Chapter Summaries

Queen Medusa endured a devastating Lightning Tribulation as Ling Li discovered he could Devour its spatial lightning. When her body was destroyed and her souls faced annihilation, Ling Li intervened, cutting apart the next bolt and gaining a new connection to Spatial Power.

• Queen Medusa broke through to Dou Zong, and the Lightning Tribulation began with bolts that shattered her protective barriers.
• Ling Li discovered that he could Devour lightning deflected onto him, but held back so Queen Medusa could use the tribulation to cleanse her bloodline.
• Queen Medusa endured thirty-three increasingly powerful bolts until her body was scattered and her human and snake souls struggled alone.
• Ling Li saw that Queen Medusa could not survive the next bolt and drew Dark Night to intervene.
• Ling Li slashed the next bolt apart, Devoured much of its energy, and gained a faint ability to feel Spatial Power before taunting the dark clouds.

Ling Li endured the thirty-fifth Lightning Tribulation bolt, then tore apart the thunderclouds with his Blade Qi before pursuing and absorbing a Purple Gold Lightning Arc. He imprinted the arc into a mark on his hand and discovered it could solidify space, leaving him with a powerful but limited defensive ability.

• The thirty-fifth bolt struck Ling Li with tremendous force, smashing him through the altar and leaving him with a faint Purple Gold Lightning Mark.
• Ling Li gathered his strength and unleashed three streams of Blade Qi that tore open spatial rifts and shattered the thunderclouds.
• Ling Li chased a Purple Gold Lightning Arc through the falling lightning and absorbed it into his body.
• Ling Li suppressed the arc with the Yin Yang Twin Flames and imprinted its energy into the Purple Gold Lightning Mark on his arm.
• Ling Li used the mark to solidify space around him and realized its energy would only last for a limited number of uses.

After Queen Medusa completed her evolution and reached Dou Zong, Ling Li and his companions prepared to travel to Magic Flame Valley. The chapter ended with Ling Li and Queen Medusa flying there to confront the valley’s forces and pursue its secrets.

• Ling Li found that Queen Medusa had already used a Soul Fusion Pill to complete her evolution, while the Reviving Purple Spirit Pills had only restored the Snake People Five Elders to mid-stage Dou Huang strength.
• Queen Medusa congratulated Little Doctor Fairy on her rapid cultivation, and Ling Li interrupted them to demand that Queen Medusa fulfill her promises; Little Doctor Fairy was drawn into their ensuing encounter.
• Five days later, Ling Li emerged exhausted, and Queen Medusa’s new bloodline raised his bloodline rank from Rank 7 to Rank 8.
• Queen Medusa said she had reached two-star Dou Zong and could hold off Mo Tianxing for two hours; Ling Li discussed Magic Flame Valley’s Flame Manipulation Art, Earth Demon Old Ghost, and the possibility of obtaining his Heavenly Demon Puppet method.
• The next morning, Ling Li gave Little Doctor Fairy a few instructions and left with Queen Medusa for Magic Flame Valley.

Ling Li infiltrated Magic Flame Valley to scout Han Feng’s defenses while Queen Medusa waited outside. He found Han Feng hiding underground under the protection of Earth Demon Old Ghost and Mo Tianxing, and the chapter ended with Han Feng warning that Ling Li was unusually dangerous.

• Ling Li and Queen Medusa traveled to Magic Flame Valley and planned to draw Mo Tianxing outside if the opportunity arose.
• Ling Li turned into a shadow and passed the sentries, while Queen Medusa remained outside to watch for trouble.
• Ling Li slipped through the valley’s patrols and entered a sealed underground chamber.
• Earth Demon Old Ghost complained that he and Mo Tianxing had guarded Han Feng for ten days without seeing Ling Li.
• Han Feng stayed in hiding and urged Earth Demon Old Ghost not to underestimate Ling Li, citing the deaths of the Soul Hall Protectors at Black Mountain Fortress.

Ling Li ambushed Earth Demon Old Ghost in the secret chamber and killed him with Dark Night and his flames. He then confronted the pale-faced Han Feng, leaving their reunion poised for a fight.

• Han Feng offered to refine three Seventh-grade Pills if Earth Demon Old Ghost killed Ling Li, while Ling Li secretly prepared to attack.
• Earth Demon Old Ghost rose to leave, and Han Feng warned him when Ling Li’s Blade Qi struck from behind.
• Earth Demon Old Ghost’s Spatial Barrier failed to stop Ling Li’s attack, which tore open space, burned away his right arm, and forced him to dodge another strike.
• Earth Demon Old Ghost released Cold Ice Dark Mist and tried to flee toward Han Feng, but Ling Li’s Yang Flame overcame the mist.
• Ling Li stabbed Earth Demon Old Ghost through the heart, burned his heart meridians with Yin Flame, and greeted Han Feng.

Ling Li defeated Earth Demon Old Ghost, left Han Feng to Yao Chen, and escaped Magic Flame Valley. Outside, Queen Medusa was holding her own against Mo Tianxing, leaving their battle unresolved.

• Ling Li killed Earth Demon Old Ghost and stored his body to refine into a puppet.
• Han Feng begged Ling Li for mercy, but Ling Li summoned Yao Chen and gave him the means to take control of Han Feng and his Sea Heart Flame.
• Yao Chen swore himself to Ling Li, who placed a mark on his Soul Body and suggested he might someday return to the Yao Clan.
• Ling Li left the secret chamber as Han Feng screamed and guards hurried toward it.
• Ling Li returned to find Queen Medusa fighting Mo Tianxing inside a Spatial Barrier, with the two Dou Zongs still evenly matched.

Ling Li arrived as Queen Medusa fought Mo Tianxing, revealing strength that surprised them both. Mo Tianxing offered compensation to avoid a fight, but Ling Li rejected his offer and chose to take the Black Emperor Pavilion’s treasures himself.

• Mo Tianxing struggled to fend off Queen Medusa while sensing powerful spatial fluctuations from the secret chamber and worrying that a Dou Zun was involved.
• Mo Tianxing trapped Queen Medusa’s palm with Force-Transforming Wind Wall and formed a spatial spear, but she used a purple-hair decoy and nearly struck him with a longsword.
• Ling Li appeared inside the spatial barrier and took Queen Medusa’s place, astonishing Mo Tianxing with his presence and strength.
• Mo Tianxing denied wanting to fight Ling Li and offered the Black Emperor Pavilion’s compensation and lasting hospitality.
• Ling Li rejected Mo Tianxing’s offer and said he preferred taking the Black Emperor Pavilion’s treasures himself.

Ling Li tested his improved strength against Mo Tianxing, who used spatial chains and wind ropes in an attempt to capture him. Ling Li escaped and killed Mo Tianxing by tearing him apart with a spatial rift.

• Ling Li clashed with Mo Tianxing and shattered his spatial fist force with a lightning-infused punch.
• Mo Tianxing formed spatial chains and used them to restrict Ling Li's movement.
• Ling Li evaded the chains while assessing their strength and waited for Mo Tianxing to reveal his next move.
• Mo Tianxing filled the spatial trenches with azure Dou Qi and bound Ling Li with wind ropes, then offered to release him if Ling Li secured his life.
• Ling Li appeared behind Mo Tianxing, shattered the spatial chains, and tore Mo Tianxing in half with a spatial rift.

Ling Li killed Mo Tianxing, confirmed Yao Chen’s successful possession of Han Feng’s body, and took Han Feng’s Sea Heart Flame while Yao Chen kept Han Feng’s soul prisoner. Ling Li then searched Magic Flame Valley’s treasury by cutting down its mountains, revealing a hidden passage beneath them.

• Ling Li killed Mo Tianxing with a spatial slash and took his Storage Ring, then Queen Medusa reacted to the strength of his attack.
• Yao Chen confirmed that Han Feng’s body had fused successfully with his soul and gave Ling Li the Sea Heart Flame.
• Ling Li asked whether Han Feng was dead, and Yao Chen showed him Han Feng’s imprisoned soul and described his plans for revenge.
• Ling Li took the Sea Heart Flame, suggested Yao Chen could use his blood essence in his revenge, and then redirected him toward Magic Flame Valley’s treasury.
• Ling Li cut down both mountain peaks and scraped away the ground until he and his companions sensed a hidden passage.

Ling Li and his companions broke into Magic Flame Valley’s hidden storeroom and searched its collections. Ling Li found a Heavenly Demon Puppet scroll among the treasures, leaving its contents yet to be revealed.

• Ling Li shattered the stone door, and Yao Chen killed the fifth-tier Ring-Necked Jade-Eyed Python guarding the storeroom.
• Ling Li and Queen Medusa surveyed the Ink Steel Stone storeroom and its graded collections of techniques, cultivation methods, and medicinal herbs.
• Ling Li found several Earth-class techniques but was disappointed that most did not suit his attributes.
• Yao Chen accepted the True Flame Manipulation Art after recognizing that the Fentian Jue could address its backlash problem.
• Ling Li stored a Seventh-Tier Magic Core and opened a bamboo scroll that bore the words “Heavenly Demon Puppet.”

Ling Li looted Magic Flame Valley and returned to the Snake-People Holy City to cultivate, where he found a way to compress his Dou Dan with Spatial Power. He finally broke through toward Dou Zong, but his powerful Lightning Tribulation gathered overhead as Little Doctor Fairy watched with concern.

• Ling Li claimed a method for refining a Heavenly Demon Puppet and shared Magic Flame Valley's remaining treasures with Queen Medusa and Yao Chen.
• Queen Medusa left Snake People to guard Magic Flame Valley and sent Hai Bodong to loot the Black Emperor Pavilion.
• Ling Li returned to the Snake-People Holy City and consumed medicinal ingredients until he reached Peak Fighting Emperor, but he struggled to advance further.
• Ling Li used heavenly lightning energy and Spatial Power to compress his Dou Dan until it devoured Spatial Power and triggered his breakthrough.
• Dark clouds and blue-purple lightning gathered over the treasure vault, and Little Doctor Fairy celebrated Ling Li's breakthrough while fearing his Lightning Tribulation.

Ling Li endured the increasingly powerful Lightning Tribulation after breaking through to the Dou Zong realm, absorbing its purple-gold lightning until the final golden bolt nearly overwhelmed him. He survived by cutting the golden lightning apart, then swallowed healing pills and fainted.

• The Lightning Tribulation shattered Ling Li's barrier and bombarded him as he stood motionless, enduring its strikes.
• Ling Li began punching apart the tribulation bolts, absorbing their energy and capturing purple-gold lightning for the Purple Gold Lightning Arc on his arm.
• As the bolts grew stronger, Ling Li activated Venom Mode and used Dark Night and Cloud Day to withstand and sever the lightning.
• The final bolt carried a golden arc that tore open space, and Ling Li charged it with Dark Night and all the energy he could summon.
• Ling Li blocked the golden lightning, fought through its force, and finally cut it into fragments.
• Ling Li swallowed several Sixth-grade Pills after surviving, then fainted.

Ling Li awoke after his tribulation and met the Snake People Five Elders, who thanked him for helping their clan but raised concerns about Queen Medusa and her future child. The Great Elder began explaining that the child would need extensive nourishment before birth.

• Ling Li woke in a sandstone house, where Little Doctor Fairy and the Five Elders had cared for him while he was unconscious.
• Ling Li thanked the Five Elders, and one Elder rebuked him for the destruction his lightning tribulation had caused in the Holy City.
• Ling Li offered to compensate for the damage, and the Great Elder introduced herself and the other Elders before explaining that the city’s destruction was not a serious concern.
• The Great Elder raised the clan’s rules concerning Queen Medusa’s transformation and altar baptism, and Ling Li and Little Doctor Fairy blushed at the memories she brought up.
• The Great Elder said that Queen Medusa’s future child would inherit the Snake People Clan and would need spiritual pills and precious medicines while still in the womb.

Ling Li agreed to pursue the Snake People’s highest-grade infant-nourishing secret art by refining a seventh-grade Snake Marrow Bone Shedding Pill himself. He left with Little Doctor Fairy for the Snake-People Holy City, promising to settle her earlier remark later.

• Little Doctor Fairy blushed and accidentally suggested that Ling Li had never made her pregnant, and Ling Li teased her about it.
• The Snake People Great Elder explained that their highest-grade infant-nourishing secret art required a seventh-grade Snake Marrow Bone Shedding Pill, and Ling Li insisted on obtaining the best art.
• The Snake People Great Elder questioned whether Ling Li had access to a high-ranking alchemist with a Mysterious Flame, and Ling Li said he would refine the pill himself.
• Ling Li revealed black-and-white Mysterious Flames, received the Snake Marrow Bone Shedding Pill formula, and left with Little Doctor Fairy.
• Little Doctor Fairy wrapped a scarf around Ling Li and asked whether he wanted help with the pill, and Ling Li hurried toward the Snake-People Holy City with her.

Ling Li rapidly advanced his alchemy under Yao Chen’s guidance, learning to refine Sixth-grade Pills in five days while preparing for the more difficult Snake Marrow Bone Shedding Pill. Hai Bodong then reported a hidden underground chamber near Black Emperor City that had defeated him and might contain valuable treasures.

• Ling Li refined a Sixth-grade Pill, and Yao Chen praised his talent while Ling Li explained that Spatial Power had helped him take shortcuts.
• Little Doctor Fairy admired Ling Li, and Yao Chen noted that she could already refine Fifth-grade Pills.
• Hai Bodong arrived and greeted Ling Li, Little Doctor Fairy, and Yao Chen, whose possession of Han Feng’s body he recognized.
• Ling Li questioned Hai Bodong for leaving the Black Emperor Pavilion, and Hai Bodong explained that he and Ya Fei had defeated Mo Ya and cleared out the remaining forces.
• Hai Bodong told Ling Li that Ya Fei had discovered a concealed underground chamber near Black Emperor City, where an array and vicious souls had stopped him from entering.

Ling Li learned that the basement’s vicious souls might be connected to the Soul Hall and set out with Yao Chen and Hai Bodong to investigate. On the way to the Tagor Desert, Yao Chen offered to treat Hai Bodong’s lingering injuries and help him advance to Dou Zong.

• Yao Chen explained that the basement’s weak but numerous vicious souls could have been gathered through Soul Hall techniques, and Ling Li decided to investigate.
• Ling Li reassured Little Doctor Fairy, then left with Yao Chen and Hai Bodong to head for the basement.
• As they traveled through the Tagor Desert, Ling Li criticized Hai Bodong for not reaching Peak Fighting Emperor after nearly a year.
• Yao Chen learned that Hai Bodong’s decade-long sealing had left hidden injuries and offered to refine a seventh-tier Restoration Yuan Pill to help him recover and reach Dou Zong.

Ya Fei confronted the Black Emperor Pavilion retainers after Elder Yingshan plundered Black Emperor City, while Jia Hong led them to flee with more loot. Meanwhile, Ling Li and his companions reached a dangerous swamp that concealed a strange formation.

• Ya Fei accused Jia Hong, Fang Jing, and the other retainers of failing to stop Elder Yingshan and letting him raid the city.
• Jia Hong and Fang Jing claimed they could not risk fighting a Dou Zong, then left the hall as Ya Fei secretly resolved to kill them.
• Jia Hong warned the retainers that Ya Fei would not spare them and persuaded them to flee to Eagle Horn Mountain that night.
• Jia Hong and the others looted a Black Emperor Pavilion warehouse, set it on fire, and escaped, and news of their actions reached Elder Yingshan.
• Ling Li and his two companions landed at a foul, bone-filled swamp where Ling Li noticed a formation that blocked perception.

Ling Li, Yao Chen, and Hai Bodong discovered a Soul Hall cache of Blood Bait and trapped the escaping fierce souls so Yao Chen could devour them. As Yao Chen refined the souls behind Hai Bodong's ice barrier, Ling Li let the fierce souls pour through a hole into his finger.

• Yao Chen recognized the Soul Hall's aura, and Ling Li spread a dark flame barrier around the sealed mountain.
• The formation shattered, releasing countless fierce souls, but no Soul Hall Protectors appeared among them.
• Yao Chen explained that the Soul Hall created Blood Bait from captured souls and forced them to devour one another.
• Yao Chen absorbed and refined nearly a hundred fierce souls, while Ling Li narrowed the flame barrier and Hai Bodong protected them with an ice mirror.
• Ling Li poked a hole through the ice mirror, and the fierce souls rushed into his finger.

Ling Li absorbed Soul Hall’s fierce souls and cleansed their corrupting memories with his Yang Flame, raising his Soul Power into the Spirit Realm. Yao Chen explained the significance of the breakthrough to Hai Bodong, while Ling Li’s new strength made refining the Snake Marrow Bone Shedding Pill more achievable.

• Ling Li used his Yang Flame to burn away the black mist left by the first fierce soul he devoured.
• Ling Li drew the surrounding fierce souls into his body and absorbed them while cleansing their remnants with Yang Flame.
• After hours of absorbing fierce souls, Ling Li broke through to the Spirit Realm and released an overwhelming surge of Soul Power.
• Hai Bodong was shocked by Ling Li’s Soul Power, and Yao Chen recognized that Ling Li had reached the Spirit Realm.
• Yao Chen explained the five soul grades to Hai Bodong and said that Spirit Realm Soul Power qualified Ling Li for advancement to Dou Zong and eighth-grade alchemy.

Ling Li broke through to Spirit Realm soul strength and decided to accompany Hai Bodong to Black Emperor City, where unrest threatened the newly taken Black Emperor Pavilion. After arriving, he asked Ya Fei how she had subdued the pavilion and learned that its retainers had surrendered by offering up Mo Ya’s head.

• Ling Li absorbed most of the vicious souls, reached Spirit Realm soul strength, and helped restore Yao Chen’s soul to the peak of the Mortal Realm.
• Yao Chen identified a Soul Hall branch’s Soul Suppressing Pillar and Soul Tying Lock, and Ling Li warned that the Soul Hall remained a danger.
• Ling Li chose to accompany Hai Bodong to Black Emperor City and make an example of those who might challenge them.
• Ling Li and Yao Chen arrived at Black Emperor Pavilion, where Ya Fei gave Ling Li the seat of honor and reported recent unrest.
• Ya Fei explained that she had won the Black Emperor Pavilion’s retainers over with promises of benefits, and they had surrendered by presenting Mo Ya’s head.