Chapter Summaries

Lu Chuan defeated Yun Shan and the Misty Cloud Sect’s formation, then let Yun Yun decide how to handle her sect. Yun Shan summoned Vulture Protector, who recognized Yao Chen and attacked him as Lu Chuan prepared to intervene.

• Lu Chuan shattered Yun Shan’s shield and blasted him into the forest, while the Cloud Smoke Covering Sun Formation’s backlash injured the Misty Cloud Sect’s elders and disciples.
• Yao Chen, Hai Bodong, and the Golden Feathered Eagle captured Gu He and his two Dou Emperor companions as Jia Xingtian watched and recognized Hai Bodong.
• Yun Yun arrived and told Yun Shan she had chosen to stay with Lu Chuan and would return after giving birth to their child; Yun Shan angrily refused to accept her decision.
• Yun Shan summoned Vulture Protector, who appeared from black mist and demanded that Lu Chuan hand over Yun Yun, but Lu Chuan rejected him.
• Yao Chen and Vulture Protector recognized each other as Vulture Protector attacked Yao Chen with a black chain, prompting Lu Chuan to threaten him.

Lu Chuan defeated and captured Vulture Protector, then spared Yun Shan and the Misty Cloud Sect at Yun Yun’s request while killing Gu He and his two allies. After the sect escaped the surrounding Magical Beasts, Lu Chuan returned to his Cave Mansion and summoned the now-controlled Vulture Protector from the Soul Capturing Spirit Pearl.

• Lu Chuan shattered Vulture Protector’s attack, rejected Yao Chen’s offer to face Soul Hall alone, and captured Vulture Protector with the Soul Capturing Spirit Pearl.
• Lu Chuan spared Yun Shan and the Misty Cloud Sect after Yun Yun pleaded for them, but killed Gu He and the two men who had accompanied him.
• A group of powerful Magical Beasts blocked Yun Shan’s retreat until Lu Chuan ordered the Golden Feathered Eagle to make them disperse.
• Lu Chuan returned to his Cave Mansion, confirmed that Vulture Protector was under his control, and summoned him inside a Seal.

Lu Chuan refined Wu Protector into his first Soul Slave and sent him to infiltrate the Soul Hall, while the Misty Cloud Sect returned without Yun Yun. The chapter ended with Xiao Xun'er learning that Xiao Yan had remained in a shapeshifted magical beast's cave for over a year.

• Lu Chuan used the Soul Capturing Spirit Pearl to refine Wu Protector into a Soul Slave, learned about the Soul Hall's mission to investigate the Tou She Ancient God Jade, and ordered Vulture Protector to control his superior and colleagues.
• Lu Chuan let Vulture Protector devour the souls of Gu He and two others, strengthening him before sending him away from the Monster Beast Mountain Range.
• Jia Xingtian watched the Misty Cloud Sect leave the mountain range and considered offering Yao Ye to the shapeshifted magical beast to secure the imperial family's protection; Yun Shan noticed him but said the empire would no longer belong to his family.
• Qing Lin brought food to Queen Medusa and Bing Yun, who woke and resumed competing for Lu Chuan's attention before he joined them.
• Yun Shan returned to the Misty Cloud Sect without Yun Yun, and Yun Leng told Nalan Yanran that Yun Yun had willingly stayed with the shapeshifted magical beast, leaving Nalan Yanran distraught.
• At Jia Nan Academy, Xiao Xun'er questioned a green-clad subordinate and learned that Xiao Yan had been staying in a shapeshifted magical beast's cave for nearly a year.

Xiao Xun'er learned that Xiao Yan was staying with a powerful shapeshifted beast, while Lu Chuan agreed to help Queen Medusa relocate the Snake People Tribe and let Xiao Yan leave to face Nalan Yanran. Lu Chuan brought Queen Medusa back to the Medusa Temple, where her people welcomed her return and discovered she had regained her Dou Zong cultivation.

• Xiao Xun'er ordered Elder Ling to bring Xiao Yan out if he remained with the shapeshifted beast a month before his agreement with Nalan Yanran.
• Queen Medusa asked Lu Chuan to help the Snake People Tribe leave the Tagor Desert, and he agreed to give them land in the eastern Monster Beast Mountain Range.
• Lu Chuan left Yun Yun in charge of the Cave Mansion and agreed to let Xiao Yan descend the mountain for his Three-Year Agreement with Nalan Yanran.
• Lu Chuan told Xiao Yan that Xiao Xun'er belonged to the Ancient Clan and sought the Xiao Clan's Ancient Jade, causing Xiao Yan to distrust her and consider restoring his clan.
• Lu Chuan and Queen Medusa arrived at the Medusa Temple, where the four Great Elders and the Snake People welcomed her return and sensed that she had regained her Dou Zong cultivation.

After Queen Medusa announced that Lu Chuan would give the Snake People Tribe a home in the Eastern Monster Beast Mountain Range, the tribe prepared to leave the Tagor Desert. The elders confirmed Medusa was pregnant, and Lu Chuan promised to prepare a Heavenly Soul Blood Fusion Pill for the child; the chapter ended as the migration set out.

• Queen Medusa told the Snake People Tribe that Lu Chuan, ruler of the Eastern Monster Beast Mountain Range, had offered them a place to live there.
• Queen Medusa ordered Hua She'er and the tribe's commanders to organize the clansmen and prepare for migration.
• The four great elders confronted Queen Medusa about becoming Lu Chuan's woman, then agreed to perform her altar baptism before the move.
• The elders revealed that Medusa appeared to be pregnant, and Lu Chuan confirmed it and promised to prepare the materials for a Heavenly Soul Blood Fusion Pill.
• The Snake People Tribe gathered its people and supplies, and Lu Chuan and Queen Medusa led the migration out of the Tagor Desert.

Lu Chuan protected the Snake People Tribe’s migration from a sandstorm as the enormous procession reached the Jia Ma Empire’s eastern border. Jia Xingtian mobilized the empire’s forces, then recognized Lu Chuan and Queen Medusa approaching the Snake People army.

• Lu Chuan dispersed a sandstorm threatening the Charming Snake Tribe, and Yue Mei resumed leading her people forward.
• Queen Medusa noticed Yue Mei’s interest in Lu Chuan and considered helping her obtain a Form Transformation Pill.
• Mercenaries spotted the Snake People Tribe’s immense migration, prompting Jia Xingtian to order troops to reinforce the eastern border.
• Jia Xingtian traveled to Blazing Sun Fortress with Yao Ye and imperial experts as the Snake People army approached.
• Jia Xingtian flew toward the Snake People forces and recognized Lu Chuan on a Golden Feathered Eagle beside Queen Medusa.

Lu Chuan escorted the Snake People Tribe through Blazing Sun Fortress, where Jia Xingtian offered Princess Yao Ye to secure his protection for the Jia Ma Imperial Family. Meanwhile, Fan Lao told Han Feng that Queen Medusa possessed Heavenly Flames, prompting Han Feng to summon powerful allies to help him obtain them.

• Jia Xingtian recognized Queen Medusa and, intimidated by her and Lu Chuan, agreed to let the Snake People Tribe pass through Blazing Sun Fortress.
• Jia Xingtian ordered Commander Han to open the gates, and the Snake People Tribe began crossing the fortress under strict orders not to provoke them.
• Jia Xingtian urged Yao Ye to accompany Lu Chuan as a way to protect the Jia Ma Imperial Family, and Yao Ye agreed before Lu Chuan lifted her onto the Golden Feathered Eagle.
• Fan Lao visited Han Feng in Feng City and revealed that Queen Medusa had taken the Heavenly Flames, while concealing Lu Chuan's existence.
• Han Feng summoned the masters of the Earth Flame Sect and the Eight Fan Gate, along with two other powerful figures, to help him pursue the Heavenly Flames.

Han Feng recruited Fan Lao to help him pursue the Heavenly Flames in the Tagor Desert, while Lu Chuan settled the Snake People Tribe in the Monster Beast Mountain Range and Yao Ye began trying to win his favor. The chapter ended with a large force approaching Black Stone Fortress, led by five Dou Wang experts.

• Han Feng persuaded Fan Lao to join the expedition for the Heavenly Flames by promising him a separate reward.
• Lu Chuan designated a resource-rich region in the Monster Beast Mountain Range for Queen Medusa and the Snake People Tribe, and Yao Ye resolved to become more than his maidservant.
• Jia Xingtian watched the migration disappear into the mountains and accepted the sacrifice of his granddaughter as a way to protect the Jia Ma Imperial Family.
• Queen Medusa undressed and entered the bath with Lu Chuan, while Yao Ye overcame her hesitation and began washing his back.
• A vast force appeared outside Black Stone Fortress, and five Dou Wang experts flew toward its walls.

Allied forces from the Luoyan Empire and Mulan Empire entered the Jia Ma Empire to fight the Snake People Tribe, while Lu Chuan helped Queen Medusa settle her people and brought Yao Ye back to his Cave Mansion. He planned to have the Snake People build a Travel Palace, and Yao Ye met Yun Yun, who took charge of welcoming her into the household.

• Commander Wang recognized the allied forces from the Luoyan Empire and Mulan Empire and ordered Black Stone Fortress's gates opened to their troops.
• Lu Chuan, Queen Medusa, and Yao Ye emerged from Medusa's room, and Medusa gave Yao Ye ointment before Lu Chuan decided the Snake People Tribe should build him a Travel Palace.
• Lu Chuan opened a spatial vortex and brought Medusa and Yao Ye from the Snake People settlement to his Cave Mansion.
• Yao Ye met Yun Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin, and Lu Chuan introduced Yao Ye as his new woman and Yun Yun's younger sister.
• Yun Yun warmly took Yao Ye to find her a residence, while Medusa accepted Lu Chuan's warning not to act recklessly and resolved to use the Travel Palace project to outshine Yun Yun.

Lu Chuan stayed at the Cave Mansion with Xiao Yi Xian and Bing Yun while Jia Xingtian confirmed that the Snake People Tribe had settled peacefully in the Monster Beast Mountain Range and ordered allied armies to withdraw. Yun Shan emerged from seclusion seeking a cure for the aftereffects of Vulture Protector's tampering, then learned that Lu Chuan had led the migration and that Yao Ye had been offered to him.

• Qing Lin and Queen Medusa followed Yun Yun to keep her from winning Yao Ye's allegiance, while Lu Chuan asked Xiao Yi Xian about her rapid cultivation progress.
• Bing Yun rushed to Lu Chuan and embraced him, and he carried her into the ice cave after Xiao Yi Xian left to check on Yun Yun's arrangements.
• Jia Xingtian received a report that the Snake People Tribe had settled in the Monster Beast Mountain Range without conflict, then ordered Mu Chen to tell the other empires' armies to withdraw.
• Yun Leng and the Misty Cloud Sect elders debated how to respond to the military buildup while Yun Shan remained in seclusion, unaware that Yun Shan was suffering from Vulture Protector's tampering.
• Yun Shan emerged from seclusion hoping Lu Chuan could cure him, then heard that the Snake People Tribe had migrated peacefully and that Jia Xingtian had offered Yao Ye to a powerful expert riding a golden eagle.

Xiao Yan arrived near Misty Cloud Sect and entered Jia Ma Holy City to cultivate before the Three-Year Agreement, while Nalan Yanran considered asking Yun Yun to help save Nalan Jie from his Curse Poison. In the Monster Beast Mountain Range, Yao Ye became pregnant, and Yun Shan arrived at Lu Chuan’s Cave Mansion asking him to save his life.

• Yun Shan ordered Misty Cloud Sect members to monitor foreign factions in Jia Ma Empire and stop anyone who caused trouble.
• Xiao Yan reached Jia Ma Holy City, rented an inn, and began cultivating while Ling Ying secretly watched over him.
• Nalan Yanran and Nalan Su invited third-grade alchemists to treat Nalan Jie, but none could remove his Curse Poison.
• Nalan Yanran decided she might seek Yun Yun’s help if no one could cure Nalan Jie, since Gu He was missing and might be persuaded to treat him.
• Yao Ye became pregnant, and Lu Chuan received Heavenly Heart Jade Liquid, Sky-Tearing Hand, and the Void Body from his system reward.
• Yun Shan came to Lu Chuan’s Cave Mansion, bowed respectfully, and pleaded for his life.

Yun Shan sought Lu Chuan’s help to remove the Soul Hall’s hidden power from his body, and Yao Chen cured him with the Bone Spirit Cold Flame. Lu Chuan absorbed new system rewards but did not reach Dou Zun; later, Hai Bodong left to visit the imperial capital, while Yan Luotian and other Luoyan Empire leaders confronted Jia Xingtian over the Snake People Tribe’s migration.

• Yun Shan begged Lu Chuan to save him from the dangerous effects of his breakthrough, and Yun Yun asked Lu Chuan to help her teacher.
• Lu Chuan assigned Yao Chen to treat Yun Shan, and Yao Chen burned away the dark power lodged in Yun Shan’s bones with the Bone Spirit Cold Flame.
• Lu Chuan absorbed the Heavenly Heart Jade Liquid but remained at the peak of the Nine-star Dou Zong realm, then learned the Sky-Tearing Hand and fused with the Void Body.
• Hai Bodong asked Lu Chuan for permission to return to the imperial capital, and Lu Chuan agreed.
• Yan Luotian and twelve other experts arrived at Blazing Sun Fortress, where they criticized Jia Xingtian for allowing the Snake People Tribe into the Monster Beast Mountain Range.

Jia Xingtian allowed Yan Luotian and the allied armies to pass through Blazing Sun Fortress toward the Snake People Tribe, while secretly sending a messenger to warn Lu Chuan. Han Feng’s group also followed the army, hoping to seize the Heavenly Flames after the fighting, as Queen Medusa mobilized the Snake People Tribe to meet the invasion; Yan Luotian confronted her outside their territory.

• Jia Xingtian failed to dissuade Yan Luotian and the other foreign experts, then ordered Mu Chen to let their armies pass into the Monster Beast Mountain Range.
• Jia Xingtian learned that the Misty Cloud Sect had been suppressing foreign forces and sent a black-robed man to warn Lu Chuan about the allied armies.
• Han Feng and twenty-six Black Corner Region experts followed the coalition, agreeing that the Gold and Silver Elders would hold off Yan Luotian while Han Feng pursued the Heavenly Flames.
• Queen Medusa returned to the Snake People Tribe’s new holy city to arrange construction of a palace for Lu Chuan, then learned from Mo Bass that the allied army was approaching.
• Queen Medusa ordered Hua She'er to mobilize the tribe and sent Mo Bass to inform Lu Chuan before leading the Snake People Tribe’s elders to face the army.
• Yan Luotian flew out before the coalition and confirmed that Queen Medusa had reached the Dou Zong realm.

The imperial allied forces attacked the Snake People Tribe, and Queen Medusa fought Yan Luotian and the Three Elders of Mulan while the battle spread across the defensive lines. Lu Chuan learned of the invasion and arrived through a space crack, leaving the allied forces facing his overwhelming aura.

• Queen Medusa positioned the Snake People forces to defend their territory as the imperial allied army advanced.
• Yan Luotian and the Three Elders of Mulan confronted Queen Medusa, while the Snake People Tribe's four Great Elders reinforced the defensive lines.
• The allied army and Snake People warriors clashed, and Yan Luotian and the Three Elders of Mulan injured Queen Medusa in a four-on-one attack.
• A black-robed messenger told Lu Chuan that the allied forces were attacking the Snake People Tribe, and Lu Chuan traveled there through a space crack.
• Lu Chuan emerged above the battlefield, and Queen Medusa welcomed his arrival as his aura pressured both armies.

Lu Chuan arrived to rescue the Snake People Tribe and killed Yan Luotian, then turned against the Three Elders of Mulan for injuring Queen Medusa. He killed two elders and left the third impaled, while the allied forces and hidden onlookers watched in terror.

• Lu Chuan appeared on the battlefield, gave Queen Medusa a healing pill, and faced the Imperial Allied Forces as the Snake People Tribe rallied around him.
• Yan Luotian tried to flee, but Lu Chuan sealed the space around him and crushed him with Space Power.
• The Snake People warriors cheered Yan Luotian's death as the Imperial Allied Forces began to retreat, while hidden experts from the Black Corner Region questioned Fan Lao.
• The Three Elders of Mulan begged Lu Chuan for mercy, but he promised Queen Medusa they would not leave alive.
• Lu Chuan killed the Bear-headed Elder and Tiger-headed Elder with beams of purple light, and the final Mulan Elder fled before a sword pierced his chest.

After the Snake People Tribe defeated the Imperial Allied Forces, Lu Chuan captured Han Feng and the Black Corner Region experts who had come seeking Heavenly Flames. The threat to the Snake People Tribe ended, and Jia Xingtian ordered troops to monitor the retreating invaders.

• Queen Medusa killed the last Mulan Elder, while Lu Chuan slaughtered five allied Dou Emperor experts and the Snake People warriors drove the invaders into retreat.
• Lu Chuan sensed Han Feng and more than twenty Black Corner Region experts hiding near the Monster Beast Mountain Range, and they left before he discovered them.
• Lu Chuan intercepted Han Feng's group, rejected their claim that they were merely passing by, and took them to his Cave Mansion.
• The Imperial Allied Forces fled the Monster Beast Mountain Range after Yan Luotian, the Three Elders of Mulan, and other Dou Emperor experts died.
• Mu Chen told Jia Xingtian of the allied forces' defeat, and Jia Xingtian ordered troops to watch them until they withdrew beyond the Empire's borders.

Lu Chuan brought Han Feng and the Black Corner Region experts to his cave, forced most of them into his service, and left Han Feng to face Yao Chen. After Yao Chen killed his traitorous disciple and gave Lu Chuan the Sea Heart Flame, the story shifted to Hai Bodong’s return to the Mittel Family in the Jia Ma Imperial Capital.

• Queen Medusa asked Lu Chuan about Han Feng’s group, and he gave her a jade tube to summon him if the snake people were attacked again.
• Lu Chuan took Han Feng and the Black Corner Region experts to his cave, made the group swallow Heart Devouring Pills, and ordered the Gold and Silver Elders to form an alliance and gather resources for him.
• Lu Chuan kept Han Feng behind to meet Yao Chen, who emerged after refining a Grade Seven Pill.
• Yao Chen rejected Han Feng’s pleas, fought him with the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, and killed him while Lu Chuan absorbed the Pill Lightning.
• Yao Chen offered Han Feng’s Sea Heart Flame to Lu Chuan, while Hai Bodong returned to the Mittel Family and reunited with Teng Shan.

After Hai Bodong returned to the Mittel Family, he told its elders that he served Lu Chuan, a powerful transformed beast, and they discussed offering him a beautiful clanswoman. News of Hai Bodong’s return unsettled the Imperial Capital, where his clash with Jia Xingtian ended in friendship after Hai revealed that Princess Yao Ye had become Lu Chuan’s wife; meanwhile, Nalan Su worried about his family’s decline and Nalan Yanran’s Three-Year Agreement with Xiao Yan.

• Ya Fei entered the Mittel Family hall, where Hai Bodong noticed her and planned to present her to Lu Chuan, while Mittel Tengshan dismissed the gathered young clansmen.
• Hai Bodong told Mittel Tengshan that Queen Medusa had sealed his cultivation for decades and explained that Lu Chuan was a powerful transformed beast who had defeated Yun Shan.
• Mittel Tengshan suggested offering a beautiful woman from the Mittel Family to Lu Chuan, and Hai Bodong approved while cautioning him not to make her resent the clan.
• After news of Hai Bodong’s return spread, Jia Xingtian fought him in the Imperial Capital, then warmed to him when Hai revealed that Yao Ye had become Lu Chuan’s wife.
• Nalan Su left with Nalan Yanran and warned her not to underestimate Xiao Yan in their Three-Year Agreement, while she claimed her Da Dou Shi cultivation would make victory easy.

Mu Zhan tried to force Ya Fei into a marriage alliance, but Teng Shan publicly rebuked and threatened him before revealing that the Mittel Family hoped Ya Fei would seek favor with Lu Chuan. The chapter ended as Hai Bodong and Jia Xingtian watched a striking silver-haired woman arrive at the Alchemist Convention.

• Mu Zhan confronted Ya Fei at the Mittel Auction House and claimed the Mittel elders would agree to marry her to him.
• Teng Shan slapped Mu Zhan twice, ordered him to stop harassing Ya Fei, and escorted her to his study.
• Teng Shan told Ya Fei that the Grand Elder's return had changed the family's plans and hinted that she could gain status through Lu Chuan; Ya Fei decided to consider that option.
• Lu Chuan promised Yao Ye he would take her to the capital and arrange for Yao Chen to guide Yao Yue in alchemy.
• Lu Chuan praised the Snake People Tribe's palace construction, rewarded Medusa with a promise, and took her back into his cave mansion.
• Jia Xingtian and Hai Bodong attended the Alchemist Convention, where they noticed a silver-haired woman entering the Royal Plaza.

The Alchemist Convention began, and a mysterious Cloudy Sky Empire contestant dominated its first two rounds before Jia Xingtian discovered three foreign Dou Emperors protecting him in the imperial capital. Fa Ma joined Jia Xingtian in a tense standoff, while Hai Bodong received Ya Fei’s decision to serve Lu Chuan and planned to take her to him the next morning.

• Hai Bodong and Jia Xingtian watched the convention’s arrivals, while Princess Yao Yue showed resentment toward Jia Xingtian for giving Yao Ye to Lu Chuan.
• Fa Ma opened the seventh Alchemist Convention, and Liu Ling entered hoping to honor his captured teacher, Gu He.
• A gray-robed contestant from the Cloudy Sky Empire produced the strongest pill in the first round and took first place again in the second, alarming Fa Ma and Jia Xingtian.
• Jia Xingtian followed the gray-robed contestant into a remote alley, where three Cloudy Sky Empire Dou Emperors blocked him and Fa Ma arrived to support him.
• Ya Fei confirmed to Hai Bodong that she was willing to serve Lu Chuan, and Hai Bodong arranged to take her to him the next morning.