Chapter Summaries

Xiao Chen forced Lü Man and the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor to retreat, then escaped with Hai Bodong and Qing Lin before Yun Yun and Jia Xing Tian arrived. Back at the Mittel Auction House, Xiao Yi Xian took Qing Lin to examine her.

• Xiao Chen's attacks severely wounded Lü Man and the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor, who fled after sensing Yun Yun and Jia Xing Tian approaching.
• Hai Bodong brought Qing Lin to Xiao Chen, and Yun Yun and Jia Xing Tian arrived to investigate the battle.
• Yun Yun recognized Xiao Chen, while Jia Xing Tian suspected he was a powerful Dou Zong expert.
• Xiao Chen opened a Space Vortex Door and left with Hai Bodong and Qing Lin as Jia Xing Tian resolved to investigate them.
• Xiao Chen and Hai Bodong emerged at the Mittel Auction House, where Xiao Yi Xian took Qing Lin and examined her.

Xiao Chen protected Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian, then decided to visit the Misty Cloud Sect to see Yun Yun and investigate Yun Shan’s possible ties to Soul Hall. He arrived near Misty Cloud Mountain with Xian Er, whose Six-Star Dou Zong aura was revealed.

• Xiao Yi Xian confirmed that Qing Lin had only fainted, but Qing Lin could not identify who had captured her.
• Xiao Chen teleported Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian to the inn, placed protective Soul Seals on them, and reassured Qing Lin that their enemies would not return to the Jia Ma Empire soon.
• Ya Fei told Hai Bodong about the Xiao Family and responded to his question about her marriage alliance with Xiao Chen by mentioning Nalan Yanran and the other women around him.
• After receiving a check-in notification for the Misty Cloud Sect, Xiao Chen summoned Xian Er and left with her through a spatial passage.
• Xiao Chen and Xian Er reached the sky above the foot of Misty Cloud Mountain, where Xian Er revealed her Six-Star Dou Zong aura.

Xiao Chen and Xian Er arrived at the Misty Cloud Sect, alarming its disciples and the Gama Imperial Family with Xian Er’s Dou Zong aura. Xiao Chen signed in and obtained the Eternal Flame before Yun Yun confronted him, recognizing him as Xiao Chen.

• Xian Er’s aura overwhelmed the troops and disciples at the foot of Misty Cloud Mountain, while observers in Gama Holy City set out to investigate.
• A disciple warned Yun Yun that two airborne experts had arrived and seemed stronger than a Dou Emperor.
• Xiao Chen and Xian Er passed through the Misty Cloud Sect’s Guardian Array, and Xiao Chen signed in to receive the Eternal Flame.
• Xian Er sensed a Dou Emperor approaching as Yun Yun flew out with several Dou Wang experts.
• Xiao Chen greeted Yun Yun as Yun Zhi, and she recognized him, steadied her emotions, and asked why he had come to the Misty Cloud Sect.

Xiao Chen visited the Misty Cloud Sect to see Yun Yun, bringing Xian Er, a Dou Zong expert who introduced herself as his maid. After the other powerful visitors gathered and questioned them, Xiao Chen and Yun Yun went to a quiet room, where he confessed that he had missed her.

• Xiao Chen secretly checked the Misty Cloud Sect for Soul Hall Protectors and Dou Zong auras as he greeted Yun Yun.
• Hai Bodong, Jia Xing Tian, Mittel Tengshan, the Mittel Family patriarch, the Mu Family patriarch, and Nalan Jie arrived after sensing Xian Er's powerful aura.
• Jia Xing Tian asked about Xian Er, who identified herself as Xiao Chen's Personal Maid from the Azure Sky Hall.
• Xiao Chen explained that he had come to visit Yun Yun, then suppressed Xian Er's aura and asked Yun Yun to speak privately.
• Xiao Chen and Xian Er followed Yun Yun to a quiet hall, where Xiao Chen sent Xian Er out and told Yun Yun he had missed her.

Xiao Chen visited Yun Yun at the Misty Cloud Sect, confessed his feelings, and learned that Yun Shan had not emerged from seclusion. After confirming the sect had no Dou Zong aura, he traveled with Xian Er to the Nalan Residence for what was expected to be Nalan Jie's final poison treatment.

• Xiao Chen kissed Yun Yun, told her he had fallen in love with her, and suggested they tell Yun Shan about their relationship after he returned from seclusion.
• Yun Yun said Yun Shan was still attempting to break through to Dou Zong with the pill Xiao Chen had given her.
• Xiao Chen left the Misty Cloud Sect with Xian Er, who reported finding no Dou Zong aura there, and they used a Space Passage to travel away.
• At the Nalan Residence, Xiao Chen prepared to give Nalan Jie his final treatment for the Brand Poison, which was already seventy to eighty percent expelled.
• Nalan Yanran asked Nalan Su whether the earlier claims about Xiao Chen were true, and Nalan Su suggested the old master might let her choose Xiao Chen.

Xiao Chen cured Nalan Jie’s Brand Poison and received the Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva as agreed. After a banquet where the Nalan elders hinted at his marriage agreement with Nalan Yanran, he left with her and teased her about her figure.

• Xiao Chen completed the final treatment and fully expelled the Brand Poison from Nalan Jie.
• Nalan Jie gave Xiao Chen the Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva and warned him to let it bask in the sun for an hour each day.
• Nalan Jie invited Xiao Chen to a banquet, where he tried to learn about Xian Er and asked what Xiao Chen thought of Nalan Yanran.
• Xiao Chen gave Nalan Jie a noncommittal answer about Nalan Yanran, then left the banquet with her escorting him.
• Nalan Yanran asked whether she had offended Xiao Chen, and he flirtatiously told her he liked them big.

Xiao Chen began refining the Eternal Flame in the Small World while Xian Er and the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python watched over him. As the Chaos Fire absorbed the flame’s source and his body endured repeated destruction and healing, Giant Elephant Micro-Particles began awakening.

• Xiao Chen left the Nalan Residence after teasing Nalan Yanran, who returned inside and privately fretted over his remark about her chest.
• After returning to the inn and visiting Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, Xiao Chen entered the Small World and asked Xian Er to guard him.
• Xiao Chen drew the Eternal Flame’s source from the blazing mass, burning away the flesh on his right hand as his Chaos Bloodline and Dragon Phoenix Shadows helped restore it.
• Xiao Chen swallowed the source flame and endured it rampaging through his meridians while destruction and life energy repeatedly damaged and repaired his body.
• Xiao Chen guided the flame’s wisps into his Flame Space, where the Chaos Fire devoured and refined them into Energy Liquid.
• As Xiao Chen continued refining the Eternal Flame, his meridians and bones produced popping sounds while Giant Elephant Micro-Particles awakened.

Xiao Chen absorbed the Eternal Flame’s enormous energy, awakening over 1.1 million Giant Elephant Micro-Particles and advancing to One-Star Dou Ling before halting to protect his foundation. He transferred some excess energy to the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python, which transformed into Queen Medusa, who struck him in anger.

• Xiao Chen endured three days of awakening Giant Elephant Micro-Particles until more than 1.1 million had awakened and he had drawn most of the Eternal Flame’s source fire into his Flame Space.
• Xiao Chen refined the gathered energy liquid for seventeen days, advancing from Seven-Star Dou Shi to One-Star Dou Ling before stopping to avoid damaging his foundation.
• Xiao Chen decided to transfer some of the remaining energy liquid to the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python and pulled it from Xian Er’s arms.
• Xiao Chen fed the energy liquid to the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python, which transformed into Queen Medusa while his fingers were still in her mouth.
• Queen Medusa struck Xiao Chen in the back, leaving golden blood at the corner of his lips.

Xiao Chen used their contract to restrain Queen Medusa, transferred Energy Liquid to help her advance to Dou Zong, and revealed that his death would kill her too. He left her trapped in the room while he turned his attention to Xian Er.

• Xiao Chen restrained Queen Medusa through their contract and kissed her while transferring one-tenth of his Energy Liquid to her.
• Queen Medusa transformed her snake tail into legs and advanced to Dou Zong, then threatened to kill Xiao Chen once her cultivation recovered.
• Xiao Chen explained that Queen Medusa would die if he died and offered to resolve the other soul within her body.
• Queen Medusa pondered her forced predicament as Xiao Chen left her restrained and carried Xian Er to a bed.
• Xiao Chen kissed Xian Er and transferred Energy Liquid to her.

After absorbing the Eternal Flame and strengthening his cultivation, Xiao Chen removed the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python's soul from Queen Medusa and began preparing to rebuild its body. He left the process underway, using Queen Medusa's Essence Blood as an ingredient.

• Xiao Chen reflected on his relationships and distributed the Energy Liquid from the Eternal Flame among himself, Queen Medusa, and Xian Er, while saving the remainder for Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Ya Fei.
• Xiao Chen noted that the Eternal Flame had awakened more than a million Giant Elephant Micro-Particles, strengthened his Chaos Fire, and brought his soul power close to the Seventh-Rank Alchemist level.
• Xiao Chen used the Soul Codex to pull the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python's soul from Queen Medusa and promised to rebuild its body.
• Queen Medusa agreed to help, and Xiao Chen refined medicinal ingredients with Chaos Fire before asking her for Essence Blood.
• Queen Medusa cut her wrist and supplied seven-colored blood, which Xiao Chen guided toward the suspended medicinal liquids.

Xiao Chen gave the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python a newly reconstructed body, allowing its soul to live independently as a weak first-tier magical beast. After naming it Xiao Qi and leaving it in Xian Er's care, Xiao Chen turned to Queen Medusa to discuss their own matter.

• Xian Er gave Queen Medusa a pill that restored some of her lost blood and vitality.
• Xiao Chen combined medicinal liquids, Seven-Colored Essence Blood, and his own blood to create a new body for the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python.
• Xiao Chen transferred the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python's soul into the reconstructed body, where it emerged weak and unable to retain its former strength.
• Xiao Chen named the snake Xiao Qi, and Xian Er offered it Amethyst Companion Source.
• Queen Medusa restrained her anger as Xiao Chen handed Xiao Qi to Xian Er and asked to discuss the matter between them.

Xiao Chen negotiated Queen Medusa’s support by promising the Snake-People Tribe a settlement in the Jia Ma Empire, then used the Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva to restore the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python’s damaged soul. The python recovered enough to respond affectionately to Queen Medusa, who called it Xiao Qi.

• Xiao Chen told Queen Medusa that Xian Er was his Personal Maid and his woman, then offered to help the Snake-People Tribe find a settlement after he unified the Jia Ma Empire.
• Queen Medusa agreed not to kill Xiao Chen if he fulfilled his promise, and Xiao Chen used a mysterious mark to bind her to protect him.
• Xiao Chen refined the Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva into multicolored dew and placed the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python in it to nourish its soul.
• The Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python visibly recovered, and Queen Medusa stroked it as it rubbed against her hand.
• Queen Medusa called the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python Xiao Qi, and it nodded in response.

Xiao Chen consolidated his cultivation as the Dragon Phoenix Body reached minor completion, while Queen Medusa and Xian Er refined the Energy Liquid in the Cosmos Ring’s Small World. After returning to the inn, he began transferring Energy Liquid to Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian.

• Xiao Chen teased Queen Medusa about Xiao Qi carrying his blood, and she called him shameless before he began stabilizing his cultivation.
• Xiao Chen’s Dragon Phoenix Shadows appeared clearly as his Dragon Phoenix Body reached minor completion, while Queen Medusa and Xian Er refined Energy Liquid nearby.
• On the twentieth day, Xiao Chen checked his Attribute Panel and confirmed that the Dragon Phoenix Body had been recorded; he then cooked a meal that Queen Medusa joined.
• Xiao Chen returned to the inn without Queen Medusa or Xian Er and found Xiao Yi Xian reading the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture and Qing Lin cultivating.
• Xiao Chen explained that he would transfer his Energy Liquid to Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin received the first of it through his fingertip.

Xiao Chen transferred Energy Liquid to Qing Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Ya Fei, helping Xiao Yi Xian refine hers because of her Woeful Poison Body. He gave Ya Fei a Three Markings Azure Spirit Pill, and she became emotional as she reflected on how much his support had changed her life.

• Xiao Chen gave Qing Lin a tenth of the Energy Liquid, and she said she was fine.
• Xiao Chen transferred a tenth of the Energy Liquid to Xiao Yi Xian and helped her refine it into Poison Dou Qi.
• Xiao Chen went to the Mittel Auction House and transferred the remaining Energy Liquid to Ya Fei through a kiss.
• Xiao Chen gave Ya Fei a Three Markings Azure Spirit Pill and told her it could help her advance after she refined the Energy Liquid.
• Ya Fei asked Xiao Chen why he treated her so well, and he answered that she was his woman.

Xiao Chen collected supplies from Ya Fei, strengthened Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin by refining their Energy Liquid, and discovered that Queen Medusa and Xian Er had advanced in cultivation. He then refined three Purple Heart Obstacle Breaking Pills for Ya Fei to auction.

• Ya Fei gave Xiao Chen medicinal ingredients, poisons, and seven Beast Fires, which he stored away before leaving without paying the ten million Gold Coins they were worth.
• Xiao Chen helped Xiao Yi Xian reach Three-Star Dou Shi and Qing Lin reach Seven Star Dou Zhe by refining the Energy Liquid in their bodies, then gave Xiao Yi Xian Ya Fei’s poisons.
• Xiao Chen entered the Small World and found Queen Medusa had advanced to Two-Star Dou Zong and Xian Er to Nine-Star Dou Zong; Queen Medusa blushed and left after he congratulated her.
• Xiao Chen refined several batches of Qi Recovery Pills, then used his Chaos Fire and soul power to make three Purple Heart Obstacle Breaking Pills with Pill Markings.
• Xiao Chen planned to give the three Purple Heart Obstacle Breaking Pills to Ya Fei for auction to earn Gold Coins.

Xiao Chen helped Ya Fei refine her stored Energy Liquid and a pill, raising her Cultivation to Five-Star Da Dou Shi before the Alchemist Convention. As the convention began, he brought Queen Medusa, Xian Er, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin to the Alchemist Guild and reaffirmed his plans to unify the Jia Ma Empire with Queen Medusa's help.

• Xiao Chen gave Ya Fei Fourth-Rank Purple Heart Obstacle Breaking Pills and helped her refine the Energy Liquid in her body, advancing her to Two-Star Da Dou Shi.
• Ya Fei swallowed an Azure Spirit Pill of Three Markings and advanced to Five-Star Da Dou Shi, then told Xiao Chen the Alchemist Convention would begin in three days.
• Xiao Chen left the Mittel Auction House and said he intended to leave the Jia Ma Empire after the convention.
• On the day of the convention, Xiao Chen asked Queen Medusa to veil her face and discussed unifying the Jia Ma Empire and finding a home for the Snake-People Tribe.
• Xiao Chen brought Queen Medusa and Xian Er to meet Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, then explained that Queen Medusa would protect them as they all headed to the Alchemist Guild.

Xiao Chen brought his companions to the Alchemist Convention in the imperial capital, where he reunited with Xiao Yan and met the Guild’s leaders. The chapter ended as Xiao Chen prepared to meet Hai Bodong, while Yao Lao warned Xiao Yan not to get too close to his brother yet.

• Queen Medusa recognized Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, and Xiao Chen reassured her that Qing Lin would not use them against the Snake-People Tribe.
• Otto led Xiao Chen and his companions to the Royal Plaza for the Alchemist Convention and explained the event’s scale and arrangements.
• Xiao Chen reunited with Xiao Yan at the guest seats, and the brothers compared their cultivation levels and recent experiences.
• Ya Fei told Xiao Chen that Hai Bodong wished to see him, and Xiao Chen asked Xiao Yan to come along.
• Yao Lao warned Xiao Yan not to get too close to Xiao Chen for the time being.

Xiao Chen met Jia Xing Tian, Fa Ma, and the princesses Yao Yue and Yao Ye at the Alchemist Convention, while Xiao Yan and Yao Lao discussed Xiao Chen’s strength. As the convention crowd gathered, Yao Ye took a seat behind Xiao Chen.

• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan that the women accompanying Xiao Chen included two Dou Zongs, one of them Queen Medusa, and that Xiao Chen’s soul power rivaled a Sixth-Rank Alchemist’s.
• Xiao Yan asked whether Yao Lao had been discovered, and Yao Lao said the group was not from the Soul Hall and advised Xiao Yan to observe Xiao Chen while limiting their contact.
• Xiao Chen greeted Fa Ma and Jia Xing Tian, who introduced him to Yao Yue and Yao Ye; Yao Ye shook his hand and offered to host a celebration banquet for him.
• Hai Bodong, Fa Ma, and Jia Xing Tian discussed Queen Medusa’s familiar aura, and Hai Bodong recalled surviving her terrifying power.
• As the plaza filled with alchemists and spectators, Xiao Chen sat with Xian Er, Queen Medusa, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin, while Yao Ye took a seat behind him.

The seventh Alchemist Convention began, and Xiao Chen joined the First Round of Assessment alongside Xiao Yan, Liu Ling, and Yao Yue. He effortlessly refined a Bone Growing Pill, which emerged with Pill Markings.

• The Three Great Families and other spectators gathered as Fa Ma announced the start of the seventh Alchemist Convention.
• Liu Ling, Yao Yue, Xiao Yan, and Xiao Chen entered the arena, with Xiao Chen using Space Power to appear at a central platform.
• Mu Chen warned Mu Zhan not to pester Ya Fei again, saying Xiao Chen could not be offended.
• Fa Ma explained that contestants had to refine a pill from an incomplete recipe within two attempts and the hourglass time limit.
• Xiao Chen identified the recipe as a Bone Growing Pill and began refining it with his Cosmos Cauldron and Chaos Fire.
• Xiao Chen finished quickly, producing a Bone Growing Pill surrounded by Pill Markings.

Xiao Chen easily refined a Bone Growing Pill that produced the brightest green light in the test, while Fa Ma noticed a powerful gray-robed contestant from the Chu Yun Empire. The second round began with contestants receiving a Wind Walk Pill formula and ingredients for two attempts, and the gray-robed youth dismissed the challenge as a petty trick.

• Xiao Chen quickly refined a Bone Growing Pill, surprising the surrounding Alchemists and drawing the attention of the VIP guests.
• Fa Ma explained the Testing Machine, and the contestants tested whether their Bone Growing Pills met the formula's requirements.
• Xiao Chen's pill produced a dazzling green pillar, while Fa Ma sensed that a gray-robed contestant's soul power exceeded Liu Ling's and Yao Yue's.
• Fa Ma learned that the gray-robed contestant was from the Chu Yun Empire and questioned why his records listed him as only a Second-Rank Alchemist.
• Fa Ma began the second round, in which contestants had two attempts to refine a Wind Walk Pill from the provided formula and ingredients.
• The gray-robed youth examined his formula and sneered that the Jia Ma Empire Alchemist Guild's challenge was a petty trick.