chen emerged behind a sand dune and saw Gu He and Yun Yun fleeing Snake-People God City as eight leaders pursued them.
• Yun Yun proposed that the group split up and regroup at Rock City, and Gu He and the others flew in separate directions.
• Yue Mei and two Snake-People pursued Gu He and the two Dou Wangs, while the other five chased Yun Yun.

Xiao Chen chased after Yun Yun as five Snake-People Tribe Dou Wangs confronted her in the desert. Their combined technique overpowered Yun Yun, and Xiao Chen arrived just as she was wounded and the energy snake prepared to attack again.

• Xiao Chen sensed Gu He and the Snake-People Tribe's Dou Wangs dispersing, then flew after Yun Yun.
• Yin Shi confronted Yun Yun and warned that Queen Medusa would return to lead the Snake-People Tribe and take revenge.
• Yun Yun wounded a green-robed snake-man, but Yin Shi and the other four Dou Wangs formed the Five Serpents Poisonous Seal.
• The five Dou Wangs summoned an energy snake that fought Yun Yun and eventually broke through her defenses, injuring her.
• Xiao Chen appeared in front of Yun Yun as the energy snake prepared to charge again.