Chapter Summaries

Ye Feng awoke in the Medusa Temple and learned how the battle ended, then reunited with Cai Die and heard Yun Yun’s message. The two shared an intimate night together, leaving Ye Feng embarrassed by his newfound interest in snake biology.

• Cai Die told Ye Feng that her sister had broken Han Feng’s leg, the Gold and Silver Elders had rescued him, and Jia Xingtian was imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison.
• Ye Feng worried that Han Feng would return for the Heavenly Flames and learned that Yun Yun had said she would wait for him.
• Ye Feng told Cai Die about the Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva and how he had obtained it during his journey to the Jia Ma Empire.
• Cai Die embraced Ye Feng and the two confessed their affection, then spent the night together in the Medusa Temple.

Ye Feng woke beside Cai Die after their night together and learned that Queen Medusa had entered seclusion to stabilize her newly advanced Dou Zong realm. He left the palace with Cai Die and headed to see the imprisoned Jia Xingtian.

• Ye Feng reviewed his system rewards, including the Imperial Seal Art, and realized his cultivation had risen to Four-star Dou Ling.
• Cai Die told Ye Feng that her sister had entered urgent seclusion after advancing to Dou Zong and fighting several battles.
• Cai Die insisted on dressing Ye Feng and called him her man despite her status as Snake People Princess.
• Ye Feng and Cai Die emerged from the palace, where a Snake Guard reported that Jia Xingtian was shouting in the Black Prison.
• Ye Feng ordered the Snake Guard to take them to see Jia Xingtian.

Ye Feng and Cai Die visited the Snake People Clan’s underground mine, where they found Hai Bodong enslaved alongside Jia Xingtian. Ye Feng revealed that he was both a human and the Snake People Clan’s Alchemy Elder, leaving Hai Bodong stunned.

• Ye Feng and Cai Die followed a Snake Guard to the mine where human captives were forced to work.
• Ye Feng recognized Hai Bodong carrying a huge Sand Crystal and recalled their past adventures in the desert.
• Hai Bodong mistook Cai Die for Queen Medusa, dropped the crystal, and was struck by it.
• Ye Feng asked Hai Bodong whether he wanted to escape, but Hai Bodong claimed he was satisfied with his life in the mine.
• Ye Feng introduced himself as Feng Ye, the Snake People Clan’s Alchemy Elder and a human, shocking Hai Bodong.

Ye Feng recruited Hai Bodong to help search for his martial nephew and support a new Mittel Family patriarch, offering a way to restore his sealed strength. He left Hai Bodong in the mine to cool the workers with his cold aura, then promised to take him to meet an old friend.

• Ye Feng told Hai Bodong he had come from the Central Continent to find his martial nephew and needed the Mittel Family's help searching the Jia Ma Empire.
• Ye Feng explained that Hai Bodong would serve as an old grandpa to someone else chosen to lead the Mittel Family, and promised to have Queen Medusa break his seal after the task was complete.
• Ye Feng showed Hai Bodong a Spirit Revival Purple Pill, and Hai Bodong agreed to follow his arrangements.
• Ye Feng pretended he had forgotten where Hai Bodong needed to go, then prepared to leave with Cai Die.
• Hai Bodong hurriedly offered to obey Ye Feng, who told him to use his cold aura to cool the hot mine.
• Ye Feng enjoyed the cool air and said he would take Hai Bodong to meet an old friend.

Ye Feng brought Hai Bodong to meet the imprisoned Jia Xingtian, whose strength had fallen from Peak Dou Huang to Da Dou Shi, and left the two old friends to talk. After lunch, Hua She'er warned Ye Feng and Cai Die that the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King had escaped to the Monster Beast Mountain Range, where the Magical Beasts had become dangerous to Snake People gathering herbs.

• Ye Feng and Cai Die entered the mine with Hai Bodong and found Jia Xingtian bound in chains.
• Hai Bodong realized Jia Xingtian had been sealed down to Da Dou Shi and inferred that Queen Medusa had become a Dou Zong.
• Jia Xingtian recognized Hai Bodong, and Ye Feng left the two imprisoned old friends together.
• Ye Feng and Cai Die shared lunch until Hua She'er arrived and reported that the injured Purple Crystal Winged Lion King had escaped.
• Hua She'er told them that Magical Beasts in the Monster Beast Mountain Range had gone mad, preventing Snake People from returning after gathering herbs.

Ye Feng learned that unrest among the Monster Beast Mountain Range’s Magical Beast Kings could threaten the Snake People Clan, and Cai Die ordered the tribes to guard their borders. He went with Cai Die to find the Green Lotus Core Flame sealed in the Back Garden, where it rose violently from a deep pit, and greeted it as an old acquaintance.

• Cai Die ordered the Snake People tribes to kill any humans or Magical Beasts that entered the Tagor Desert.
• Ye Feng, worried that a beast tide could endanger the Snake People Clan, asked Cai Die whether Queen Medusa had left her the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Cai Die said the flame was sealed in the Back Garden, and Ye Feng flew there with her.
• Ye Feng and Cai Die found the bamboo grove burned away, the pools dried up, and a deep pit left behind by clashes with the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• The Green Lotus Core Flame rose from the pit, and Ye Feng greeted it, saying they had met again.

Ye Feng used the Green Lotus Seat to calm the Green Lotus Core Flame and absorbed it with the Spirit Devouring Art. He gained the Three Thousand Green Lotus Body and rose to Seven Star Spirit Dou, leaving Cai Die astonished by his rapid growth.

• Ye Feng prepared to absorb the Green Lotus Core Flame and asked Cai Die to stand guard.
• Ye Feng used the Green Lotus Seat to gently draw the Green Lotus Core Flame into its lotus core.
• Ye Feng sat in meditation and spent several hours absorbing the Heavenly Flame with the Spirit Devouring Art.
• The system announced that Ye Feng had evolved into the Three Thousand Green Lotus Body and reached Seven Star Spirit Dou.
• Cai Die sensed Ye Feng's new strength, and Ye Feng explained that Heavenly Flame benefits accumulated over time before attributing his sudden increase to luck.

Ye Feng learned that Queen Medusa had fallen asleep after expending her soul power, and Cai Die revealed that her evolved true body was now a Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python. The tiny snake showed affection for Ye Feng, ending by licking his Storage Ring as he mistook it for licking his finger.

• Ye Feng questioned Cai Die about Medusa's whereabouts and realized she was hiding something.
• Cai Die admitted Medusa had expended her soul power and fallen asleep after the battle.
• Cai Die revealed Medusa's evolved true body as a tiny Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python.
• Ye Feng touched the little snake, which bit his finger before moving onto his hand.
• The little snake licked Ye Feng's Storage Ring, and Cai Die corrected his mistaken assumption.

Ye Feng explained the danger facing the sleeping Queen Medusa and decided to return to the Jia Ma Empire for more Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva. Before leaving, he promised Cai Die he would refine pills for the Snake People Clan, but her remark about him doing it in three seconds left him speechless.

• Little Sky Swallowing Python bit Ye Feng when he refused to let it consume the dangerous Earth Core Lotus Seed.
• Ye Feng told Cai Die that Queen Medusa's soul could be devoured as the newly born python grew, and that he needed Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva to revive her.
• Cai Die asked to accompany Ye Feng to the Jia Ma Empire, but he insisted she stay behind to protect the Snake People Clan.
• Ye Feng agreed to set out the next day and said he would spend the evening refining pills for the Snake People Clan.
• Cai Die recalled Ye Feng's speed and said he could do it in three seconds, leaving him embarrassed by the misunderstanding.

Ye Feng left the Snake People Clan after refining pills and saying goodbye to Cai Die, then traveled to the Jia Ma Empire's troubled Imperial Capital. He learned where Nalan Jie had found the Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva and prepared to investigate, but Nalan Su stopped him before he could leave.

• Ye Feng refined thirty Fourth-grade Pills for the Snake People Clan, and the three elders took them to discuss distribution.
• Ye Feng left the Medusa Temple after leaving Cai Die a pair of Concentric Heart Earrings, while she woke and watched him go.
• The Jia Ma Empire grew anxious after Jia Xingtian disappeared, with rival empires massing troops and factions turning toward the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Ye Feng visited the Nalan Family and found Nalan Jie away at the front lines.
• Ye Feng asked Nalan Su where Nalan Jie had discovered the Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva, and Nalan Su said it was somewhere southeast of the Monster Beast Mountain Range.
• Ye Feng thanked Nalan Su and started to leave, but Nalan Su called him back.

Ye Feng met Grand Princess Yao Ye at the Nalan Family, where she sought a private conversation with him. As they went inside, Yao Ye anxiously hoped to learn what had happened to her missing great-grandfather, Jia Xingtian.

• Nalan Su asked Ye Feng whether he had news about Elder Jia, but a servant interrupted to announce Yao Ye's arrival.
• Ye Feng and Nalan Su went out to welcome Yao Ye, and Nalan Su introduced her to Ye Feng.
• Yao Ye and Ye Feng shook hands, triggering a sign-in reward that gave Ye Feng a Monster Beast Mountain Range map and the Mystical Bird Wings battle skill.
• Yao Ye asked Ye Feng to speak with her privately, and he agreed to talk inside the Nalan Family residence.
• Yao Ye worried about her missing great-grandfather Jia Xingtian and explained that she had come hoping Ye Feng could tell her news of him.

Ye Feng reassured Yao Ye that Jia Xingtian was alive and promised the Snake People Clan would not invade the Jia Ma Empire. He and Yao Ye formed a temporary alliance against their coming enemies, though Ye Feng’s grip on her wrists had begun to hurt.

• Yao Ye asked Ye Feng about Jia Xingtian, and he told her that the Snake People Clan had imprisoned him but had not harmed him.
• Ye Feng assured Yao Ye and Nalan Su that the Snake People Clan would not invade the Jia Ma Empire during the crisis.
• When Yao Ye tried to kneel in gratitude, Ye Feng grabbed her wrists and explained that he would try to persuade Queen Medusa to release Jia Xingtian.
• Yao Ye proposed an alliance between the Jia Ma Empire and the Snake People Clan, and Ye Feng agreed to unite against their powerful enemies.
• Yao Ye told Ye Feng that he was hurting her wrists.

Ye Feng accidentally bruised Yao Ye’s wrists while discussing an alliance, then applied Ice Clear Spirit Liquid to make amends. After gaining a Dou Ling Pill from the sign-in reward, he left the Nalan Family and headed back toward the Snake People Clan.

• Ye Feng realized he had hurt Yao Ye by gripping her wrists too hard and apologized when she showed him the red marks.
• Yao Ye asked Ye Feng to apply his fourth-tier Ice Clear Spirit Liquid because she claimed her hands were weak.
• Ye Feng applied the medicine and received a Dou Ling Pill as a sign-in reward.
• Yao Ye tested her healed wrists and praised Ye Feng’s hidden abilities, while he denied having any secrets.
• Ye Feng told Yao Ye he would return to the Snake People Clan to win over Her Majesty the Queen, then said farewell to Nalan Su and departed in a streak of silver light.

Ye Feng encountered Xiao Yi Xian being cornered by a stronger group of mercenaries in the Monster Beast Mountain Range. As Young Leader Mu Li hesitated to protect her, Xiao Yi Xian offered herself to spare the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, whose members refused to abandon her.

• Ye Feng left the Imperial Capital and flew toward the Monster Beast Mountain Range after receiving valuable rewards from Yao Ye.
• Ye Feng spotted Xiao Yi Xian surrounded by mercenaries who outnumbered her companions and greatly outmatched them.
• Young Leader Mu Li offered the opposing group gifts in exchange for passage, but the burly leader knocked them away and broke Mu Li's arm.
• Mu Li hesitated between protecting Xiao Yi Xian and saving the mercenaries, so Xiao Yi Xian stepped forward and offered to stay behind.
• The Wolf Head Mercenary Group shielded Xiao Yi Xian and urged her to run while they held off the attackers.

Ye Feng watched Xiao Yi Xian and the mercenaries she had gathered face the Sand Mercenary Group, led by the nine-star Da Dou Shi Luo Ba. After Mu Li betrayed her to save his Wolf Head Mercenary Group, Xiao Yi Xian killed him with poison, revealing herself as a Poison Master as well as a healer.

• Ye Feng recognized Xiao Yi Xian as the healer whom the mercenaries had come to protect, while Mu Li and the Wolf Head Mercenary Group sided with Luo Ba.
• Luo Ba revealed his strength as a nine-star Da Dou Shi and ordered his men to attack, killing more than ten mercenaries.
• Mu Li knelt before Luo Ba and offered Xiao Yi Xian to him in exchange for sparing the Wolf Head Mercenary Group.
• Xiao Yi Xian sprayed Mu Li with white powder and stabbed him in the chest, killing him.
• Ye Feng realized that Xiao Yi Xian was not only a healer but also a Poison Master.

Xiao Yi Xian killed Mu Li with poison, prompting Luo Ba and the Wolf Head Mercenary Group to accuse her of being a Cloud Empire spy and threaten her. Just as Luo Ba reached for her, Ye Feng appeared and carried her away from danger, leaving Xiao Yi Xian wondering who had saved her.

• Xiao Yi Xian killed Mu Li with poison, and the Wolf Head Mercenary Group accused her of being a Cloud Empire spy.
• Luo Ba's men turned against Xiao Yi Xian's protectors as she called her Giant Blue Eagle with a bamboo whistle.
• Luo Ba approached Xiao Yi Xian and rejected her attempt to stop him with poison.
• Ye Feng descended amid a terrifying heatwave, struck Luo Ba, and carried Xiao Yi Xian away.
• Xiao Yi Xian opened her eyes in Ye Feng's arms and wondered why he had saved her.

Ye Feng rescued Xiao Yi Xian from the Sand Mercenary Group and revealed that he knew about her poison body. He killed Luo Ba and the Sand Mercenary Group, then ordered Hong Ling to attack the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, but Xiao Yi Xian asked him to spare them.

• Ye Feng caught Xiao Yi Xian before she could kill herself with a poison needle and told her he knew she was immune to poison.
• Ye Feng confronted Luo Ba and used his Dou Ling aura to make the Sand Mercenary Group flee.
• Ye Feng killed the fleeing mercenaries with Flowing Blade Like Fire, while Luo Ba grabbed Xiao Yi Xian as a hostage.
• Hong Ling wrapped around Xiao Yi Xian and knocked Luo Ba away, and Ye Feng killed the remaining Sand Mercenary Group members.
• Ye Feng ordered Hong Ling to deal with the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, but Xiao Yi Xian asked him to spare them.

Ye Feng defeated the Wolf Head Mercenary Group and took Xiao Yi Xian away from Qingshan Town. He carried her to a mountain valley, where she mistook his teasing for a real threat before he revealed he had only been scaring her and ordered Hong Ling to drive off nearby Magical Beasts.

• Hong Ling killed the Wolf Head Mercenary Group members, and Ye Feng invited Xiao Yi Xian to leave with him.
• Xiao Yi Xian agreed, and Ye Feng carried her into the sky despite her protests.
• Xiao Yi Xian struggled and argued with Ye Feng as he flew through the Monster Beast Mountain Range, and he told her Xiao Lan had fled.
• Ye Feng tightened his hold on Xiao Yi Xian and teased her, then carried her to a small mountain cave as she screamed for help.
• Ye Feng released Xiao Yi Xian and ordered Hong Ling to drive away the snake-like Magical Beasts crawling along the valley walls.

Ye Feng took Xiao Yi Xian to the hidden valley where she had discovered an old cave, and the two entered it to search for treasure. In the dark passage, Xiao Yi Xian stumbled into Ye Feng and clung to him, leaving them in an awkward embrace.

• Xiao Yi Xian questioned Ye Feng about the valley, and he said he had found it on a map.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Ye Feng she had discovered the cave and thought it might contain treasure.
• Ye Feng cleared away the trees at the cave entrance and led Xiao Yi Xian inside.
• Xiao Yi Xian’s firestarter went out, so she stayed close behind Ye Feng as he lit their path with a strange flame.
• Ye Feng stopped suddenly, and Xiao Yi Xian crashed into his back and grabbed him to keep from falling.
• Ye Feng pointed out that Xiao Yi Xian was pressing against him, and she blushed and demanded to know what he was doing.

Ye Feng and Xiao Yi Xian reached the end of the cave passage, where Ye Feng broke through a stone door and they discovered an ancient chamber filled with treasure and rare herbs. Xiao Yi Xian gathered the herbs Ye Feng gave her while he turned his attention to the skeleton on the seat.

• The system rewarded Ye Feng with a Heavenly Poison Staff and an Ice Throne after his cave outing with Xiao Yi Xian.
• Ye Feng dismissed Xiao Yi Xian’s complaints and shattered the stone door with his Fire Blowing Palm.
• Ye Feng and Xiao Yi Xian entered a stone chamber containing a skeleton, locked stone boxes, Gold Coins, valuables, and rare herbs.
• Xiao Yi Xian recognized several valuable medicinal ingredients, including Ice Spirit Flame Grass, and Ye Feng offered her the herbs and Gold Coins.
• Ye Feng teased Xiao Yi Xian that she was his now, then turned to examine the skeleton.