Chapter Summaries

Cai Lin and Heavenly Flame Venerable trapped You Duo inside the sealed Small World and stopped it from opening a Space Wormhole to summon an eighth-rank powerhouse. They continued overwhelming it with their coordinated attacks, leaving You Duo isolated and at their mercy.

• Heavenly Flame Venerable burned You Duo with a crimson flame while Cai Lin teleported him away from the python's counterattack.
• You Duo tried to open a Space Wormhole, but Cai Lin reinforced the Small World's spatial restrictions and Heavenly Flame Venerable interrupted its attempt.
• You Duo dived toward Little Fairy Doctor and the others in a desperate attack, but Cai Lin teleported them and the narrator's physical body out of danger.
• The narrator laughed at You Duo's predicament, and Cai Lin suppressed his soul into the sand in her Soul World.
• Cai Lin and Heavenly Flame Venerable kept attacking You Duo, and Heavenly Flame Venerable prepared to end the fight in flame.

You Duo triggered a Dou Sheng Tribulation in a desperate attempt to survive, forcing Cai Lin, Nalan Ye, and Heavenly Flame Venerable to retreat. They regrouped at the ruined Snake-People King's Hall, where Nalan Ye warned the others that You Duo might become an eighth-rank magical beast.

• Heavenly Flame Venerable unleashed a flaming Heavenly Demon Phoenix at the badly wounded You Duo, but You Duo summoned a Dou Sheng Tribulation and shattered the attack with black mist.
• Cai Lin wanted to kill You Duo before the tribulation could begin, but Nalan Ye explained that his Boundless Human Sea could not evade a Dou Sheng Tribulation and lacked the Human Aura it required.
• Cai Lin, Nalan Ye, and Heavenly Flame Venerable left You Duo to face the lightning and went to the Snake-People King's Hall to gather the treasures.
• Cai Lin released Little Fairy Doctor, Mu Qingluan, Zi Yan, and the others from a sphere of silver radiance, and Nalan Ye returned to his physical body.
• Nalan Ye told the group that You Duo had begun undergoing tribulation and urged them to gather the treasures and lie low.

As You Duo prepared to cross his tribulation, Nalan Ye and the others feared an eighth-tier beast and searched the Snake-People King's Hall for treasures. Cai Lin discovered Wang Ping at the King's Tomb and called Nalan Ye and Heavenly Flame Venerable to hurry there.

• Qiu Yin and Mu Qingluan urged Zi Yan and the others to flee before You Duo could become an eighth-tier magical beast.
• Nalan Ye, Little Fairy Doctor, Mu Qingluan, and Zi Yan searched the ruined King's Hall, where Nalan Ye blasted apart buildings and collected valuable materials.
• Mu Qingluan identified a Scarlet Heart Jade that Nalan Ye stored away for Mei Er.
• Zi Yan smashed a pavilion, and the group gathered jade, copper, wood, and other treasures from the ruins.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable showed Nalan Ye a branch of Sweet Chinquapin Wood that could be used to refine Eighth-Rank Pills.
• Cai Lin found Wang Ping at the King's Tomb and called Nalan Ye and Heavenly Flame Venerable to join her.

Wang Ping led the Heavenly Snake Mansion into a Royal Tomb, where Qing Lin began absorbing a bloodline-refining pool left by a Snake-People Dou Sheng. Cai Lin and Nalan Ye were transported into the tomb, where both groups faced off over the inheritance, with Qing Lin caught between them.

• Wang Ping led Qing Yue, Long Xi, Qing Lin, and Black Water Profound Yin into a relatively recent Royal Tomb and guided them through its mechanisms.
• The group found a scarlet pool in the Underground Palace, and Wang Ping had Qing Lin enter it to absorb its energy.
• Qing Lin absorbed the pool’s energy, cleansing and strengthening her body as her aura steadily rose.
• Cai Lin and Nalan Ye were teleported into the Underground Palace before Cai Lin could retrieve a Golden Thunder Bamboo brush.
• Cai Lin explained that the Heavenly Snake Mansion had come to seize her opportunity, while Heavenly Flame Venerable asked whether they should make the group surrender the inheritance.
• Nalan Ye spotted Qing Lin in the pool and recognized her as one of them.

Cai Lin and Qing Yue fought over control of the Inheritance King Seal, while Nalan Ye prevented their allies from escalating the conflict. As You Duo’s tribulation loomed, Qing Lin remained in the pool to absorb its energy, and the group argued over whether to stay or flee.

• Cai Lin summoned the Small World Power as Qing Yue used hand seals to wrest control of the Inheritance King Seal and claim the tomb’s legacy for Qing Lin.
• Cai Lin called on Heavenly Flame Venerable to act, and he faced off against Wang Ping until Nalan Ye stepped between them.
• Qing Lin awoke and asked whether Nalan Ye would drive her away, prompting him to reassure her and urge Cai Lin and Heavenly Flame Venerable to avoid a fight and leave the ancestral land.
• Nalan Ye learned that the pool’s energy would dissipate if removed, while Qing Yue said Qing Lin had to absorb it there.
• Long Xi argued that Wang Ping could kill You Duo after its tribulation, but Nalan Ye told Qing Lin to stop cultivating and leave; Qing Yue blocked him.

Nalan Ye and the others waited in the King's Tomb while Qing Lin absorbed the blood-red pool’s power, hoping she could finish before You Duo’s tribulation brought danger. Qing Lin’s Dou Zong tribulation was sealed, but a terrifying Dou Sheng aura then reached the hall.

• Nalan Ye summoned Cai Lin, Little Fairy Doctor, Mu Qingluan, Zi Yan, and the others to wait with him and Qing Yue’s group.
• Qing Yue grew wary of Nalan Ye’s powerful Magical Beast allies, while Long Xi and Qiu Yin nearly provoked a fight before Nalan Ye stopped them.
• Qing Lin absorbed the pool’s energy, rapidly strengthening as it refined her bloodline toward Seventh-Order Magical Beast status.
• When Qing Lin neared her Dou Zong tribulation, Wang Ping sealed her Dou Qi at Nalan Ye’s request, preventing the tribulation from starting.
• A vast, murderous aura swept into the hall, and Long Xi recognized it as the aura of a Dou Sheng.

You Duo survived the Dou Sheng Tribulation and threatened everyone hiding in the Snake-People Ancestral Land, so Cai Lin sent Ye Lao Na to lure it outside. You Duo saw through the decoy but chased Ye Lao Na anyway, leaving the ancestral land and allowing Cai Lin to hide it in the void.

• You Duo’s aura revealed that it had crossed the Dou Sheng Tribulation, and Cai Lin proposed luring it out of the ancestral land so she could seal the passage.
• Cai Lin teleported Ye Lao Na away, and he used his Lightning Phantom Body to draw You Duo toward a passage to Qingmao Mountain.
• You Duo recognized Ye Lao Na as an enemy and chased him through the passage, but stopped halfway when it realized he was only an avatar.
• Ye Lao Na taunted You Duo and claimed the others had already escaped while it crossed the tribulation.
• Enraged, You Duo pursued Ye Lao Na and completely left the Snake-People Ancestral Land.

After You Duo discovered that the humans were still hiding in the Snake-People Small World, it destroyed Ye Lao Na’s incarnation and vowed to wait outside for them. Trapped with dwindling supplies and no safe way to escape, Nalan Ye decided to learn pill refining while the group hoped someone could reach Dou Sheng.

• You Duo sensed Ye Lao Na’s soul imprints, learned the humans remained in the Snake-People Small World, and returned to find it hidden again.
• Nalan Ye suffered through the pain of Ye Lao Na’s death, while Cai Lin and Qing Yue explained the risks and limits of remaining inside the Small World.
• Nalan Ye said they needed Heavenly Flame Venerable or Wang Ping to become Dou Shengs, as the group faced a shortage of water and food.
• Nalan Ye dismissed slow cultivation as impractical and asked Little Fairy Doctor to teach him pill refining.
• Nalan Ye produced a collection of medicinal cauldrons, Pill Recipes, and ingredients, astonishing Mu Qingluan.

The Supervisory Left Division First Affiliated Academy opened, with Xiao Meier serving as its principal while Yan Feng pursued her. When Ruo Lin arrived from Canaan Academy to request help against Demon Flame Valley, Xiao Meier said she needed to consult Xiao Yan and the others before deciding.

• The Supervisory Left Division First Affiliated Academy was established, and Nalan Jie, Hai Bodong, Yun Yun, Xiao Yan, Gu He, and other powerful figures attended as nominal elders.
• Yan Feng enrolled at the academy, became infatuated with Xiao Meier, and vowed to earn a Five-Good Student certificate so she would award it to him.
• Xiao Yu warned Xiao Meier that Yan Feng kept pursuing her, and then told her that Ruo Lin had arrived with troubling news from Canaan Academy.
• Ruo Lin explained that Canaan Academy's conflict with Demon Flame Valley had worsened and asked Xiao Meier to help destroy the rival faction.
• Xiao Meier said she could not decide alone and needed to discuss Ruo Lin's request with Xiao Yan and the others.

Xiao Yan anxiously waited as Nalan Yanran gave birth, then rejoiced when she and their son were safe. He chose the child’s childhood name, Medicine Dregs, and the chapter ended with Nalan Yanran falling asleep.

• Xiao Yan rushed home after learning Nalan Yanran was about to give birth, but the midwife refused to let him enter the room.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li persuaded Xiao Yan to wait outside, where he anxiously recalled his and Nalan Yanran’s past.
• Nalan Yanran gave birth to a healthy boy, and Xiao Yan rushed in to see her and hold their son.
• Nalan Yanran suggested leaving the child’s formal name for Nalan Ye to choose, while Xiao Yan picked the childhood name Medicine Dregs.
• Nalan Yanran accepted the name and fell asleep as Xiao Yan eagerly teased their son.

Nalan Yanran gave birth to a son named Medicine Residue, and the Xiao family and their guests gathered to celebrate and visit her. Yun Yun arrived to see her disciple, then revealed that Yun Shan had left behind an unborn child, making Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yan realize they would have a baby Little Martial Uncle.

• Xiao Meier teased Xiao Yu about marrying Nalan Ye, while Xiao Yu said no man in the Nalan Empire was worthy of her.
• Ya Fei congratulated Xiao Yan and gave him a Qi Ling herb for Nalan Yanran, and Xue Lan and Xiao Yu silently acknowledged the tension between Ya Fei and Xiao Yan.
• Yun Yun arrived at the New Xiao Family Residence and went with Xiao Yan and the others to see Nalan Yanran and Medicine Residue.
• Nalan Yanran tried to teach Medicine Residue to call Yun Yun Granny, but the newborn cried, and Xiao Yan explained he was too young to speak.
• Yun Yun told Nalan Yanran that Yun Shan's unborn child would be her Little Martial Uncle, leaving Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yan upset and blaming Nalan Ye.

Xiao Yan left the Nalan Empire with Ruo Lin to aid Canaan Academy in the Black-Corner Region, while his family watched his departure from afar. In the Snake-People Ancestral Land, Nalan Ye successfully refined the Deep Blue Flower’s essence and advanced to the pill-formation stage.

• Xiao Yan left after Medicine Dregs’s one-month celebration and flew south with Ruo Lin toward the Black-Corner Region.
• Xiao Ding, Xue Lan, Nalan Yanran, and the others watched Xiao Yan depart, while Nalan Yanran accepted that he had to pursue his ambitions.
• Little Fairy Doctor taught Nalan Ye to refine the Deep Blue Flower, and his first attempt failed when the thunderfire went out of control.
• Nalan Ye followed Little Fairy Doctor’s demonstration and successfully refined the Deep Blue Flower into Medicinal Essence.
• Nalan Ye used his Human Dao Domain to merge the medicinal essences, successfully adding the Deep Blue Flower’s essence and producing a fragrant pill aroma.

Nalan Ye refined a poison pill and endured the group’s confinement in the Snake-People Ancestral Land until Cai Lin restored a spring in the King’s Hall. As the survivors settled around the water, Heavenly Flame Venerable appeared and asked Nalan Ye to lend him something.

• Nalan Ye refined a Two-Rank Deep Blue Pill, which Little Fairy Doctor ate and praised.
• Nalan Ye roasted magical beast meat for the group, and they spoke wistfully about their loved ones and homes in the Great World.
• Cai Lin told them the Ancestral Land was reviving after she gathered Earth Qi beneath the King’s Hall, where a spring had appeared.
• Little Fairy Doctor bathed in the new pool, and Nalan Ye jumped in after her before they discussed what to grow nearby.
• People from Heavenly Snake Mansion and Qiu Yin’s group moved to live in the King’s Hall, and Heavenly Flame Venerable appeared to ask Nalan Ye to lend him something.

Heavenly Flame Venerable gave the juvenile Fallen Heart Flame to the narrator and asked to observe his Human Dao Fire refining method. The narrator began refining Fallen Heart Flame through his Human Dao Domain, but the flame resisted and injured him.

• The narrator failed to fuse the medicinal essence while practicing pill refining under Little Fairy Doctor's guidance.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable revealed that he had refined Nine Dragons Lightning Flame and offered the narrator his former Fallen Heart Flame.
• The narrator accepted the flame and learned that it could mature by absorbing fire-element energy near the Pill Hall's volcanoes.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable asked to observe the narrator refining a different fire into Human Dao Fire, hoping it would inspire his pursuit of the Fire Great Dao.
• The narrator opened his Human Dao Domain and clashed with Fallen Heart Flame, which resisted and burned through his domain until he spat blood.

Nalan Ye endured Fallen Heart Flame’s assault, subdued it, and refined it with his Human Dao Domain, turning it into a Human Dao Fire. He discovered that it retained its heart-fire cultivation effect and gained the ability to strip spiritual materials of their spirituality, leaving Heavenly Flame Venerable and Little Fairy Doctor stunned.

• Little Fairy Doctor rushed to check Nalan Ye after he coughed blood, while Heavenly Flame Venerable reassured her that his injuries were not serious.
• Nalan Ye fought off Fallen Heart Flame’s heart fire with his Dou Qi and Human Dao Domain until its energy was nearly exhausted.
• Nalan Ye dispersed his Human Dao Domain into water vapor that seeped into the Fallen Heart Flame Source, gradually bringing it under his control.
• Nalan Ye refined Fallen Heart Flame into a Human Dao Fire, and Heavenly Flame Venerable confirmed that it still produced heart fire for cultivation.
• Nalan Ye used Fallen Heart Flame to melt the restrictions and spiritual properties out of a Black Horn Gold medicinal cauldron, reducing it to ordinary black iron and shocking Heavenly Flame Venerable and Little Fairy Doctor.

Nalan Ye named the flame he created the Human World Kindling Flame, then Cai Lin teleported him to help her clear Zi Di Queen’s tomb. Cai Lin explained that Heavenly Snake Mansion had begun taking the Royal Tomb’s inheritances, and the chapter ended as she challenged Nalan Ye for focusing on alchemy and baths instead of stopping them.

• Nalan Ye named his transformed Fallen Heart Flame the Human World Kindling Flame, and Heavenly Flame Venerable said it might rank among the top ten on the Different Fire Ranking List.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable left to cultivate, and Nalan Ye flirted with Little Fairy Doctor before Cai Lin interrupted them.
• Cai Lin teleported Nalan Ye from the Snake-People Ancestral Land to Zi Di Queen’s tomb, where she had run into trouble with the inheritance trials.
• Nalan Ye protested that Cai Lin had taken him without asking, but Cai Lin explained that Heavenly Snake Mansion’s three members could influence the Inheritance King Seal and had already cleared one tomb.
• Cai Lin challenged Nalan Ye for spending his time refining pills and taking baths while Heavenly Snake Mansion pursued the Royal Tomb’s inheritances.

Cai Lin brought the narrator into the Zi Di Queen’s tomb to challenge its inheritances, but they became trapped in a spatial loop. The narrator used the Human World Kindling Flame to burn through the hidden restriction, opening a path forward.

• Cai Lin led the narrator through the tomb’s underground ecosystem and explained that she had been unable to get past a spatial distortion.
• The narrator investigated the strange space with soul power and several techniques, but he and Cai Lin returned to the same hillside.
• Cai Lin told the narrator that blasting the distortion apart had failed when she tried it.
• The narrator summoned the Human World Kindling Flame and burned through the restriction trapping them.
• The narrator urged Cai Lin to follow the flame through the newly opened path.

Cai Lin and the narrator escaped Zi Di Queen's light-based illusion and reached the final trial in her royal tomb. Although Cai Lin believed they could not pass, the stone door opened after they followed its instructions, leaving them both stunned.

• The narrator used the Human World Kindling Flame to reveal that the ghost wall was caused by distorted light, and he and Cai Lin passed through it.
• The pair reached a cliffside stone door and found an ancient stele that neither could fully interpret.
• Cai Lin decided they could not pass the trial and turned to leave, but the narrator tried to open the door with his Dou Qi and failed.
• Cai Lin stopped the narrator from using the Human World Kindling Flame, explaining that Medusa Queen inheritance trials forbade violence and tested compatibility of temperament.
• The narrator and Cai Lin placed their hands on the door's imprints and emptied their minds for its examination, after which the door opened and Cai Lin was shocked.

Nalan Ye and Cai Lin entered the Zi Di Queen’s tomb chamber and each refined a powerful pill, only to discover that the pills were Following Wind Stoking Fire Pills that stirred their desires and bloodline power. Trapped together as Nalan Ye’s Human World Kindling Flame flared out of control, they lost control of the situation.

• Nalan Ye found two Seventh Grade Six-Colored Pills in the stone chamber and gave one to Cai Lin before the door shut behind them.
• Nalan Ye and Cai Lin each refined a pill and felt its powerful medicinal effects, which made their bodies burn and their desires surge.
• Cai Lin recognized the pills as Following Wind Stoking Fire Pills and recalled that the Zi Di Queen had intended the chamber for a man and woman truly in love.
• Cai Lin tried to blast open the stone door and then urged Nalan Ye to burn through it with his Human World Kindling Flame.
• Nalan Ye summoned the Human World Kindling Flame, which reacted with the medicinal power, erupted into a sea of fire, and burned away their robes.

Nalan Ye and Cai Lin survived the effects of Zi Di Queen’s pill and fought after the ordeal, with Cai Lin’s cultivation rising to Three Star Dou Zong. They left the tomb after Cai Lin memorized a secret technique, while Nalan Ye wondered why the legacy held so little.

• Mu Qingluan visited Nalan Ye’s hall hoping he would cook her a meal, but Little Fairy Doctor told her he had gone to help Cai Lin.
• Nalan Ye dodged Cai Lin’s lethal attacks in Zi Di Queen’s tomb and reminded her that they had both been affected by the pill.
• Nalan Ye and Cai Lin stopped fighting after he struck the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python with a Purple Lightning Line.
• Cai Lin sensed that the Following Wind Stoking Fire Pill had raised her cultivation by one star, making her a Three Star Dou Zong.
• Cai Lin read and memorized a two-person secret technique carved on the chamber wall, then left the tomb with Nalan Ye.