Chapter Summaries

Ao Qing returned to the Misty Cloud Sect and offered Queen Medusa the essence blood of a Dou Saint-level Nine Netherworld Earth Python to help her evolve. After sending Medusa to the back mountain to refine it, he watched a disciple match with Yun Yun and gave her the Green Lotus Core Flame Lotus Platform and its seeds.

• Ao Qing returned to the Misty Cloud Sect as Queen Medusa lifted Hai Bodong's seal, and Hai Bodong recovered his Dou Huang cultivation before returning to his clan.
• Ao Qing stopped Queen Medusa from leaving and offered her the essence blood of a pure-blooded, Dou Saint-level Nine Netherworld Earth Python.
• Queen Medusa accepted the essence blood, and Ao Qing offered to remove the Python's soul so she could refine it safely.
• Ao Qing sent Medusa to the Misty Cloud Sect Back Mountain to evolve, then wandered around the sect with Little Fox.
• Ao Qing and Yun Yun watched a young woman defeat a young man in a disciple match, and he gave Yun Yun the Green Lotus Core Flame Lotus Platform and its seeds.

Ao Qing watched the Misty Cloud Sect's annual assessment, where Nalan Yanran earned Heaven grade and declared she would decide her own future, while Yun Yun promised to support her in breaking her engagement to Xiao Yan. As the sect and its disciples continued cultivating, trouble began brewing in the Central Continent.

• Ao Qing watched Yun Leng assess the Misty Cloud Sect's young disciples, and Nalan Yanran stood out by reaching the sixth stage of Dou Qi at eight years old and earning Heaven grade.
• Ao Qing left after deciding he would help Nalan Yanran break her engagement with Xiao Yan if she wanted.
• Nalan Yanran told Yun Yun she rejected the marriage contract, and Yun Yun promised to support her while urging her to focus on cultivation.
• At the Xiao Clan's assessment, Xiao Yan reached the fourth stage of Dou Qi at eight and boasted to Xiao Xun'er, who praised him while privately avoiding him.
• The Misty Cloud Sect continued to grow peacefully as a storm gathered over the Central Continent.

Fourth Elder Zhu Li discovered that the Pill Tower held the Three Thousand Burning Flame and confronted the Pill Gathering, demanding its return and compensation. He reclaimed the flame and returned to the Ancient Dragon World, while news of the Pill Tower’s defeat spread across Central Continent.

• Fourth Elder Zhu Li searched for the Three Thousand Burning Flame, learned it was in the Pill Tower, and headed there during the Pill Gathering.
• When Pill Tower elders announced that the gathering’s winner could try to subdue the flame, Zhu Li appeared and declared it belonged to him.
• A Five-Star Dou Zun member challenged Zhu Li, who killed him instantly and demanded the flame plus eighth- and ninth-rank pills as compensation.
• Xuan Kongzi summoned Old Monster Lin, but Zhu Li’s Eight-Star Peak Dou Saint aura overwhelmed the Pill Tower Grand Elder, who agreed to his demands.
• Old Monster Lin guided Zhu Li to the Star Region, where Zhu Li broke the seal and reclaimed the Three Thousand Burning Flame before accepting a Na Ring filled with pills.
• Zhu Li left the Pill Domain and returned to the Ancient Dragon World as news of the Pill Tower’s defeat spread across Central Continent.

The Emperor Clans investigated the mysterious expert who had taken the Three Thousand Burning Flame, while Hun Tiandi suspected the Ancient Void Dragon Clan and chose not to provoke the Magical Beasts. Back at the Misty Cloud Sect, Medusa’s refinement of Nine Nether Earth Python Essence Blood brought her to the start of her evolution.

• Gu Yuan ordered Gu Dao to investigate the mysterious expert without making a move, and speculated that the expert might be a powerful Magical Beast.
• Hun Tiandi told Nihility Devouring Flame that the Ancient Void Dragon Clan might be behind the Pill Tower incident, but prioritized gathering the Ancient Jades and opening the Ancient Emperor's Cave Abode.
• The Emperor Clans sent envoys to question Old Monster Lin, who concealed what he knew about Zhu Li and the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Fourth Elder Zhu Li returned to the Ancient Dragon World and successfully refined the Three Thousand Burning Flame using a common method.
• Medusa refined the Nine Nether Earth Python Essence Blood, reached Peak Dou Huang in one day, and began her evolution after more than ten days of cultivation.

Medusa completed her evolution into a Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python and broke through to the late Three-Star Dou Zong realm with Ao Qing’s help. Her breakthrough left Yun Shan and Yun Yun reflecting on the widening gap between them, while Medusa and Ao Qing sat together in an uneasy silence as their feelings grew more complicated.

• Medusa shed her skin, evolved into a Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python, and reached the late Three-Star Dou Zong realm after suppressing her rapidly rising cultivation.
• Ao Qing dispelled his barrier, and Medusa’s new Dou Zong aura shook the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Yun Shan felt happy for Medusa but bitter about the widening difference between their strength, while Yun Yun sulked over Medusa’s rapid breakthrough.
• Nalan Yanran asked Yun Yun why she was unhappy, and Yun Yun dismissed her with an excuse.
• Medusa thanked Ao Qing for the Essence Blood, then sat beside him as both struggled with their complicated feelings.

Ao Qing returned to the Ancient Dragon World, where the Ancient Void Dragon Clan formally recognized him as their Young Master and discussed the clan’s decline and hopes for revival. After the banquet, he returned to the True Dragon Secret Realm with the elders to investigate the Heavenly Flame, preparing to refine it again with the Dragon Pearl’s protection.

• The elders summoned Ao Qing to East Dragon Island, where nearly a hundred powerful clan members greeted him as their Young Master.
• The Grand Elder praised Ao Qing’s leadership, while the Eighth Elder explained how the Ancient Void Dragon Clan had declined and warned that the clan must keep Ao Qing’s identity secret.
• The Grand Elder promised the clansmen regular guidance in their cultivation and threatened anyone who revealed the clan’s secrets.
• After the banquet, Ao Qing told the elders that refining the Green Lotus Core Flame had increased his Dou Qi cultivation speed and proposed using the Dragon Pearl to control excess Dou Qi.
• The elders agreed to let Ao Qing try refining the Heavenly Flame again, and the Fourth Elder produced the Three Thousand Burning Flame.

Ao Qing refined the Three Thousand Burning Flame, survived a dangerous surge of Dou Qi with help from the True Dragon's Dragon Pearl, and reached the peak of the Two-Star Dou Saint realm. While he recovered in the secret realm, a remnant soul emerged from the Dragon Pearl and claimed to be the fallen True Dragon Lord.

• Ao Qing swallowed the Three Thousand Burning Flame and began refining its source while the elders guarded him.
• The flame's Heaven and Earth Source made Ao Qing's Dou Qi run wild, drawing a massive vortex of Dou Qi into him and the True Dragon's Dragon Pearl.
• After three days, Ao Qing completed the refinement, improved his recovery and cultivation prospects, and reached the peak of the Two-Star Dou Saint realm.
• The elders left Ao Qing to recover, while the Grand Elder briefly turned back to stare solemnly at the True Dragon's Dragon Pearl.
• As Ao Qing recovered, the Dragon Pearl's remnant soul absorbed Dou Qi to form a temporary body, then emerged and claimed to be the true dragon who had fallen tens of thousands of years earlier.
• Ao Qing doubted the soul's identity, and the Soul Body reacted with anger and amusement.

Ao Qing learned from Zhu Tian that the Dragon Pearl held the remnant soul of a True Dragon who had died fighting for the Dou Qi Continent’s Plane Spirit, and that Ao Qing’s origin power could help him refine it. After Zhu Tian vanished, Ao Qing reunited with the elders, decided to seek Zi Yan and two Heavenly Flames in the Black-Corner Region, and returned to the Misty Cloud Sect.

• Zhu Tian explained that he had come from the Upper Realm seeking a Plane Spirit, killed an Otherworldly Demon Emperor, and fused his True Dragon Bloodline into the egg that became Ao Qing.
• Zhu Tian revealed that Ao Qing’s inner energy was the world’s origin power, which could let him approach and refine the Plane Spirit once he became a Dou Emperor, then his remnant soul disappeared.
• Ao Qing left the secret realm and reunited with the elders, who supported his choices and let him keep the encounter with Zhu Tian private.
• Ao Qing decided to visit the Black-Corner Region to bring back Zi Yan and obtain the Fallen Heart Flame and Sea Heart Flame, while avoiding Zhu Kun’s cave abode and the Ancient Jade conflict.
• After spending about a month in the Ancient Dragon World, Ao Qing left for the Misty Cloud Sect, where the elders teased him about returning to Medusa.

After Yun Yun bragged about Nalan Yanran, Medusa set out to find a talented disciple and took Qing Lin in from a desert mercenary group. She brought Qing Lin to the Misty Cloud Sect, where Ao Qing returned and met Medusa’s new disciple.

• Yun Yun tried to outdo Medusa by praising Nalan Yanran’s talent, which annoyed Medusa and made Yun Yun intensify Yanran’s training.
• Medusa left the Misty Cloud Sect with Little Fox and returned to the Snake-People Tribe before searching for a disciple.
• Medusa found Qing Lin working for the Mo Tie Mercenary Group and recognized her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Qing Lin’s mercenary group leader agreed to let Medusa take her as a disciple, and Medusa gave the group cultivation resources before taking Qing Lin away.
• Medusa brought Qing Lin to the Misty Cloud Sect, where Qing Lin admired the scenery and settled in with her new teacher.
• Ao Qing returned, noticed Qing Lin’s special pupils, and left with Little Fox after Medusa called him a bad person in front of Qing Lin.

Queen Medusa trained Qing Lin, whose rapid progress led Yun Yun to arrange a three-year contest between Qing Lin and Nalan Yanran. Meanwhile, Ao Qing recovered his strength and prepared to leave for the Black-Corner Region.

• Qing Lin reached the third stage of Dou Qi after a month of cultivation under Queen Medusa.
• Yun Yun visited Queen Medusa and agreed that Qing Lin and Nalan Yanran would compete three years later.
• Yun Shan advised Yun Yun to stop fighting with Queen Medusa and focus on becoming strong enough to follow Ao Qing.
• News of the contest spread through the sect, while Yun Yun intensified Nalan Yanran's training and Queen Medusa continued guiding Qing Lin.
• Ao Qing reached the peak of his condition, received useful information about the Black-Corner Region, and prepared to depart.

Ao Qing traveled alone to the Black-Corner Region, intending to find Han Feng before taking Zi Yan away. Han Feng continued refining pills, unaware that Ao Qing had arrived and begun seeking information about him.

• Ao Qing headed to the Black-Corner Region, a lawless land where strength and wealth determined survival.
• Ao Qing reached the area around Jia Nan Academy but decided to find Han Feng before taking Zi Yan away.
• Han Feng refined pills as a seventh-tier alchemist and the Medicine Emperor, while resenting Yao Chen for withholding the complete Flame Mantra.
• Han Feng recalled how he had betrayed and killed Yao Chen, taking the lower volume of the Flame Mantra and Yao Chen's Storage Ring.
• Ao Qing began asking around about Han Feng, whose fame and protection by the Gold and Silver Elders made him easy to locate.

Ao Qing arrived in Maple City, killed Han Feng, and seized the Sea Heart Flame and Han Feng’s possessions. On his way back to Jia Nan Academy, he found a Yin-Yang Mysterious Dragon Pill that he planned to use for a future exchange involving the Xiao Clan’s Ancient Jade.

• Han Feng prepared to refine a Seventh Grade Pill for the Gold and Silver Elders while resenting his dependence on their protection.
• Ao Qing reached Maple City, found Han Feng’s Alchemy Room, and knocked the manager unconscious when he tried to stop him.
• Ao Qing demanded the Sea Heart Flame, then defeated Han Feng, killed him, and took his flame, soul, and Na Ring.
• Ao Qing discovered a Yin-Yang Mysterious Dragon Pill among Han Feng’s possessions and considered it suitable for Xiao Yan.
• The wounded manager found Han Feng dead, and Maple City residents soon stripped the City Lord’s Mansion while reclaiming their payments.

Ao Qing found Zi Yan at Jia Nan Academy and followed her after she left to hunt for medicinal herbs. He intended to take her away, and the chapter ended with him watching over her from the shadows.

• Ao Qing searched Jia Nan Academy with his Soul Power and found Zi Yan in the Herb Mountain stealing a medicinal herb.
• Grand Elder Su Qian caught Zi Yan but let her go and promised to prepare more herbs for her.
• Zi Yan watched the Outer Academy students spar, then left Jia Nan Academy to seek herbs guarded by magical beasts.
• Ao Qing followed Zi Yan through the void without revealing himself, while Xiao Yan suddenly felt as though he had lost something.
• Ao Qing watched Zi Yan skip toward the herbs and felt sympathy for her lonely childhood.

Zi Yan explored a Deep Pit and was nearly killed by a sixth-tier Earth Demon Spider, but Ao Qing rescued her at the last moment. Grand Elder Su Qian arrived just as Zi Yan and Ao Qing struggled to begin a conversation.

• Zi Yan found and gathered medicinal herbs in the Deep Pit, then approached the valuable herbs guarded by a concealed Earth Demon Spider.
• The Earth Demon Spider ambushed Zi Yan, bound her with poisonous webbing, and ignored her threats invoking Jia Nan Academy.
• Zi Yan crushed the Life-Saving Jade Token, prompting Grand Elder Su Qian to rush toward her, while Ao Qing decided to intervene.
• Ao Qing killed the Earth Demon Spider with a single stomp and freed Zi Yan from its webbing.
• Zi Yan thanked Ao Qing, and the two fell into an awkward silence until Grand Elder Su Qian arrived.

Ao Qing explained to Grand Elder Su Qian that Zi Yan was an Ancient Void Dragon princess, then let her decide whether to leave with him. Zi Yan agreed to go with Ao Qing after his remaining business at Jia Nan Academy, while keeping the freedom to return whenever she wished.

• Grand Elder Su Qian mistook Ao Qing for an attacker and struck him, but Zi Yan explained that Ao Qing had saved her.
• Ao Qing told Su Qian that Zi Yan possessed the royal bloodline of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan and proved it by revealing their dragon forms.
• Ao Qing promised not to force Zi Yan to leave and said she could return to Jia Nan Academy whenever she wanted.
• Zi Yan agreed to leave with Ao Qing once he finished his business, but asked about her parents and other relatives.
• Ao Qing mentioned that Zhu Kun had been missing for several thousand years and might be connected to Zi Yan, then Su Qian invited Ao Qing and Zi Yan back to Jia Nan Academy.

Ao Qing visited Jia Nan Academy and negotiated with Two Elders Qian Bai to take the Fallen Heart Flame in exchange for calming the remaining flame and leaving a Dou Zun to protect the academy. After demonstrating his Dou Saint aura and securing their agreement, he waited while the academy cleared the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower.

• Ao Qing arrived at Jia Nan Academy with Grand Elder Su Qian and Zi Yan, and Two Elders Qian Bai welcomed him after hearing how he had helped Zi Yan.
• Two Elders Qian Bai explained the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower, how students earned Fire Energy, and Zi Yan's standing as the Inner Academy's top-ranked expert.
• Ao Qing proposed taking the Fallen Heart Flame, making the remaining flame gentler, and leaving a Dou Zun to guard the academy.
• Ao Qing revealed his Dou Saint aura, and Two Elders Qian Bai and Grand Elder Su Qian agreed to the deal.
• Grand Elder Su Qian arranged for the students to leave the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower while Zi Yan questioned Ao Qing about his strength.

Ao Qing captured the Fallen Heart Flame from the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower and found Zhai Tianhuo in the underground Magma World. After Zhai Tianhuo agreed to serve him, Ao Qing revived him in a newly refined body and returned to Jia Nan Academy with him and the young Fallen Heart Flame.

• Ao Qing entered the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower alone and captured the Fallen Heart Flame, causing the tower to go dark.
• Ao Qing searched the underground Magma World with his Soul Power and found Zhai Tianhuo's soul wrapped around a young Fallen Heart Flame.
• Ao Qing offered to revive Zhai Tianhuo in exchange for his service, and Zhai Tianhuo agreed to acknowledge him as master.
• Ao Qing spent seven days refining a peak Dou Zun body for Zhai Tianhuo and bound it with an imprint to prevent betrayal.
• Ao Qing took the young Fallen Heart Flame and the revived Zhai Tianhuo out of the Magma World and returned to Jia Nan Academy.

Ao Qing fulfilled his deal with Jia Nan Academy by giving it a gentle Fallen Heart Flame and leaving Zhai Tianhuo as its Dou Zun guardian. He then prepared to take Zi Yan away, and she tearfully said goodbye to Grand Elder Su Qian.

• Ao Qing emerged from the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower with Heavenly Flame Venerable and promised Two Elders Qian Bai and Grand Elder Su Qian he would honor their deal.
• Ao Qing gave them a new, gentle Fallen Heart Flame, which delighted the academy elders.
• Ao Qing introduced Zhai Tianhuo, also called Heavenly Flame Venerable, as Jia Nan Academy's new guardian and had him agree to stay.
• Ao Qing told the elders he was taking Zi Yan away, and Grand Elder Su Qian comforted her as they said goodbye.
• Zi Yan promised Grand Elder Su Qian she would listen to Ao Qing and urged him to make time to cultivate before Ao Qing prepared to leave with her.

Ao Qing returned to the Misty Cloud Sect with Zi Yan and secluded himself to refine the Sea Heart Flame and Fallen Heart Flame. When the Fallen Heart Flame stirred his desires and nearly overwhelmed him, Medusa entered his secluded space and became caught up in the incident, leaving their relationship at a turning point.

• Ao Qing brought Zi Yan back to the Misty Cloud Sect and began refining the Heavenly Flames in seclusion.
• Ao Qing refined the Sea Heart Flame without difficulty, but the Fallen Heart Flame awakened his desires and made him lose control.
• Medusa met Zi Yan, learned that she belonged to Ao Qing’s clan, and sent Qing Lin to show her around the sect.
• Medusa accidentally entered Ao Qing’s secluded space and found him struggling with the Fallen Heart Flame’s effects.
• Ao Qing embraced Medusa, and she kissed him after realizing he was suffering from a cultivation mishap.

After an intimate encounter, Ao Qing and Medusa reconciled and made plans for the Snake-People Race, while Qing Lin, Zi Yan, and Nalan Yanran became friends by the lake. The chapter left Ao Qing and Medusa reunited with the others after agreeing on a future home for the Snake-People Race.

• Ao Qing apologized to Medusa, offered to take responsibility, and told her she was no longer his servant.
• Medusa insisted that she had made the first move, and Ao Qing declared her his woman before they began another intimate encounter.
• Qing Lin and Zi Yan met Nalan Yanran by the lake, and the three became friends while discussing their lives and the duel planned for three years later.
• Ao Qing proposed creating a space in the desert for the Snake-People Race and revealed that he was a Peak Two-Star Dou Saint.
• Medusa accepted Ao Qing's offer, and the two worked out a rough plan before leaving the secluded space and finding Qing Lin, Zi Yan, and Nalan Yanran by the lake.