Chapter Summaries

Little Doctor Fairy successfully absorbed the Green Lotus Core Flame, while Ling Li gained four stars of cultivation from its remaining energy. Queen Medusa allowed them to use the Snake People Clan’s vast treasury of medicinal herbs for alchemy practice, and the chapter ended with Ling Li discovering Ice Spirit Cold Spring beneath its central altar.

• Little Doctor Fairy refined the Mysterious Flame through the night, and Ling Li absorbed the Green Lotus Core Flame’s remaining energy, reaching Dou Wang Eight Stars.
• Little Doctor Fairy emerged with the Green Lotus Core Flame and advanced to Dou Spirit, though she struggled to control her new power.
• Ling Li brought Little Doctor Fairy to Queen Medusa and asked to use the Snake People Clan’s medicinal ingredients so she could practice alchemy; Queen Medusa agreed to an equal split of the pills.
• Hua She'er led Ling Li and Little Doctor Fairy into the vast underground treasury, filled with rare herbs, poisonous lakes, and a central altar.
• Ling Li flew to the altar and discovered a pond of Ice Spirit Cold Spring that supplied the treasury’s cold climate.

Little Doctor Fairy began refining medicine for the first time in the Snake People Clan’s treasury, while Ling Li watched and considered the rare Ice Spirit Cold Spring stored there. She successfully made high-grade Nourishing Yuan Saliva and then started working on a second-tier pill.

• Ling Li surveyed the vast pool of Ice Spirit Cold Spring and recognized its value for suppressing Mysterious Flames.
• Little Doctor Fairy prepared a medicine cauldron and chose to refine first-tier Nourishing Yuan Saliva as her first attempt.
• Little Doctor Fairy used the Green Lotus Core Flame to refine the ingredients and combine them with a first-tier wood Magic Core.
• Little Doctor Fairy tested the finished Nourishing Yuan Saliva and found it was high grade, earning Ling Li’s praise.
• Little Doctor Fairy rested briefly, then began refining a second-tier pill using ingredients from the stone platform.

Ling Li left the Snake People Clan’s treasure vault with pills made by Little Doctor Fairy and told Queen Medusa he planned to travel to the Gamma Empire. When Zi Yan insisted on joining him, he revealed his plan to break through to the Fighting Emperor realm and produced a child flame of the Golden Emperor Blazing Heaven Flame, leaving Queen Medusa and Zi Yan stunned.

• Ling Li collected four jade bottles of pills refined by Little Doctor Fairy, whose successful Fourth-grade Pill made her a Fourth-grade Alchemist.
• Ling Li told Queen Medusa he was going to the Gamma Empire and asked her to look after Zi Yan and Little Doctor Fairy while he was away.
• Zi Yan refused to stay behind, and Ling Li said he planned to forge a scabbard and sword and use the trip to break through to the Fighting Emperor realm.
• Zi Yan discovered Ling Li had advanced from a Four-star Fighting King to an Eight-star Fighting King, and Queen Medusa was astonished by his rapid progress.
• Ling Li revealed a child flame of the Golden Emperor Blazing Heaven Flame, and Zi Yan identified it as the fourth-ranked Mysterious Flame.

Ling Li gave Zi Yan the Golden Emperor Blazing Heaven Flame’s offspring flame to Devour and urged her to reach Dou Huang while he was away. He then used six Fire Lotus Seeds to begin his own breakthrough to Dou Huang in the desert.

• Ling Li asked Zi Yan whether she could Devour the Golden Emperor Blazing Heaven Flame’s offspring flame, and she said her Great Void Dragon bloodline would let her do so.
• Ling Li gave Zi Yan the flame and encouraged her to advance to Dou Huang before he returned; Zi Yan flew away to find a place to Devour it.
• Queen Medusa considered Ling Li’s generosity and worried that his future weapon might increase his strength and affect the Snake People Clan’s bargaining position.
• Ling Li left the royal palace, took six Fire Lotus Seeds from his System Space, and decided to break through to Dou Huang.
• Ling Li swallowed the six Fire Lotus Seeds, and the dark green vines in his sea of qi absorbed energy as a vast vortex of energy and sand formed above him.

Ling Li reached the one-star Dou Huang realm and returned to Yan Tie City to ask Yan Mo to forge a sheath for Dark Night. Yan Mo recognized the blade’s strange changes and realized why Ling Li had come.

• Ling Li spent three days absorbing energy, broke through to the Dou Huang realm, and learned to seal the energy of heaven and earth around him.
• Ling Li flew to Yan Tie City and sensed Yan Mo’s unusual aura after three and a half years away.
• Ling Li entered Yan Mo’s shabby shop and identified its scorching flame as the Beast Fire of a seventh-rank Blazing Rock Fire Lion.
• Ling Li pressed Dark Night to Yan Mo’s neck and teased him about the blade’s appetite for blood.
• Yan Mo let Dark Night feed on his blood, escaped its tendrils by melting his finger like lava, and guessed that Ling Li wanted him to forge a sheath.

Ling Li gave Yan Mo the Black Heavy Ruler and Dark Night so Yan Mo could forge a scabbard and longsword, then spent half a month cultivating in Yan Tie City. When Ling Li returned to Yan Mo’s shop, a strange black-mist phenomenon had vanished and soldiers had surrounded it.

• Ling Li offered the Black Heavy Ruler as material, and Yan Mo agreed to forge a scabbard and longsword while warning that his price was steep.
• Ling Li left Dark Night with Yan Mo, who ignored its blood-draining vines and opened a hidden passage beneath his shop.
• Over the next half month, Ling Li cultivated at the Alchemist Guild and stabilized his breakthrough to a One-Star Fighting Emperor.
• Ling Li returned to Yan Mo’s shop and saw two black-mist dragons and dark vines appear in the sky before the phenomenon disappeared.
• A squad of armed soldiers gathered and surrounded Yan Mo’s shop.

Ling Li returned to Yan Tie City's ruined shop after Dark Night's forging, passed through the soldiers surrounding it, and examined the weapon in Yan Mo's underground forge. Dark Night accepted its new scabbard, and Yan Mo asked Ling Li what he would pay for the saber.

• Ling Li killed the soldiers surrounding the shop with his killing intent, while the Lord of Yan Tie City let him pass and secretly crushed a jade token.
• Ling Li entered the shop's underground forge and learned from Yan Mo that the volcano beneath it supplied the Azure Water Flame.
• Ling Li sheathed Dark Night in the curved-horn scabbard, and the saber's Spatial Fluctuation cut through the forge's defensive runes and rock wall.
• Yan Mo marveled that Dark Night had accepted the scabbard, and Ling Li promised to have him refine it later.
• Yan Mo asked Ling Li what he planned to pay for the saber.

Ling Li fought Yan Mo after Yan Mo used his blood to influence Dark Night and demanded payment beyond the rare materials Ling Li offered. After Ling Li killed him, Yan Mo’s mysterious crystal entered Ling Li’s heart, and the System announced that he had obtained Wrath.

• Ling Li offered Yan Mo rare materials as payment, but Yan Mo claimed the materials were insufficient and seized control of Dark Night with his blood.
• Yan Mo drew the dark longsword and attacked Ling Li, who covered himself in Vine Armor and met the strike head-on.
• Ling Li avoided Yan Mo’s follow-up attack, pierced his chest, and crushed his heart, leaving behind a dark red crystal.
• Ling Li discovered that the crystal contained a familiar sense of destruction, but it melted and rushed into his heart before he could stop it.
• The System announced that Ling Li had obtained Wrath.

Ling Li acquired Wrath and was confronted by Jia Xing Tian, who blamed him for the destruction of Yan Tie City. Ling Li refused to explain himself and prepared to test Dark Night against the Gamma Empire’s guardian deity.

• Ling Li realized that the strange treasure he had obtained was Wrath, but he could not yet determine its abilities.
• Ling Li sensed a Peak Fighting Emperor approaching and identified the newcomer as Jia Xing Tian, then took Yan Mo’s Storage Ring and went outside to meet him.
• Jia Xing Tian arrived above the ruined Yan Tie City and confronted Ling Li, assuming that the Slaughter Shadow Blade had destroyed the city and killed its people.
• Jia Xing Tian demanded that Ling Li come with him and explain himself, promising not to take his life if he cooperated.
• Ling Li refused to explain and decided to use Jia Xing Tian as a test for Dark Night.

Ling Li fought Jia Xing Tian in Yan Tie City, using Dark Night and his techniques to break through the Peak Fighting Emperor’s defenses. Jia Xing Tian traded a blow with Ling Li, sending him crashing into the ground, while a series of impacts sounded from Jia Xing Tian’s right arm.

• Jia Xing Tian used Spatial Power to bind Ling Li, but Ling Li broke free with Thousand Gang and Line Break.
• Jia Xing Tian formed earth shields and ten thousand earth swords, while Ling Li used Dark Night and Vine Armor to destroy them and charge at him.
• Jia Xing Tian formed earthen armor and chose to trade injuries with Ling Li rather than defend against Dark Night’s rapid slashes.
• Ling Li struck Jia Xing Tian’s shoulder as Jia Xing Tian punched Ling Li in the chest, sending Ling Li flying into the ground.
• Muffled impacts rang out from Jia Xing Tian’s right arm after the exchange.

Ling Li fought Jia Xing Tian to exhaustion at Yan Tie City, and Jia Xing Tian’s attacks left Ling Li seemingly buried beneath a devastating blast. The chapter ended with Ling Li’s hidden strike severing Jia Xing Tian’s right arm and damaging his soul, forcing Jia Xing Tian to flee.

• Ling Li charged Jia Xing Tian despite his severe injuries, and Jia Xing Tian used the Earth Control Art, Pagoda to suppress him.
• Ling Li endured the attack and kept fighting as Jia Xing Tian’s Dou Qi dwindled.
• Jia Xing Tian summoned the Earth-tier Earth Control Art, Spear, and hurled a powerful energy dragon at Ling Li before retreating.
• Ling Li shielded himself with overlapping Blade Qi as the energy dragon struck, unleashing a blast that left Jia Xing Tian believing the fight was over.
• Ling Li’s nearly imperceptible Blade Qi severed Jia Xing Tian’s right arm and damaged his soul, so Jia Xing Tian fled through the sky.

Queen Medusa rescued the gravely injured Ling Li after he fought Jia Xing Tian, while Jia Xing Tian returned to the Gamma Imperial Capital with a severed arm and greatly diminished strength. He told Yao Ye that Ling Li had wounded him, leaving the empire vulnerable to internal unrest and attacks from neighboring powers.

• Queen Medusa searched Ling Li, gave him several Fourth-grade Pills, and left him alive; another woman searched the area but departed without finding anyone.
• Jia Xing Tian appeared in the Gamma Imperial Capital with his right arm missing, revealing that his battle had left him severely weakened and alarming the empire’s experts.
• Jia Xing Tian reached the palace, took a Sixth-grade Purple Origin Returning Pill, and summoned Princess Yao Ye to the back garden.
• Jia Xing Tian told Yao Ye that Ling Li had severed his arm with the black blade and might still be alive, and warned that hostile forces had noticed his condition.
• Yao Ye left to manage the empire’s affairs, worrying that Ling Li’s survival and the Gamma Empire’s weakened defenses could invite retaliation and invasion.

The Gamma Empire used Jia Xing Tian’s clash with Ling Li to suppress internal factions and announce that Ling Li had reached the Fighting Emperor realm after destroying Yan Tie City. Ling Li woke in the Snake-People Holy City with severe injuries and lingering berserker rage, while Zi Yan and Queen Medusa clashed over his condition.

• The Gamma Empire wiped out the Mo Family, executed Miter Lei Le and other conspirators, and forced its restless factions to lie low.
• The Imperial family announced that Ling Li had destroyed Yan Tie City and escaped Jia Xing Tian’s attack with serious wounds, alarming the surrounding empires.
• Ling Li woke and recalled that Rage had made him lose reason and fight Jia Xing Tian instead of retreating.
• Zi Yan tried to find medicinal ingredients Little Doctor Fairy could use, but Little Doctor Fairy said she could not refine pills from them.
• Queen Medusa told Zi Yan to stop distracting Little Doctor Fairy and explained that she had brought Ling Li back after saving him.
• Zi Yan blamed Queen Medusa for Ling Li’s condition, and Qing Lin tried to calm the growing conflict.

Ling Li recovered from Jia Xing Tian’s injuries in the Snake-People Holy City while his companions grew stronger and the Gamma Empire spread accusations against him. After half a month, three visitors stood outside the city asking whether their target was inside.

• Ling Li awoke and thanked Queen Medusa, Zi Yan, Little Doctor Fairy, and Qing Lin for saving him and tending to him.
• Qing Lin revealed that Zi Yan had devoured a Golden Emperor Blazing Heaven Flame Sub-flame and reached eight-star Dou Wang; Ling Li agreed they would settle accounts after her breakthrough to Dou Huang.
• Zi Yan learned that the Gamma Empire had blamed Ling Li for destroying Yan Tie City and mobilized forces to search for him, so she vowed to plunder the area around the Tagor Desert.
• Ling Li gave Zi Yan a black longsword forged by Yan Mo, and she tested it by releasing a violet-gold Sword Qi that Queen Medusa stopped before it damaged her palace.
• While Ling Li healed, Qing Lin went to the Ten Thousand Snake Cave with Hua She'er, Little Doctor Fairy refined pills for the Snake People Clan, and Zi Yan practiced swordsmanship with Queen Medusa.
• After half a month, Ling Li had fully recovered, and three people arrived outside the Snake-People Holy City asking Lord Ice Emperor whether their target was inside.

Pill King Gu He traveled with Hai Bodong and a woman in red to Snake-People Holy City, hoping to negotiate with Queen Medusa for the Mysterious Flame she had taken. The chapter ended with Hai Bodong asking what Gu He planned to offer in exchange.

• Hai Bodong led Pill King Gu He and the woman in red toward Snake-People Holy City, uneasy about the powerful figures waiting there.
• Hai Bodong recalled Ling Li's battle with Jia Xing Tian and concluded that Ling Li was likely dead or gravely wounded.
• Gu He explained that he had traced a Mysterious Flame's aura into the desert but found that Queen Medusa had already taken it.
• Gu He showed Queen Medusa's purple hair as evidence, and Hai Bodong froze the strands until they turned to ash.
• Gu He revealed that he wanted the Mysterious Flame to overcome the limit holding him back from becoming a Rank 7 Alchemist.
• Hai Bodong asked Gu He what he intended to offer Queen Medusa in exchange for the Mysterious Flame.

Gu He offered pills in exchange for the Mysterious Flame and tried to negotiate with the Snake People, but Hua She'er barred his way at the Holy City. Hai Bodong froze the guards’ spears, only for a powerful figure inside the city to answer with Purple-Gold Sword Qi and golden flames, leaving Gu He delighted to see the Mysterious Flame.

• Gu He offered a Seventh-grade Shapeshifting Pill and two Sixth-grade Fighting Spirit Pills for the Mysterious Flame, though Hai Bodong judged the offer too low.
• Hua She'er stopped Gu He, Hai Bodong, and the woman in red outside the Snake-People Holy City and refused to ask the queen to meet them.
• Gu He released his peak Dou Wang aura and advanced despite Hua She'er’s warning, prompting her and the Snake People guards to hurl spears at the three.
• Hai Bodong used Condensing Ice Mirror to freeze the spears and raise a vast ice wall, revealing his strength as a Dou Emperor.
• A little girl’s voice came from the city, and Purple-Gold Sword Qi split Hai Bodong’s ice barrier before golden flames surged across it.
• Hai Bodong panicked at the thought that the speaker had also become a Dou Emperor, while Gu He recognized the Mysterious Flame and was delighted.

Zi Yan confronted Hai Bodong after he arrived with Gu He and a woman in red, suspecting betrayal. Hai Bodong suddenly froze Gu He in an ice formation, then nervously told Zi Yan he had brought back a few gifts.

• Zi Yan shattered the ice wall and revealed her golden Mysterious Flame and violet-gold longsword, while Gu He asked Hai Bodong to help him obtain the flame.
• Gu He offered to exchange for Zi Yan’s Mysterious Flame, but Zi Yan accused Hai Bodong of betraying their group by bringing strangers back.
• Zi Yan demanded an explanation from Hai Bodong as Gu He and the woman in red braced for a fight.
• Hai Bodong cast Mysterious Ice Seal and encased Gu He in a towering ice sculpture.
• Hai Bodong forced a fawning smile and told Zi Yan that he had brought back a few gifts.

Hai Bodong presented Gu He and Ya Fei to Zi Yan as gifts, hoping to secure his place with Ling Li’s group. Zi Yan welcomed Gu He but ordered Ya Fei taken away, until an unseen voice asked whether she was Ya Fei.

• Zi Yan accepted Hai Bodong’s explanation that he had brought Gu He as a gift to make her candy pills.
• Zi Yan said Ling Li was recovering and promised to deal with Gu He’s Cloud Mist Sect ties herself.
• Hai Bodong presented Ya Fei to Zi Yan as another gift.
• Zi Yan suspected Ya Fei was the woman Ling Li had sought and ordered snakefolk soldiers to take her away.
• As the soldiers lifted Ya Fei, an unseen speaker asked whether she called herself Ya Fei.

Ling Li freed Gu He from the ice, compelled him to serve, and brought Hai Bodong and Ya Fei to the Snake People’s underground treasury. There, he gathered ingredients for a Reviving Purple Spirit Pill and called on Yao Chen to demonstrate alchemy to Little Doctor Fairy.

• Hua She'er explained that Hai Bodong had brought Gu He and Ya Fei to Snake-People Holy City as gifts for Ling Li.
• Ling Li shattered Gu He's ice prison and planted a strand of Dou Qi in his mind, forcing Gu He to submit.
• Ling Li led Hai Bodong and Ya Fei through the palace to the underground treasury, where he gave Ya Fei a fire-element necklace to protect her from the cold.
• Ling Li introduced Little Doctor Fairy to the idea of watching an alchemy grandmaster refine pills.
• Hai Bodong provided ingredients for two batches of Reviving Purple Spirit Pills, and Ling Li collected the missing herbs before summoning Yao Chen.

Ling Li summoned Yao Chen to refine a Reviving Purple Spirit Pill for Hai Bodong, while Yao Chen concealed his failed attempt to possess Ling Li and tried to earn his trust. Yao Chen completed the pill but weakened himself, and Hai Bodong grew convinced Ling Li might eventually use his body to restore Yao Chen.

• Ling Li summoned Yao Chen and ordered him to refine a fifth-tier Reviving Purple Spirit Pill, despite Yao Chen's claims that his Soul Body was too weak for difficult pills.
• Yao Chen prepared to refine the pill while Ling Li told Little Doctor Fairy to observe, and Hai Bodong learned Yao Chen claimed to have once been a peak eighth- or ninth-tier pill refiner.
• Yao Chen revealed Bone Spirit Cold Flame and controlled multiple flame clusters as he refined the ingredients, but his first attempt failed.
• After a day and night, Yao Chen successfully formed the Reviving Purple Spirit Pill and handed it to Ling Li, asking him to keep his promise to restore his body.
• Ling Li gave the pill to Hai Bodong, who thanked him but began to suspect Ling Li planned to use his body as the Dou Zong vessel for Yao Chen's restoration.