Chapter Summaries

At a banquet, Qing Lin woke after accidentally revealing the green scales on her arm and feared Gu Fang would reject or punish her. Instead, Gu Fang told her he liked her scales and invited her to sit beside him, while he recognized the potential of her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.

• Xiao Ding apologized to Gu Fang and tried to take the unconscious Qing Lin away, but she woke and hid the scales on her arm.
• Qing Lin realized Gu Fang had seen her scales and tearfully apologized, expecting him to scorn her.
• Gu Fang revealed Qing Lin's scales and said they were beautiful and that he liked them, easing Xiao Ding's fears for her safety.
• Gu Fang invited Qing Lin to sit beside him, and Xiao Ding gave her permission to fetch a chair.
• Xiao Zhan lamented Qing Lin's poor cultivation prospects, while Gu Fang recalled the power of her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.

Gu Fang discussed Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils with Xiao Ding before Sha Luo arrived with an inner armor and halberd found in desert ruins. When Sha Luo insulted Qing Lin for her Snake-People scales, Gu Fang openly protected and comforted her, leaving Sha Luo stunned and silenced by a bronze flame.

• Gu Fang and Xiao Ding discussed how Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils could induce hallucinations and control snakes.
• Sha Luo presented Gu Fang with an inner armor and halberd from desert ruins, which Gu Fang sensed were spirits.
• Sha Luo saw Qing Lin carrying a chair and insulted her for being a mongrel of the Snake-People Tribe.
• When Sha Luo moved to sit, ice appeared on the chair and shattered it, burning holes in his clothes.
• Gu Fang told Qing Lin to roll up her sleeves, then seated her on his lap and gently revealed her scales.
• Sha Luo tried to speak, but a bronze-colored flame appeared before him and choked off his words.

Gu Fang punished Sha Luo for humiliating Qing Lin, then accepted the Iron Mercenary Group’s hospitality. He told Qing Lin he might leave the next day to collect the Green Lotus Core Flame.

• Gu Fang comforted Qing Lin while freezing the room and terrifying Sha Luo and the others.
• Sha Luo knelt and pleaded for his life, and Gu Fang let him leave before trapping him in ice and burning him to ashes with Origin Flame.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li watched Sha Luo die, and the banquet later resumed before ending without further mention of him.
• Qing Lin asked Gu Fang when he would leave, and he said he might depart the next day to find the Green Lotus Core Flame.

Gu Fang comforted Qing Lin about ignoring other people’s judgment before examining the armor and halberd Sha Luo had given him. He discovered that the weapons possessed spirits and tested whether they would acknowledge him.

• Qing Lin grew sad at the thought of Gu Fang leaving, but he recognized her feelings and reassured her that she should live for herself and ignore people like Sha Luo.
• Qing Lin smiled, resolved to care only about whether Gu Fang accepted her, and left the room.
• Gu Fang took Sha Luo’s armor and halberd from his Storage Ring and explained that their spirits could adjust their weight and grant great power.
• Gu Fang enveloped the armor and halberd in Origin Flame and wondered whether he and the weapons were fated to be together.

Gu Fang tried to refine the black substance coating the inner armor and great halberd, but discovered it contained a Demonic Soul that escaped and attacked Qing Lin. Her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils repelled it, and Gu Fang began weakening it with Primal Fire until it chose to self-destruct.

• Gu Fang used Origin Flame to burn the black liquid from the inner armor and great halberd, absorbing its energy and advancing toward the strength of a three-star Da Dou Shi.
• The black liquid suddenly exploded, revealing a concealed soul that escaped Gu Fang's flames and lunged at Qing Lin.
• The Demonic Soul entered Qing Lin, but her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils forced it back.
• Gu Fang surrounded the weakened snake-shaped soul with Primal Fire while Qing Lin began to exert control over it.
• The Demonic Soul declared that it would never serve as a slave and expanded its soul to self-destruct.

Gu Fang and the Jade Spirit Armor subdued the Demonic Soul and placed it inside Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils. The armor’s fading former owner explained that Qing Lin would need to reach Peak Dou Huang to control the soul, then revealed the Blood Fiend Origin Halberd’s spirit had been nurtured by heaven and earth.

• Gu Fang used Origin Fire to contain the Demonic Soul’s self-destruction, while the Jade Spirit Armor’s runes halted it and helped Qing Lin’s pupils absorb it.
• The armor’s former owner appeared and warned that Qing Lin could not safely control the Demonic Soul until she reached around Peak Dou Huang.
• The old man explained that the Jade Spirit Armor had been made through spirit-forging and sent its spirit into Qing Lin, whereupon the armor fitted itself to her.
• The old man identified the crimson weapon as the Blood Fiend Origin Halberd and said it was stronger than the Jade Spirit Armor.
• Gu Fang asked why the halberd’s heaven-and-earth-nurtured spirit was present when such spirits were supposed to appear only before those destined for them.

Gu Fang tried to bond with the Spirit of Heavenly Conception before it left the Blood Fiend Origin Halberd, enduring its blood-sea illusion until he succeeded. The spirit sealed most of the halberd’s power, and Gu Fang saw a vision of its original master looking directly at him.

• The illusory old man explained that the Spirit of Heavenly Conception had remained in the Blood Fiend Origin Halberd because of the chief’s final will, but would leave once awakened.
• Gu Fang decided to risk forging a bond with the spirit, then bowed to the vanished old man and the chief who had burned his soul.
• Gu Fang touched the Blood Fiend Origin Halberd and was engulfed by a corrosive sea-of-blood illusion that prevented him from sensing his origin fire.
• Gu Fang recognized the scene of his house and Qing Lin as an illusion, calmed his mind, and broke through the spirit’s assault near dawn.
• Gu Fang bonded with the Blood Fiend Origin Halberd, but its immense power injured his arm before the spirit sealed much of it.
• Gu Fang received a vision of the halberd’s original master, who stopped and looked directly at him.

Gu Fang learned that the Spirit of Heavenly Conception was embodied in the Blood Fiend Origin Halberd, which contained its former owner's sealed power that he could unlock as he grew stronger. He considered testing the halberd after dawn and protecting Qing Lin, unaware that Gu Nanhai had been guarding them and that the events had already been reported to the Ancient Clan.

• The former halberd owner's image explained how weapon-bound spirits worked and revealed that Gu Fang's Spirit of Heavenly Conception had taken physical form as the Heavenly Fiend Origin Halberd.
• Gu Fang realized the halberd's sealed energy gave him strength near the Dou Wang threshold, while his other abilities added speed and endurance.
• Gu Fang planned to retrieve the Green Lotus Core Flame at dawn and test the halberd's compatibility on the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake.
• Gu Fang helped Qing Lin up, decided not to let Heavenly Serpent Mansion take her, and planned to ask what she wanted when she woke.
• Gu Fang thought Uncle Ling would investigate the halberd and the Demonic Soul, unaware that Gu Nanhai had stayed nearby and that the Ancient Clan had already received a full report.

Gu Fang left Stone Desert City with Qing Lin to search for the Green Lotus Core Flame, bringing her underground to a sea of magma. When he attacked the magma, the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake appeared.

• Qing Lin woke up, and Gu Fang reassured her that he would return after subduing the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Qing Lin asked to accompany Gu Fang, and he agreed after warning her about the danger.
• Gu Fang spoke with Xiao Ding, then left Stone Desert City with Qing Lin.
• Gu Fang and Qing Lin reached the underground sea of magma, where Qing Lin's Jade Spirit Armor protected her from the heat.
• Gu Fang struck the magma with the Blood Fiend Origin Halberd, drawing out the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake.

Gu Fang defeated the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, and Qing Lin used her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to bring it under her control. Guided by his Origin Flame, Gu Fang plunged deep into the lava and found the Green Lotus Core Flame.

• Gu Fang easily overpowered the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake and sent it crashing onto the platform.
• The wounded snake tried to escape, but Qing Lin used her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to subdue it and gain control over it.
• Gu Fang confirmed Qing Lin had succeeded, then sensed the Green Lotus Core Flame deep beneath the lava.
• Gu Fang traveled through the lava and reached the azure lotus radiating the Green Lotus Core Flame.

Gu Fang seized and absorbed the Green Lotus Core Flame, then cultivated on its lotus platform to absorb the energy it had accumulated. In the Snake People Empire, Queen Medusa sensed a terrifying presence from the direction of the Jia Ma Empire and rushed out to investigate.

• Gu Fang reached the Green Lotus Core Flame and took its source with help from his three other Heavenly Flames.
• The Green Lotus Core Flame was assimilated into Gu Fang's Origin Flame, turning it faintly jade-colored.
• Gu Fang sat on the azure lotus platform and cultivated, drawing in the scattered energy and rapidly increasing his strength.
• Queen Medusa sensed a violent, scorching presence from the Jia Ma Empire and left the hall to investigate.

Gu Fang cultivated beneath the lava sea and reached the peak of Nine-Star Da Dou Shi, while Queen Medusa confronted Qing Lin above. The chapter ended with Medusa sensing snake people bloodline below and diving into the lava toward Gu Fang.

• Gu Fang absorbed the Green Lotus Core Flame’s accumulated energy until he reached the peak of Nine-Star Da Dou Shi, then refined his Dou Qi and prepared to cut free the lotus platform.
• Queen Medusa found Qing Lin and demanded that the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake lead her to the Heavenly Flame.
• Qing Lin resisted Medusa despite being injured, refusing even when Medusa offered to remove her snake people bloodline or make her a true snake person.
• Qing Lin told Medusa that Young Master Gu had taught her she did not need to change herself, and she accepted the consequences of refusing.
• Medusa sensed snake people bloodline beneath the lava, connected it to Young Master Gu, and dove into the lava sea.

Gu Fang claimed the Earth Fire Lotus Seeds and encountered Queen Medusa, who demanded the Green Lotus Core Flame he had absorbed. Medusa attacked to seize it, and Gu Fang prepared to fight her in the magma sea.

• Gu Fang collected the lotus platform and its Earth Fire Lotus Seeds before Queen Medusa appeared and ordered him to leave.
• Medusa recognized the Green Lotus Core Flame and realized Gu Fang had already absorbed it, while she was surprised that he was only a Peak Great Fighter.
• Medusa demanded that Gu Fang give up the Heavenly Flame and gathered magma whirlpools to threaten him.
• Gu Fang showed Medusa his Sound Valley token, but she rejected it and declared that she would claim the flame by force.
• Medusa attacked and vanished from sight as Gu Fang summoned his halberd, gathered the scattered flame energy, and challenged her to fight.

Gu Fang fought Queen Medusa in the magma, using the Green Lotus Core Flame’s accumulated power and the Blood Fiend Origin Halberd to withstand her attacks. Medusa forcibly awakened her ancient bloodline to gain Dou Zong strength, and Gu Fang tried to negotiate over the Heavenly Flame before she could finish transforming.

• Gu Fang used the Green Lotus Core Flame’s power to break Medusa’s magma vortices and clashed with her in a direct exchange.
• Gu Fang blocked Medusa with the Blood Fiend Origin Halberd and realized he had instinctively used a halberd technique he had never learned.
• Medusa recognized Gu Fang’s unusual strength, halberd, and flame wings, but the magma weakened her power by thirty percent.
• Medusa began forcibly awakening her Ancestral Vein Power, risking a half-year weakened period to temporarily reach Dou Zong strength.
• Gu Fang feared he could not defeat Medusa after her awakening and offered to make a deal involving the Heavenly Flame.

Gu Fang fused the Green Lotus Core Flame and Bone Spirit Cold Flame into a Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus, then fed it energy from the surrounding magma to threaten Medusa. After realizing she was acting for the Snake-People Tribe, he proposed helping her with her bloodline's ancestral return using the Bone Spirit Cold Flame.

• Medusa refused to make a deal and continued stimulating her ancient bloodline, while Gu Fang formed a Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus from two Heavenly Flames.
• Medusa judged the fire lotus too weak to threaten her at Dou Zong level, so Gu Fang drew on the Green Lotus Core Flame's accumulated energy in the magma to strengthen it.
• Gu Fang warned that detonating the fire lotus could trigger a magma eruption and bring the Nine Nether Underworld Python Clan's wrath upon the Snake-People Tribe.
• Medusa slowed her bloodline stimulation but said she would still kill Gu Fang, and he recognized that she was pursuing strength to protect her people.
• Gu Fang offered to help Medusa's bloodline's ancestral return and suggested the Bone Spirit Cold Flame might suit the process better than the Green Lotus Core Flame.

Gu Fang negotiated with Medusa to help her awaken her ancient bloodline and break through to Dou Zong in exchange for her serving as his guard for one year. Medusa had not yet accepted his condition when the chapter ended.

• Gu Fang showed Medusa the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, and she paused her bloodline awakening to consider the risks and her tribe’s future.
• Medusa agreed to undergo the evolution in the Snake-People Tribe’s Holy City, and Gu Fang accepted.
• Gu Fang insisted the arrangement was a transaction and demanded compensation beyond the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Medusa offered Gu Fang anything possessed by the Snake-People Tribe if he guaranteed her breakthrough.
• Gu Fang demanded that Medusa serve as his guard for one year after reaching Dou Zong, and she objected to the condition.

Gu Fang secured Queen Medusa’s promise to guard him for a year after she broke through to Dou Zong and settled her people. As they climbed from the magma, he sensed Qing Lin was under attack and rushed to her aid, while Medusa followed.

• Gu Fang rejected Queen Medusa’s offer of half a year of service and secured her agreement to serve as his guard for one year after her breakthrough and after she settled her people.
• Gu Fang and Queen Medusa climbed toward the surface, and Medusa considered killing him if his fire lotus stopped threatening her but ultimately held back.
• Gu Fang dispersed the weakened fire lotus, and Queen Medusa continued upward without attacking him.
• Gu Fang sensed a peak Dou Wang and an Eight-Star Dou Wang attacking Qing Lin, then flew ahead at full speed; Medusa chased after him.
• The Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake attacked the two men beside Qing Lin, but the one-eyed man destroyed its lava pillars.
• The other man praised the snake’s potential and Qing Lin’s armor, then bypassed the snake and lunged at Qing Lin with his claws.

Qing Lin nearly died when a Dou Wang broke through the Jade Spirit Armor, but she held on until Gu Fang burst from the magma and saved her. Gu Fang faced Hua Xuan and the One-Eyed Dou Wang after the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake was badly wounded.

• A Dou Wang overwhelmed Qing Lin's defenses and prepared to kill her so he could take the Jade Spirit Armor.
• Qing Lin found the will to keep fighting and restored the armor's barrier just as the attack came down.
• Gu Fang's Blood Fiend Origin Halberd shot from the magma and forced Hua Xuan back, then Gu Fang appeared in front of Qing Lin.
• The One-Eyed Dou Wang smashed the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake into the rock wall and noticed Gu Fang's strength seemed far below Hua Xuan's.
• Gu Fang wiped Qing Lin's tears and turned toward Hua Xuan and the One-Eyed Dou Wang with killing intent.

Gu Fang fought Hua Xuan and the One-Eyed Dou Wang after they threatened Qing Lin, then recognized Hua Xuan as the power behind the Enchanting Snake Demon Group. The battle moved aboveground, where Hua Xuan disarmed Gu Fang by knocking the Blood Fiend Origin Halberd from his hand.

• Gu Fang sent his modified Poison Puppet after the One-Eyed Dou Wang and attacked Hua Xuan with the Blood Fiend Origin Halberd.
• Hua Xuan clashed with Gu Fang, but the emerald flames on the halberd suppressed his fire and began eroding his Xuan Yuan Spear.
• Gu Fang flew Qing Lin out of the collapsing cave, and Hua Xuan pursued him aboveground while the puppet and the One-Eyed Dou Wang emerged from the sand.
• Gu Fang recognized the Enchanting Snake Demon Group emblem on Hua Xuan and realized Hua Xuan controlled the group from behind the scenes.
• Hua Xuan used Blazing Flame Burst to attack Gu Fang, struck his wrist, and knocked the Blood Fiend Origin Halberd from his grip.

Gu Fang fought Hua Xuan with the Blood Fiend Origin Halberd, whose fiendish aura drove Hua Xuan away when he tried to seize it. As the halberd awakened new techniques in Gu Fang, he rapidly mastered them and disarmed Hua Xuan, leaving him exposed to a crushing blow.

• Hua Xuan knocked the Blood Fiend Origin Halberd from Gu Fang's hand and tried to claim it, but its fiendish aura terrified him into letting go.
• Gu Fang caught the halberd and resumed fighting Hua Xuan while sensing that Queen Medusa was watching and Ling Wu was approaching.
• The Blood Fiend Origin Halberd deepened its connection with Gu Fang and gave him special halberd techniques, which he used to counter Hua Xuan's spear.
• Gu Fang fought Hua Xuan through a series of clashes and used a new technique to sweep the spear toward Hua Xuan's wrist.
• Hua Xuan abandoned his spear to avoid Gu Fang's strike, and Gu Fang reversed the halberd and smashed it toward Hua Xuan's chest.