Chapter Summaries

Vulture Protector pursued Yao Chen and Xiao Yan after discovering the Green Lotus Core Flame, while Ye Qiu sealed the flame away and rushed to stop the fight. As Vulture Protector prepared to kill the weakened pair, two elders and a woman from the Gu Clan appeared and threatened war if Xiao Yan was harmed.

• Vulture Protector sensed the Green Lotus Core Flame and Yao Chen, then flew toward the bamboo grove as Ye Qiu and his companions followed.
• Yao Lao possessed Xiao Yan and tried to flee, but Medusa briefly blocked their path before Vulture Protector caught up with them.
• Vulture Protector overpowered Yao Lao and Xiao Yan, while Ye Qiu sealed the Green Lotus Core Flame in a scroll and promised Medusa he would help her evolve.
• Vulture Protector formed a black spear to kill Xiao Yan and Yao Lao, but two aged figures appeared and shattered it.
• A graceful green figure emerged behind the elders and warned that the Gu Clan and Soul Hall would fight to the death if Xiao Yan was harmed.

Gu Xun'er arrived with two Gu Clan elders to protect Xiao Yan from Vulture Protector, then confronted Ye Qiu over his actions against Xiao Yan and the Gu Clan. Ye Qiu declared that the gathered parties were trying to seize the Heavenly Flame he had subdued and ordered his people to summon the Great Sage Equal to Heaven.

• Gu Xun'er emerged from a spatial passage and reunited with Xiao Yan, embracing him as Vulture Protector backed down before her Dou Zun elders.
• Gu Xun'er ordered Vulture Protector to leave, and her elders prepared to kill him when he refused to abandon the Soul Body.
• Ye Qiu arrived with Medusa and the others, and Gu Xun'er challenged him over the Huaxia Empire and his treatment of Xiao Yan and the Gu Clan.
• Ye Qiu identified the Gu Clan, Soul Hall, and Xiao Yan's party as seekers of the Heavenly Flame he had subdued.
• Ye Qiu shouted for his men to hurry to Flower Fruit Mountain and invite the Great Sage Equal to Heaven.

Ye Qiu summoned the Great Sage Equal to Heaven to protect China from the Soul Hall and Gu Clan, and the Great Sage arrived with overwhelming force. After killing Vulture Protector and a Gu Clan Dou Zun, he turned his attention to Gu Xun'er and the others.

• Ye Qiu called for the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, and the Great Sage arrived above Green Mountain City with his Golden Cudgel.
• Xiao Yan, Gu Xun'er, the Gu Clan experts, and Vulture Protector fled the falling cudgel, which shattered the city as the Great Sage appeared.
• Ye Qiu accused Vulture Protector, Gu Xun'er, and Xiao Yan's group of causing trouble in China and stealing the Purifying Lotus Demon Fire map and Green Lotus Core Flame.
• The Great Sage agreed to uphold justice and crushed Vulture Protector into ashes with a swing of his Golden Cudgel.
• The Great Sage killed a Gu Clan Dou Zun who begged for forgiveness, then threatened Gu Xun'er and the rest of her group.

Monkey Bro attacked Gu Xun'er and the Gu Clan party after they tried to seize Ye Qiu’s treasure, but her Golden Emperor Burning Flame and a protective mark stopped his blows. Gu Yuan appeared through the mark to protect his daughter and greet the Great Sage Equal to Heaven.

• Monkey Bro seized Gu Xun'er by the throat, but her Golden Emperor Burning Flame forced him to release her.
• Ye Qiu taunted Gu Xun'er and Xiao Yan, while Xiao Yan pleaded for mercy and learned that her clan had Dou Saint experts.
• Monkey Bro ordered the intruders to take a strike from his Golden Cudgel, but a flame-shaped mark on Gu Xun'er's forehead blocked the blow.
• Monkey Bro recognized the mark as borrowed power from a primordial spirit and demanded that its source reveal himself.
• Gu Yuan emerged from the mark, comforted Gu Xun'er, and introduced himself to Monkey Bro.

Ye Qiu and Monkey Bro confronted Gu Xun'er and the Gu Clan after she brought Dou Zuns into Ye Qiu’s home. Monkey Bro revealed overwhelming Half-Emperor strength, destroyed Gu Yuan’s Energy Clone, and left the continent stunned before vanishing as his time ran out.

• Gu Yuan’s Energy Clone appeared through Gu Xun'er and apologized to Monkey Bro, while Ye Qiu challenged him over Gu Xun'er’s actions.
• Monkey Bro used Law Manifestation of Heaven and Earth, becoming a colossal ape whose aura shook the continent and was recognized as Half-Emperor strength.
• Monkey Bro slapped Gu Yuan’s Energy Clone apart, while Ye Qiu asked him to spare the Gu Clan Dou Zun for use as puppet material.
• Monkey Bro turned a hair into a golden rope and bound the Dou Zun, then announced himself as Sun Wukong of the Huaxia Empire before vanishing.
• The sunlight returned, and news of the Huaxia Empire and Great Sage Equal to Heaven Sun Wukong spread across the continent.

After Monkey Bro vanished, Ye Qiu received powerful summoning rewards and began punishing the forces that had attacked Huaxia, while the Gu Clan debated how to rescue Gu Xun'er. Elder Tongxuan agreed to go to Huaxia Sky City, where Ye Qiu awaited Yun Yun’s decision and held several captives for ransom.

• Ye Qiu received Jiang Ziya, Red Boy, and Pigsy summoning cards, then ordered Xiao Yan, Yao Lao, Gu Xun'er, and the captured Gu Clan Dou Zun taken away.
• Ye Qiu imprisoned Xiao Yan and the others in Huaxia Sky City and demanded that Yun Yun make the Yun Lan Sect a subordinate faction or face its destruction.
• Ye Qiu had Shukaku absorb the Dou Qi of Gu He and five Dou Wangs trapped in a sand fortress.
• Ling Ying recounted to the Gu Clan elders how Gu Xun'er and two Dou Zuns had gone to Green Mountain City and been captured.
• Gu Yuan called for a plan to calm the Half-Emperor powerhouse and retrieve Gu Xun'er, and Elder Tongxuan volunteered to go.

Ye Qiu began Queen Medusa’s dangerous evolution with the Green Lotus Core Flame and an Ice Soul to ease the pain. Queen Medusa transformed into a giant purple snake and plunged into the flame, leaving her evolution underway.

• Ye Qiu gave Queen Medusa the Ice Soul and warned her that the evolution would be painful.
• Ye Qiu controlled the Green Lotus Core Flame as Queen Medusa prepared herself and promised that the Snake-People Race would submit to the Huaxia Empire if she succeeded.
• Queen Medusa transformed into a giant purple snake and looked toward her people in the Tagor Desert.
• Queen Medusa charged into the cyan flame, beginning her evolution.

Queen Medusa endured the Green Lotus Core Flame and survived the Thunder Tribulation, completing her evolution. She emerged as a tiny Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python and affectionately approached Ye Qiu.

• Queen Medusa entered the Green Lotus Core Flame, and Ye Qiu controlled its power as she endured half an hour of agonizing burns.
• Dark clouds gathered, and Ye Qiu protected the bamboo grove with Crystal Release and a Three Elements Barrier as lightning struck.
• The lightning shattered the barrier and damaged the crystal shield, then the clouds receded and Ye Qiu entered the green mist.
• Ye Qiu found Medusa’s charred snake body and feared she had died until it cracked and burst into seven-colored light.
• A tiny Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python appeared, licked Ye Qiu’s arm, and he recognized that Medusa had succeeded.

Ye Qiu learned that Tongxuan of the Gu Clan had come to apologize to Sun Wukong, so he sent Pigsy to receive him. Pigsy took offense at being overlooked, but after accepting Tongxuan’s gift, he revealed his strength and left the elder stunned.

• Akainu told Ye Qiu that Tongxuan had come to apologize to the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, and Ye Qiu sent Pigsy and Wang Yi to meet him.
• Pigsy demanded a gift from Tongxuan and attacked him with the Nine-Toothed Rake when the elder did not recognize him.
• Tongxuan retreated from Pigsy until exhaustion forced Pigsy to stop, then offered him a Seventh-Order Water Attribute Magic Core.
• Wang Yi told Tongxuan that Sun Wukong had returned to Flower Fruit Mountain and introduced Pigsy as the Great Sage’s junior brother.
• Pigsy released his Dou Qi, revealing that he was a Six Star Dou Sheng and astonishing Tongxuan.

Pigsy met Tongxuan, a Gu Clan elder who had come to apologize, and turned the visit into a discussion about compensation at a hotel. After Qing Ye stopped Pigsy from requesting female attendants, the group headed upstairs to begin negotiations.

• Pigsy revealed that he was a Six Star Dou Sheng from outside the Dou Qi Continent, and Tongxuan asked him about his origins.
• Pigsy dragged Tongxuan and Wang Yi to a hotel, insisting that they discuss compensation in a private suite and asking whether the expense could be reimbursed.
• Qing Ye confronted Pigsy for requesting female attendants, and Wang Yi confirmed that he was there to receive Tongxuan on Shi Qiu's behalf.
• Qing Ye ordered the suite attendants replaced with men, leaving Pigsy dismayed, while Wang Yi promised to treat him to the Red Light District after their official business.
• Pigsy led Tongxuan and Wang Yi upstairs to settle the compensation matter, and Tongxuan followed as negotiations were about to begin.

Pigsy forced Elder Tongxuan to agree to pay the Gu Clan’s debts for its actions against China and the Great Sage, then demanded a separate ransom for Gu Xun’er. Tongxuan agreed to pay, leaving Pigsy and Wang Yi pleased with their haul.

• Pigsy accused Tongxuan of four offenses and demanded an Emperor Seal Technique, pills, and three billion Gold Coins, which Tongxuan agreed to provide.
• When Tongxuan asked about Gu Xun’er, Wang Yi explained her connection to Xiao Yan and Yao Lao, and Pigsy demanded a Mystic Spirit Pure Fruit before agreeing to let the Gu Clan ransom her.
• Tongxuan agreed to ransom Gu Xun’er, and Wang Yi told Pigsy that she was the Gu Clan Leader’s daughter.
• Pigsy demanded twenty billion Gold Coins and one hundred Tier 7 Magic Cores for Gu Xun’er, and Tongxuan agreed to pay.

Wang Yi released Gu Xun'er to Elder Tongxuan, then had Yao Chen’s Bone Spirit Cold Fire extracted and presented it to Ye Qiu. Ye Qiu declined to absorb the flame and let Wang Yi arrange an auction before his planned trip to the Black-Corner Region.

• Wang Yi released Gu Xun'er from her cage, and Elder Tongxuan took her away despite her pleas for Xiao Yan and Yao Lao.
• Wang Yi ordered the guards to remove Yao Lao and told Xiao Yan that they would take his Heavenly Flame.
• Four black-clad elders used Vajra Restraint to bind and extract the Bone Spirit Cold Fire from Yao Lao.
• Wang Yi brought the extracted flame to Ye Qiu, who decided not to absorb it because he already had the Green Lotus Core Flame and did not practice the Flame Mantra.
• Wang Yi proposed auctioning the Bone Spirit Cold Fire, and Ye Qiu agreed to let him handle it before setting out for the Black-Corner Region.

After leaving the Gama Empire, Ye Qiu’s influence made it a tributary of Huaxia, while the Empire Alchemist Grand Meeting approached. Xiao Yan went to register and encountered Li Xingyun, the Tenth Prince of Great Tang, who secretly recognized him.

• Ye Qiu left for the Black-Corner Region, and Huaxia made the Gama Empire a tributary state, completing the main quest.
• Yun Yun accepted Ye Qiu’s conditions, and the Yun Lan Sect became Sky City’s money-making slave in exchange for being allowed to remain.
• Nalan Yanran rejected Liu Ling’s romantic advances, and Liu Ling vowed to prove himself by winning the Grand Meeting.
• Xiao Yan came to the Nalan Family as Rock Owl, cured Nalan Jie’s poison for the Seven Illusions Green Spirit Saliva, and planned to compete in the Grand Meeting.
• Xiao Yan encountered Li Xingyun, a Fourth-Rank Alchemist and the Tenth Prince of Great Tang, as they entered the guild.
• Li Xingyun recognized Xiao Yan and smiled wickedly, though Xiao Yan did not notice.

Xiao Yan learned that the alchemy competition would eliminate contestants through simultaneous rounds and reviewed a list of leading competitors, including Li Xingyun and Liu Ling. He entered the nominees’ hall for a pre-competition prediction and stood among alchemists who judged him by his second-tier badge, just as Li Xingyun arrived and greeted them.

• Li Xingyun noticed Xiao Yan’s powerful soul strength and discussed the competition with Yuan Tiangang, who urged him to help restore Great Tang.
• Xiao Yan learned that the competition would take place on one enormous platform, with increasingly difficult requirements eliminating contestants in stages.
• The old man showed Xiao Yan an internal list of leading contestants, including Liu Ling and Li Xingyun, and explained that Li Xingyun was Pingyang Marquis’s study companion.
• Xiao Yan followed the old man to the nominees’ hall, where the assembled alchemists looked down on him after seeing his second-tier badge.
• Li Xingyun entered the hall and greeted the assembled alchemists as their junior.

Li Xingyun and Xiao Yan entered the Alchemist Guild’s preliminary test, where contestants had to refine Black Iron Spirit Leaves before time ran out. Li Xingyun discovered that Xiao Yan possessed the Six Paths Reincarnation Flame and began refining with a subsidiary flame of the Bone Spirit Cold Fire.

• The Alchemist Guild elders began the test and warned that contestants who ran out of time or failed to meet their standards would lose their qualifications.
• Liu Ling approached Xiao Yan and mentioned his Heavenly Flame, prompting Li Xingyun to suspect Xiao Yan had obtained one.
• Li Xingyun recognized the test ingredients as Black Iron Spirit Leaves and summoned his Medicine Cauldron and Shadow Flood Dragon Beast flame.
• The Beast Flame bowed toward Xiao Yan, and Li Xingyun sensed the Six Paths Reincarnation Flame in the neighboring room.
• Xiao Yan began refining an Ironwood Spirit Leaf with purple flames, while Li Xingyun used a subsidiary flame of the Bone Spirit Cold Fire.

As the alchemy refinement test neared its end, Xiao Yan remained behind the curtain while the other contestants emerged and doubts about his ability grew. He finally came out just before Chemir could end the test, leaving the result of his refinement unknown.

• Chemir and the other judges discussed which contestants might excel, and Liu Ling emerged first, followed by the Little Princess and the other alchemists.
• The judges and contestants wondered why the Tenth Prince, Li Xingyun, was late; he appeared and joked that he had gone to the Red Light District with Pigsy.
• The Little Princess mocked Xiao Yan for lagging behind, but Li Xingyun said Xiao Yan's alchemy was about on his level.
• After the hourglass ran out, Chemir prepared to end the test while Otto worried that Xiao Yan had failed to finish.
• Xiao Yan lifted the final curtain and calmly announced that he was late.

Xiao Yan emerged just before the extraction deadline and joined the purity test, where he and Li Xingyun tied for the highest score. Their results left the judges stunned and suggested Yuan Tiangang had underestimated Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Yan came out from behind the last curtain just before Chemir ended the extraction, relieving Old Ao.
• Chemir introduced purity testers and began measuring contestants’ extracted Ironwood Spirit Leaves.
• Liu Ling scored seven points after refining his leaf six times, taking the lead in the test.
• The Little Princess scored six and a half points, while several other talented contestants also fell short of Liu Ling.
• Xiao Yan and Li Xingyun each said they had refined their leaves eight times, and both testers displayed a score of nine.
• Li Xingyun remarked that Yuan Tiangang had underestimated Xiao Yan’s strength.

Ye Qiu returned to Sky City and learned that Li Xingyun was competing against Xiao Yan for the Alchemist Grand Competition championship and its Soul Fusion Pill formula. He gave Li Xingyun the Green Lotus Core Flame and ordered Sky City’s soldiers to take control of the competition’s defenses.

• Ye Qiu recalled how the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python absorbed Dou Qi and transformed into the Queen, startling him.
• Ye Qiu reunited with Li Xingyun and insisted that he win the championship for the Soul Fusion Pill formula.
• Li Xingyun revealed that Xiao Yan was competing under the alias Rock Owl and wielding the Six Paths Reincarnation Flame.
• Ye Qiu gave Li Xingyun his Green Lotus Core Flame to counter Xiao Yan’s Heavenly Flame advantage.
• Ye Qiu ordered fifty thousand elite soldiers to take over the competition’s defenses and place the imperial capital under Sky City’s control.

Ye Qiu arrived at the Gama Empire’s Alchemist Assembly and made clear that he wanted Li Xingyun to win the Soul Fusion Pill Formula. After meeting the Gama Empire’s leaders and Xiao Yan, who was disguised as Rock Owl, Ye Qiu took his place in the VIP section as the assembly began.

• Alchemists and crowds gathered in Gama Holy City for the once-every-eight-years assembly, while Ye Qiu arrived in a grand carriage escorted by Xiao Feng and troops.
• Ye Qiu asked Xiao Feng about security and said he expected Li Xingyun to obtain the Soul Fusion Pill Formula.
• At the Royal Plaza, Jia Xingtian introduced Rock Owl to Yao Ye as a contender alongside Li Xingyun, and Ye Qiu arrived and told Li Xingyun not to disgrace him.
• Ye Qiu recognized Xiao Yan beneath his human-skin mask, dismissed the assembled leaders, and made Hai Bo Dong feel helpless with a glance.
• Fa Ma announced the start of the seventh Alchemist Assembly, and the crowd erupted in cheers.

Ye Qiu obtained the Soul Fusion Pill formula for Queen Medusa and arranged for it to be refined so she could merge with the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python's soul. He prepared Yan City for the Snake-People Race and decided to travel to the Central Plains, with Queen Medusa insisting on going with him.

• Li Xingyun delivered the Soul Fusion Pill formula to Ye Qiu, who sent him to have Yuan Tiangang refine the pill.
• Queen Medusa emerged from the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python, struck Ye Qiu, and learned that he had obtained the formula for her.
• Ye Qiu received a Phoenix inheritance from his mission reward and told Queen Medusa that Yan City had been cleared for the Snake-People Race.
• Ye Qiu reflected on Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran's approaching three-year agreement, then announced that he planned to explore the Central Plains.
• Queen Medusa said she would go to the Central Plains too, and Ye Qiu embraced her and agreed that they would travel together.