Chapter Summaries

Zu Zong refined a Tier 8 pill beneath five-colored Pill Lightning, then secured Medusa’s agreement to undergo evolution with his help in three days. After returning to Jia Ma Holy City, he arranged negotiations that led the imperial family to cede territory to the Snake-Person Race.

• Medusa and the Snake-Person leaders investigated the vanished side hall, where Zu Zong used the Earth Demon Puppet to absorb the five-colored Pill Lightning.
• Zu Zong revealed the Bone Growing Blood Melting Pill and offered Medusa a Soul Protection Pill for her evolution; she agreed to his terms and scheduled the evolution for three days later.
• Zu Zong introduced himself to Medusa as Lan Zong and left through a spatial rift, while Medusa watched him go with a rare smile.
• The next day, Zu Zong had Hai Bodong convene Jia Ma Empire factions for negotiations about the empire’s future.
• The Jia Ma Empire’s imperial family soon negotiated with the Snake-Person Race and ceded it a vast region in the east of the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

Zu Zong helped Medusa begin her evolution in a concealed Medusa Shrine, using the Green Lotus Core Flame to temper her body. As she endured the flames and followed the Snake-Person Race's Secret Method, a storm gathered overhead, leaving her evolution underway.

• The Medusa Shrine vanished beneath the Vast Sea Protective Shroud, alarming the Snake-Person Race until Yue Mei, Hua She Er, and the other leaders calmed the crowd.
• Zu Zong explained the protective barrier and prepared Medusa for her evolution, giving her a Soul Protection Pill before revealing the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Medusa teased Zu Zong about compensation, then transformed into a purplish-red giant snake and swallowed the Green Lotus Core Flame's Core Flame.
• As the Heavenly Flame burned through Medusa's body, Zu Zong instructed her to circulate the Secret Method and use the coming lightning to break free of her original body.
• Medusa endured the flames and began circulating the Secret Method, causing dark clouds to gather and wild winds to sweep above the shrine.

Medusa survived her evolution into the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python, but her damaged soul left the companion soul in control of her new body. Zu Zong took the little snake with him and entrusted the Snake-Person Race to Yue Mei while he searched for ingredients to restore Medusa's soul.

• Zu Zong weakened the lightning striking the shrine as Medusa endured her evolution, and her soul condensed a new body before the serpent's remains turned to charcoal.
• A tiny Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python emerged from the ruins, and Zu Zong fed her Amethyst Origin until she became comfortable with him and slipped into his sleeve.
• The Snake-Person Race worried that Medusa had died until the shrine's barrier faded and Zu Zong revealed the Sky Swallowing Python as their Queen Your Majesty.
• Zu Zong explained that Medusa's soul was badly damaged and that her Companion Soul controlled the body, then told Yue Mei he would seek medicinal ingredients to restore the Queen's Soul Power and left the Snake-Person Race in her care.

Zu Zong returned to Wutan City with the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python and attended the Xiao Clan’s coming-of-age ceremony, where Xun'er revealed she had reached one-star Dou Shi. He left the ceremony with Xun'er and confirmed he would attend Jianan Academy to seek its Heavenly Flame.

• Zu Zong brought the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python to his residence in Wutan City and spent time with her, Xun'er, and his companions.
• Little Doctor Fairy refined Strange Joyous Union Powder with Zu Zong’s help, raising her cultivation to the peak of Dou Ling.
• The Xiao Clan held its coming-of-age ceremony, and Xiao Yan tested at seventh stage Dou Qi amid jeers about his cultivation falling again.
• Xun'er tested at one-star Dou Shi, stunning the gathered crowd.
• Zu Zong left the ceremony with Xun'er and told her he would attend Jianan Academy to obtain its Heavenly Flame.

Zu Zong explained to Xun Er that devouring Heavenly Flames fueled his rapid advancement, and Xun Er promised him a Heavenly Flame she could not yet give. At Jianan Academy’s enrollment, Zu Zong arrived with Xun Er, Xiao Yu, and his other companions, aiming to enter the Inner Courtyard.

• Zu Zong told Xun Er that he had devoured three Heavenly Flames and hoped to reach the peak of Dou Zun by taking Jianan Academy’s flame.
• Xun Er said she had a Heavenly Flame she would give Zu Zong in the future, and they kissed until Xiao Yu unexpectedly saw them.
• Xun Er and Xiao Yu reunited, teased each other about the kiss, and played together while Zu Zong watched.
• Zu Zong and his companions went to Jianan Academy’s enrollment plaza disguised as students, with their strength concealed and Zu Zong wearing a fourth-tier alchemist uniform.
• Xun Er felt jealous as Zu Zong chatted with Ye Lingling and the other women, while Xiao Yu marveled at the beautiful women around him.

Zu Zong and Xiao Yu’s group arrived at Jianan Academy’s enrollment tent, where Xiao Yu reunited with her friend Xue Ni and introduced Zu Zong and the others. The group’s playful introductions were interrupted when Luo Bu approached Xiao Yu, who called Zu Zong her boyfriend to ward him off, leaving Luo Bu jealous and unaware of Zu Zong’s alchemist status.

• Zu Zong led the group to the enrollment tent, drawing attention because of his Fourth-Grade Alchemist badge.
• Xue Ni greeted Xiao Yu enthusiastically, and Xiao Yu introduced her to Zu Zong and the others.
• Xue Ni and the other girls teased Xiao Yu, while Zu Zong tried to keep Xun Er and the other women away from their antics.
• Xun Er questioned Zu Zong about his relationships with Bibi Dong, Little Doctor Fairy, Qing Lin, and Ye Lingling, but Luo Bu’s arrival interrupted him.
• Xiao Yu introduced Zu Zong as her boyfriend to Luo Bu, who grew jealous without noticing Zu Zong’s alchemist badge.

Zu Zong arrived at Jianan Academy’s enrollment tent with Xiao Yu and his companions, where he sent Luo Bu flying after Luo Bu harassed Xiao Yu. Instructor Nuo Lin tested the group and discovered that Zu Zong and five of the women were extraordinary talents, leaving the group poised to enter the academy’s Inner Courtyard early.

• Zu Zong sent Luo Bu flying from the square and told Xiao Yu to use her fists if someone kept pestering her.
• Zu Zong invited Xue Ni and the other women to sit with him while they waited for the enrollment instructors.
• Nuo Lin arrived, reunited with Xiao Yu, and asked where Luo Bu had gone before Xiao Yu redirected her to register the group.
• Nuo Lin learned that Zu Zong was a nineteen-year-old Fourth-Grade Alchemist, then explained the academy’s cultivation test and potential rankings.
• Zu Zong and his companions took the test: Zu Zong, Bibi Dong, and Ye Lingling were nine-star Dou Lings, while the others also displayed remarkable cultivation.
• Nuo Lin praised the six as super-super-super S-rank students and said they could enter the Inner Courtyard early; Xun'er credited Zu Zong’s pills for her strength.

Zu Zong gave pills and Qi Gathering Powder to Xun Er’s friends, then returned to his estate, where Xun Er confronted him about his other women. Queen Medusa exposed Zu Zong’s affairs, but after the others left, Xun Er attacked him and the two reconciled in private.

• Zu Zong gave Xiao Yu two Foundation Establishment Pills and a Barrier Breaking Pill, and gave Xiao Ning and Xiao Mei Qi Gathering Powder.
• At the estate, Xun Er asked Zu Zong to introduce the other women and questioned him about their lost chastity.
• Queen Medusa appeared and warned Xun Er that Zu Zong had been with Bibi Dong, Qing Lin, Little Doctor Fairy, Ye Lingling, and a woman from the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Bibi Dong, Little Doctor Fairy, Qing Lin, and Ye Lingling left Zu Zong alone with Xun Er.
• Xun Er pounced on Zu Zong, and two hours later she rested in his arms beneath the Vast Sea Protective Shroud.

Xiao Yan encountered Yao Lao, learned that the old soul had been draining his Dou Qi, and eagerly accepted him as his alchemy teacher after hearing he could surpass Lan Zong. Zu Zong and Bibi Dong watched from hiding and planned to deal with Xiao Yan after the Three-Year Agreement, while Zu Zong looked forward to seeing how it unfolded.

• Xiao Yan lamented his weak cultivation and feared facing Nalan Yanran at the Three-Year Agreement.
• Yao Lao emerged from Xiao Yan's ring, and Xiao Yan repeatedly fled before finally begging him to stop draining his Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yan explained how an Alchemist had deduced that a weakened Dou Zun soul was taking his Dou Qi.
• Yao Lao offered to teach Xiao Yan alchemy, and Xiao Yan accepted after Yao Lao promised he could surpass Lan Zong.
• Zu Zong and Bibi Dong watched them and agreed to deal with Xiao Yan after the Three-Year Agreement.

Zu Zong and the others traveled toward Jianan Academy, where he planned to obtain the Fallen Heart Flame and help Medusa fuse with the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python's soul. Medusa learned that the academy was guarded by powerful experts and agreed to trust Zu Zong for now.

• Nuo Lin assigned Zu Zong, Bibi Dong, Little Doctor Fairy, Qing Lin, Xun Er, and Ye Lingling to share a flying Magical Beast on the journey to Jianan Academy.
• The women argued over the four beds, and Xun Er and Bibi Dong made Zu Zong sleep alone.
• That night, Zu Zong fed the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python Amethyst Origin, and Medusa suddenly emerged beneath his quilt.
• Medusa demanded to know when Zu Zong would help her fuse with the python's soul, and he gave her Seven Illusion Green Spirit Saliva to restore her Soul Power.
• Zu Zong told Medusa that Jianan Academy had two peak Dou Zong experts and a Half-Saint dean, and that he sought the Fallen Heart Flame to help her fuse with the python's soul.

Xiao Yan received Yao Lao’s Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid and learned that Yao Lao’s Heavenly Flame had been stolen. Meanwhile, Zu Zong’s group arrived at Jianan Academy, where their power stunned Vice Dean Hu Gan as they sought admission to the Inner Courtyard.

• Yao Lao refined Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid for Xiao Yan and explained that his Heavenly Flame had been taken.
• Xiao Yan told Yao Lao about Lan Zong’s pills, and Yao Lao urged him to cultivate for the Three-Year Agreement.
• After traveling for over a month, Zu Zong and his companions arrived at Jianan Academy without facing opposition from the Black-Corner Region’s powers.
• Zu Zong asked Instructor Nuo Lin to arrange for their group to enter the Inner Courtyard, while Xun'er and Xiao Yu exchanged farewells.
• Nuo Lin introduced Zu Zong’s group to Vice Dean Hu Gan, who was overwhelmed by the strength he sensed from them.

Hu Gan brought Zu Zong, Bibi Dong, Ye Lingling, Xun Er, Little Doctor Fairy, and Qing Lin to the Library Pavilion, where Zu Zong found Dragon Saliva Grass. The six later swept the Inner Courtyard Selection Competition, and Hu Jia approached Bibi Dong to ask her to be her girlfriend.

• Nuo Lin asked Hu Gan to advance the six geniuses into the Inner Courtyard, and Hu Gan offered them a chance to choose a treasure in the Library Pavilion.
• Hu Gan led the six through a hidden passage to the Library Pavilion, where each was allowed to select one treasure within the time of One Incense Stick.
• Bibi Dong and the other four chose suitable Earth Rank Dou Skills while Zu Zong found Dragon Saliva Grass and thought it could help him take in a Little Mother Dragon.
• Zu Zong, Bibi Dong, and Ye Lingling left the Inner Courtyard Selection Competition to Qing Lin, Little Doctor Fairy, and Xun Er, and the six claimed the top six spots.
• The students nicknamed Zu Zong the Soft Rice King, while Bibi Dong and Ye Lingling drew praise for their beauty.
• Hu Jia approached Bibi Dong, introduced herself, and knelt to ask her to be her girlfriend.

Zu Zong used a Dragon Saliva Pill to lure the dragon-type Magical Beast Zi Yan and began winning her over with candy-like pills. Zi Yan agreed to protect him in exchange for more treats, leaving Zu Zong poised to abduct the Little Mother Dragon.

• Hu Jia challenged Zu Zong for Bibi Dong and the other women, but Zu Zong sent her flying with a wave of force.
• Zu Zong refined a Dragon Saliva Pill whose scent attracted dragon-type Magical Beasts, while Medusa accused him of pursuing beautiful women and nearly kissed him before a Dou Wang aura interrupted them.
• Zi Yan appeared, swallowed the Dragon Saliva Pill, and praised its taste.
• Zu Zong gave Zi Yan candy-flavored pills, and she offered to protect him if he turned her bitter medicinal herbs into treats.

Zu Zong befriended Zi Yan and helped his companions grow stronger while gathering resources from the Magical Beast Mountain Range. As the Fallen Heart Flame’s rampages worsened, Jia Nan Academy’s Great Elder warned that its eventual eruption could destroy the Inner Courtyard.

• Zi Yan told Zu Zong that she was a magical beast who had transformed after eating Transformation Grass, and Zu Zong gave her the alias Lan Zong.
• Zi Yan repeatedly brought stolen medicinal herbs to Zu Zong for him to refine into candy, and she grew close to him and his companions.
• Zu Zong and Zi Yan plundered the Magical Beast Mountain Range for useful resources while he also gathered materials for Qing Lin and Little Doctor Fairy.
• Xun Er reached Dou Ling, Qing Lin and Little Doctor Fairy reached Dou Wang, Zi Yan advanced to Dou Huang, and Nalan Yanran reached Grand Master.
• Zu Zong used the Fallen Heart Flame to refine part of the Sea God's Godhead and advance to Nine-Star Dou Zun, while Bibi Dong and Ye Lingling entered seclusion.
• The Great Elder told Qin Xuan that the Fallen Heart Flame was rampaging about once a month and could destroy the Inner Courtyard if it erupted fully.

The Great Elder prepared Jianan Academy for a possible Fallen Heart Flame eruption and warned that Han Feng might attack. In Feng City, Zu Zong revealed his control over the Black-Corner Region and explained to Medusa that he valued her sincere friendship.

• The Great Elder ordered the Inner Courtyard evacuated during the Fallen Heart Flame’s unrest and put the academy’s Dou Wang experts and above on alert against Han Feng.
• The Great Elder told the old man in yellow to summon Lan Zong and Zi Yan, noting that Zi Yan had reached Dou Huang and Lan Zong had reached Dou Wang.
• Zu Zong commanded Han Feng, the Gold and Silver Elders, Fan Lao, Yuan Yi, and other experts to follow his plan without harming Jianan Academy’s students.
• Medusa asked Zu Zong why he had subdued her instead of controlling her mind as he had controlled Han Feng and the others.
• Zu Zong told Medusa he preferred sincerity with friends, and Medusa accepted his closeness without getting angry.

The Fallen Heart Flame nearly breaks through its seal, but Su Qian and the Jianan Academy elders suppress it with help from Hu Gan. Han Feng then leads an army into the Inner Courtyard to seize the flame, while Zu Zong, Bibi Dong, and Ye Lingling approach the battle from the void.

• Zu Zong told Xun Er, Qing Lin, and Little Doctor Fairy to stay safe while he, Bibi Dong, and Ye Lingling went into seclusion to devour the Fallen Heart Flame and refine the Godhead.
• The Fallen Heart Flame battered the weakening seal, and Su Qian ordered the elders to reinforce it as the barrier cracked and shattered.
• Hu Gan and the Outer Courtyard elders arrived after six hours and helped Su Qian suppress the Fallen Heart Flame, whose flame pupils secretly displayed three Tomoe.
• Han Feng arrived with dozens of fighters, demanded the Fallen Heart Flame, and ordered his followers to attack when Su Qian and Hu Gan refused.
• Zu Zong, Bibi Dong, and Ye Lingling watched the battle from the void before vanishing toward the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower.

Zu Zong helped Medusa begin merging with the Sky Swallowing Python while he and his companions cultivated in the magma world. Nearly half a year later, Xiao Yan arrived in Qingshan Town to train in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, drawing the attention of Mu Li and Mu She.

• Zu Zong gave Medusa a Soul Fusion Pill and enveloped her, Bibi Dong, and Ye Lingling in the Fallen Heart Flame while he began refining the Godhead and devouring Heavenly Flames.
• Nearly half a year passed without the Fallen Heart Flame erupting, and Jianan Academy recovered after Han Feng was defeated and driven off by Hu Gan and the Gold and Silver Elders.
• Su Qian learned that Lan Zong was in seclusion with Bibi Dong and Ye Lingling, and asked that he be told Zi Yan was looking for him when he emerged.
• Xiao Yan trained under Yao Lao while carrying a heavy black ruler through the eastern Magical Beast Mountain Range, aiming to reach Dou Shi before traveling toward the Tagor Desert.
• Xiao Yan arrived in Qingshan Town, and Mu Li and Mu She immediately received word of his arrival and reacted with eager interest.

Xiao Yan learned that the Snake-Person Race had gained territory after Queen Medusa became a Dou Zong, and that Mu Li had founded the Combining Ape Sect by controlling a group of Combining Apes. Suspecting Mu Li possessed a beast-controlling Secret Method, Xiao Yan joined the sect’s expedition into the Magical Beast Mountain Range, where the group camped for the night.

• Xiao Yan noticed snake-people and mercenaries riding Combining Apes in Qingshan Town and asked Yao Lao about them.
• A Ten Thousand Herb Pavilion shop assistant told Xiao Yan that Queen Medusa had become a Dou Zong and that the Snake-Person Race had been granted the eastern Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• The shop assistant explained that Mu Li had founded the Combining Ape Sect after conquering a group of Combining Apes with his Moon Gate.
• Yao Lao suspected Mu Li had a Secret Method for controlling magical beasts and urged Xiao Yan to infiltrate the Combining Ape Sect.
• Xiao Yan claimed the last spot on the sect’s expedition to hunt a Ghost Wood Fox and followed the group into the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• After failing to find the Ghost Wood Fox, Mu Li’s party set up camp and prepared for the night.

Xiao Yan was ambushed by the Combining Ape Sect after Yao Lao was put to sleep by smoke, and the pursuing beasts overwhelmed him. The chapter revealed that Zu Zong had orchestrated the attack as a gift for Xiao Yan, while he and Medusa remained together beneath the Inner Courtyard.

• Xiao Yan watched the Combining Ape Sect members and followed Yao Lao’s advice to stay alert while cultivating.
• At night, Xiao Yan found Mu Li and the sect members fighting their former companions, then several Combining Apes ambushed him.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan that Soul-Bewitching Herb had weakened him and urged him to flee before falling asleep.
• Xiao Yan tried to escape through the grove, but the smoke disoriented him and Mu She blocked his path with a large force of human-ape combinations.
• Xiao Yan collapsed and was carried off by the Combining Apes, who repeatedly attacked him as Mu Li and Mu She followed.
• Zu Zong watched Xiao Yan’s ordeal with Medusa and revealed that he had arranged the sect and planted a false memory of Soul-Bewitching Herb in Yao Chen.

Zu Zong reached the Tuo She Ancient Emperor Cave and met the giant dragon guarding it, then returned to Jianan Academy after half a year away. He reunited with Zi Yan, who had advanced to Dou Huang, and made pills for her before taking her to meet someone.

• Zu Zong recovered the young Fallen Heart Flame and Yao Tianhuo's remains and soul, then arranged for Jianan Academy to nurture the flame in secret.
• Zu Zong arrived at the Tuo She Ancient Emperor Cave and encountered a giant purple-gold dragon that asked whether he had brought the Tuo She Ancient Jade.
• Zu Zong told the dragon that its aura resembled that of a transformed Magical Beast he knew, and the dragon eagerly asked him to repeat himself.
• At Jianan Academy, Zi Yan complained that Zu Zong had returned three days later than promised and that she had run out of pills after breaking through to Dou Huang.
• Zu Zong gave Zi Yan pills and used his blue flame to refine more from the medicinal herbs, then picked her up and left to introduce her to someone.