Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan and Xia Mo crossed the Tagor Desert and detoured around a powerful Snake People tribe to reach a nearby oasis for water. After replenishing his supplies, Xia Mo headed back to meet Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Yan and Xia Mo studied their map and found that a powerful Snake People tribe blocked their route deeper into the desert.
• They chose a nearby oasis as their only practical place to replenish their dwindling water supplies.
• After several hours of travel, they reached the oasis and cautiously searched its forest for water.
• Xiao Yan and Xia Mo split up to search different parts of the oasis and agreed to meet back at the same spot.
• Xia Mo found flowing water, filled his waterskins with enough for half a month, and headed back to meet Xiao Yan.

Xia Mo and Xiao Yan were caught in Yue Mei’s oasis after Xiao Yan tried to collect water, and Yue Mei suspected they were spies from the Jia Ma Empire. Xia Mo revealed his strength and persuaded her to let them leave, but Yue Mei secretly pursued them.

• Yue Mei detected Xia Mo in the thicket and attacked him with a poison-laced water arrow, but he dodged it and destroyed a venomous snake she sent after him.
• Yue Mei surrounded Xia Mo and Xiao Yan with venomous snakes and questioned them about entering the oasis; Xia Mo said they were only passing through and refused her invitation to visit her tribe.
• Yue Mei ordered her Snake Women to attack, so Xia Mo summoned Xiao Bai, who transformed into a giant Fifth-tier magical beast, while Xia Mo revealed his wings and formidable aura.
• After Xia Mo claimed that he and Xiao Bai could rival a six-star Dou Wang, Yue Mei let him and Xiao Yan leave the oasis.
• Yue Mei sent her Snake Women away, formed energy wings, and secretly followed Xia Mo and Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan and Xia Mo tried to evade Yue Mei while heading toward Queen Medusa, but an approaching group of powerful human experts diverted her attention. The chapter left the two sides facing off in the desert as Xia Mo suspected the group was led by Pill King Gu He and included Yun Yun.

• Xiao Yan struggled to keep flying as Yue Mei followed, and Xia Mo suggested they shake her off before reaching Queen Medusa.
• Old Yao warned them that a powerful group was approaching from the east, so Xia Mo led Xiao Yan toward it and landed.
• Yue Mei halted when two Dou Wang experts arrived, followed by an enormous emerald-green magical beast carrying six people.
• Xia Mo recognized that the group included five Dou Ling experts, a Dou Wang leader he suspected was Gu He, and a black-robed Dou Emperor he suspected was Yun Yun.
• The middle-aged leader addressed Yue Mei as a chief of the Snake People Tribe's Eight Great Tribes, while Xia Mo urged Xiao Yan to look for a chance to leave.

Xia Mo and Xiao Yan watched Gu He’s party confront Yue Mei in the depths of the Tagor Desert, then saw the negotiations collapse into battle. The fight continued as Yue Mei’s soul-powered snakes held off Yan Shi and Feng Li.

• Xia Mo and Xiao Yan recognized Gu He’s group as powerful visitors seeking an audience with Queen Medusa and quietly planned to escape during a fight.
• Yue Mei refused Gu He’s request to meet the queen and warned the humans to leave Snake People Tribe territory.
• After Yue Mei mocked one of the Jia Ma Empire experts, Gu He ordered Yan Shi and Feng Li to capture her.
• Yan Shi and Feng Li introduced themselves and attacked Yue Mei, who summoned a wave of sand that Yan Shi shattered with a Lion’s Roar Sonic Wave.
• Yue Mei created two enormous green snakes that held off Yan Shi and Feng Li, and Gu He explained they were techniques using the souls of magical beasts.

Xia Mo and Xiao Yan watched Yan Shi and Feng Li fight Yue Mei, who escaped using a technique that split her into energy snakes. After Xia Mo drove Yue Mei away and exposed his strength, Yun Yun secretly helped Xiao Yan remove snake venom from his ruler before the Misty Cloud Sect group departed, leaving the two young men to continue toward the Heavenly Flames.

• Yue Mei used a snake technique to split into energy snakes and flee, while the gathered experts intercepted most of them.
• A hidden energy snake lunged at Xia Mo and Xiao Yan, and Xia Mo shattered it with a punch before using his soul force to expose Yue Mei’s escape.
• Gu He approached the two, and Xiao Yan claimed they were independent cultivators traveling with a teacher.
• Yun Yun warned them to leave, then removed hidden snake venom from Xiao Yan’s Black Heavy Ruler without revealing her identity.
• Yun Yun and the other experts departed on their Magical Beast, and Xia Mo urged Xiao Yan to hurry before someone else took the Heavenly Flames.

Xia Mo and Xiao Yan learned that Gu He was leading powerful experts into the desert, likely seeking a Heavenly Flame, and decided to slip through Charm Snake Tribe toward the desert’s depths. When the tribe’s guards detected them, Xiao Yan broke through the poisoned spears while Xia Mo vanished through the defenses, prompting the Snake-People to send warnings and request support for Queen Medusa.

• Old Yao confirmed that the middle-aged man was a Dou Wang-level Alchemist, and Xia Mo suspected the powerful visitor was the sixth-tier Alchemist Pill King Gu He.
• Xia Mo and Xiao Yan decided to use the chaos caused by Gu He’s group to pass through Charm Snake Tribe and continue toward the desert’s depths.
• Xia Mo and Xiao Yan split up as they approached the fortress, whose defenses Gu He’s group had already damaged.
• Aerial sentries spotted Xiao Yan, and he charged through a barrage of poisoned spears with white flames before flying over the wall.
• Xia Mo used an invisible passage to cross the wall and disappeared from the guards’ sight.
• The Snake Woman ordered warnings sent to nearby tribes and asked the leaders of the other seven major tribes to send experts to support Queen Medusa at the temple.

Xia Mo traveled alone toward Queen Medusa’s desert city, avoiding patrols while searching for a way inside. He hid near the city as Mo Bass arrived and requested an audience with the queen.

• Xia Mo crossed the desert with Xiao Bai and waited outside the city while snake people guards and patrols searched the area.
• After a patrol passed, Xia Mo used Hai Bodong’s map to plan a route toward the temple and avoided further patrols with his soul perception and spatial passages.
• Xia Mo sensed that the Green Lotus Core Flame was nearby and concealed himself beneath a golden-yellow blanket.
• A powerful figure approached the city, and the guards raised their spears as Mo Bass identified himself as chief of the Ink Snake Tribe and requested an audience with Queen Medusa.

Xia Mo secretly entered the city and watched as Gu He’s group confronted Mo Bass and Yue Mei outside the temple, seeking an audience with Queen Medusa. Queen Medusa finally appeared before the gathered Snake People, while Xia Mo assessed her power from hiding.

• Xia Mo slipped into the city and hid near the temple as he waited for Gu He’s group to arrive.
• Yue Mei told Mo Bass that human forces included a Dou Emperor, three Dou Kings, and four Dou Lings, with another unknown group also approaching.
• Gu He’s group reached the city, and Mo Bass warned them to leave; Gu He asked to meet Queen Medusa, while Yan Shi and Mo Bass exchanged taunts.
• Gu He called out across the city for Queen Medusa to appear and discuss his matter with her.
• Queen Medusa emerged from twisted space, and the Snake People knelt as Xia Mo watched her and judged her strength to be near Dou Zong.

Gu He offered Queen Medusa valuable pills in exchange for the Heavenly Flame she had obtained, but she refused. Xia Mo watched the negotiations and eyed Gu He’s treasures, while an unnoticed movement came from a pile of rubble.

• Queen Medusa questioned Gu He about why he had come and demanded compensation for the damage to the Snake People Tribe.
• Gu He said he wanted the Heavenly Flame and explained that he had tracked it after finding bloodstained Seven-Colored Snake Scales.
• Gu He offered two sixth-grade Dou Ling Pills and one seventh-grade Shaping Pill for the Heavenly Flame.
• Queen Medusa called the offer tempting but refused the exchange.

Gu He’s party failed to persuade Queen Medusa to trade the Heavenly Flame, and Yun Yun revealed that Medusa needed it for her evolution. While the others confronted the queen, Xia Mo slipped into the palace and reached the poisonous lake concealing the real Heavenly Flame.

• Queen Medusa rejected Gu He’s offer and urged him and his companions to leave before the Snake People Tribe’s leaders arrived.
• Yun Yun explained that Queen Medusa needed a Heavenly Flame to evolve and revealed that the figure before them was only an energy body containing part of Medusa’s consciousness.
• Xia Mo slipped into the main hall and used the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame to locate the real Heavenly Flame’s aura to the east.
• Xia Mo evaded patrols and reached a lake with a small island at its center, where an energy restriction prevented flight and the water was deadly poison.
• Xia Mo used Purple-Gold Light and spatial ripples to steady himself above the lake and walked toward the island.

Xia Mo crossed the lake and found Queen Medusa preparing to absorb the Green Lotus Core Flame for her evolution. Medusa released the flame from its crystal pedestal and began the ritual, aware that Xia Mo was watching.

• Xia Mo crossed the lake through the purple ice filaments and subdued a giant emerald-green snake with a glance.
• Xia Mo followed the Heavenly Flame’s aura through the bamboo grove and found the Green Lotus Core Flame trapped above an Ice Spirit Cold Spring.
• Xia Mo spotted Queen Medusa beside the pool as she considered the risks of her evolution.
• Queen Medusa declared her resolve to lead the Snake People Tribe out of the desert and acknowledged Xia Mo’s presence.
• Queen Medusa formed seals that removed the barrier from the crystal lotus pedestal, freeing the Green Lotus Core Flame and causing the Ice Spirit Cold Spring to evaporate.

Queen Medusa endured the Green Lotus Core Flame’s burning while Xia Mo and Xiao Yan watched, and a lightning strike pierced the barrier after her screams stopped. The chapter ended with the Heavenly Flame reduced to its former size and Xia Mo sensing a newly born Magical Beast bloodline in the charred snake.

• Queen Medusa leapt into the Green Lotus Core Flame and suffered as it burned her body while Xia Mo urged her to think of her people.
• Xiao Yan arrived, and Xia Mo warned him that the raging flame would destroy anything that approached.
• Snake People gathered outside the purple barrier as Medusa’s cries faded and her motionless body appeared to have failed to evolve.
• Xia Mo noticed turbulent energy gathering in the sky, and Old Yao explained that a powerful Magical Beast’s birth or advancement could cause such phenomena.
• A bolt of silver lightning struck the Azure Flame, and Old Yao protected Xia Mo and Xiao Yan from its impact.
• Xia Mo and Xiao Yan entered the mist and found the Heavenly Flame shrunken; Xia Mo sensed a newly born Magical Beast bloodline and told Xiao Yan to collect the flame.

Queen Medusa began her dangerous evolution by transforming into her Purple Nether Flame Snake form and plunging into the Azure Flame. As Xiao Yan and Gu He raced toward the temple and Yun Yun fought Hua She'er, Xia Mo watched Medusa’s evolution begin.

• Queen Medusa removed her robe, formed hand seals, and transformed into a giant purple snake above the island.
• Xiao Yan followed Old Yao’s directions and secretly entered the temple while Gu He hurried toward the Heavenly Flames.
• Yun Yun noticed Medusa’s evolution beginning and fought Hua She’er, who insisted that the Queen would succeed.
• Xia Mo recognized Medusa’s Purple Nether Flame Snake form as it formed an energy barrier around the temple.
• Queen Medusa plunged into the Azure Flame, and her shrill scream rang out.

Queen Medusa emerged from her evolution as a Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python, but she appeared harmless and affectionate toward Xia Mo. Old Yao identified her as Medusa’s new body, while Xiao Yan wondered why she showed no hostility.

• The giant snake’s corpse exploded, releasing a terrifying aura that briefly spread across the city before fading.
• A seven-colored little snake flew to Xia Mo and approached him after he withdrew the Golden Flame.
• The snake showed interest in Xia Mo’s Storage Ring, and he fed her Companion Purple Crystal Source, which delighted her.
• Old Yao explained that Queen Medusa had shed her former body and become the legendary Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python.
• Xiao Yan questioned why Medusa seemed gentle rather than hostile, and Old Yao speculated that the lightning strike might have left her dazed.

Xia Mo persuaded Medusa, in the form of a Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python, to leave with him, while Xiao Yan successfully collected the Green Lotus Core Flame. The two prepared to leave the city so Xiao Yan could find a safe place to devour the flame.

• Xia Mo decided to keep the Seven-Colored Little Snake close, and Old Yao warned him that Medusa might regain her former self.
• Xia Mo offered the Seven-Colored Little Snake a choice, and Medusa nodded before accepting Purple Crystal Source and falling asleep in his sleeve.
• Xia Mo told Xiao Yan to collect the Green Lotus Core Flame while the snake rested.
• Old Yao explained that the Green Lotus Flower Seat could safely contain the Heavenly Flame, and Xiao Yan used it to draw the flame into the lotus.
• Old Yao warned Xiao Yan not to put the Green Lotus Core Flame into his Storage Ring, and Xia Mo and Xiao Yan prepared to leave the city.

Gu He and the other humans waited for Queen Medusa’s barrier to collapse, then searched the island but found neither her nor the Heavenly Flames. Gu He spotted Xiao Yan and Xia Mo escaping with the Green Lotus and realized they had used his group to distract the Snake People.

• Yan Ci arrived in the sacred city and joined Yue Mei and Mo Bass as the purple barrier weakened.
• The barrier shattered, and Gu He’s group rushed into the temple while the Snake People surged after them.
• Gu He and the others reached the island and found only a charred scale, with no sign of Queen Medusa or the Heavenly Flames.
• Feng Li urged the group to retreat as more Snake People experts approached, and Gu He reluctantly agreed.
• Gu He spotted Xia Mo and Xiao Yan fleeing with the Green Lotus and roared in fury at being used as a distraction.

Gu He pursued Xiao Yan and Xia Mo after they escaped with the Heavenly Flames, while Yun Yun held back the Snake People and then followed. As Gu He and the others began catching up, Xia Mo unleashed the full power of his Ancient Heavenly Phoenix Wings and left them behind again.

• Gu He led Yan Shi and another companion in pursuit of the fleeing figure while Yun Yun stayed behind to fight Yan Ci, Yue Mei, and the Snake People.
• Yun Yun held off the three Snake People experts with a cyan wind barrier, then escaped as two more pursuers arrived and helped break the barrier.
• Gu He called for the Heavenly Flames to be returned, but Xia Mo challenged his claim and said they belonged to Queen Medusa.
• When Yun Yun caught up, Xia Mo decided to carry Xiao Yan away at full speed so the pursuers could not delay them.
• Xia Mo drew on his bloodline power to enlarge his Ancient Heavenly Phoenix Wings and rapidly pulled ahead of Gu He and his companions.

Xia Mo fled across the desert with Xiao Yan and the Heavenly Flames while Yun Yun pursued them after Gu He split his group to evade the Snake People. Yun Yun recognized Xiao Yan when he turned to face her, gave up pursuing the Heavenly Flames, and left to confront the Snake People as Xiao Yan and Xia Mo followed.

• Gu He ordered Yun Yun to pursue Xia Mo and told him and the others to split up and meet in Rock City as five Snake People experts closed in.
• Yin Shi split the Snake People into groups to pursue Gu He’s party and Yun Yun.
• Yun Yun caught up with Xia Mo and Xiao Yan, who stopped after Xia Mo said they could not escape her.
• Xiao Yan turned to face Yun Yun, and she recognized him as the young man she had met in the Monster Mountain Range.
• Yun Yun gave up the Heavenly Flames and suggested that Xiao Yan go to the Misty Cloud Sect, but Xiao Yan rejected the suggestion and they parted angrily.
• Yun Yun went to hold off the Snake People while Xia Mo led Xiao Bai and followed Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan and Xia Mo turned back after five Snake People Tribe Dou Wang appeared, while Yun Yun fought them and was forced to face their powerful combined technique. The Five Snake Poison Brake Seal formed a giant energy serpent, and Xiao Yan prepared to intervene with Old Yao.

• Xiao Yan decided to return with Xia Mo and Xiao Bai after learning that five Snake People Tribe Dou Wang had arrived to confront Yun Yun.
• Yun Yun swiftly wounded a green-robed snake person with her sword, forcing him to retreat.
• Yin Shi ordered the five Dou Wang to form the Five Snake Poison Brake Seal, and they combined their power into a massive green energy snake.
• Xia Mo warned that the technique could defeat even Xiao Bai, while Xiao Yan silently prepared to have Old Yao rescue Yun Yun.

Old Yao, controlling Xiao Yan, saved Yun Yun from the Snake People Tribe’s attack and drove off its five Dou Wang experts. He tried to kill them as they fled, but Medusa intervened, letting the serpents escape before Old Yao rejoined Xia Mo.

• Yun Yun prepared to counter the enormous green serpent, but Old Yao, controlling Xiao Yan, appeared and engulfed it in pale white flames.
• Yin Shi demanded to know why Old Yao had interfered, then ordered the Snake People Tribe’s five Dou Wang experts to retreat when he realized they were outmatched.
• The five experts split into countless energy serpents, but Old Yao used his soul strength to locate their true bodies and sent five flame spikes after them.
• Medusa’s spatial attack struck Old Yao and shattered the flame spikes, allowing the five tiny serpents to escape into the sand dunes.
• Old Yao cursed the interruption, then headed toward Xia Mo after the violent aura vanished.