Chapter Summaries

After emerging from seclusion, Jiang Xing learned that Medusa and the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python were both still asleep, while the Snake-People Tribe faced a possible attack. He sent Ji Feng to obtain a cultivation technique for Qing Lin and promised Zi Yan he would take her to meet her clansmen once he finished his business.

• Jiang Xing praised Qing Lin for reaching the two-star Dou Zhe level and promised to give her a suitable cultivation technique.
• The Great Elder told Jiang Xing that Medusa had not awakened and that the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python had fallen asleep five days earlier.
• The Great Elder warned Jiang Xing that the Jia Ma Royal Family and Misty Cloud Sect might attack the Snake-People Tribe, and Jiang Xing promised to send Ji Feng to help.
• Jiang Xing instructed Ji Feng to go to the Heavenly Serpent Mansion and obtain the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils cultivation technique for Qing Lin.
• Jiang Xing found Zi Yan after she complained that he had gone into seclusion instead of taking her to find her clansmen, and he promised to take her once his business was finished.

Jiang Xing researched and mastered a two-colored Furious Buddha Lotus Flame, while Yao Ye waited uneasily for the Misty Cloud Sect to act against the Snake-People Tribe. Yun Shan had entered seclusion to break through to Dou Zong after agreeing to Guardian Wu’s demand for a full-scale attack in exchange for a Sect Breakthrough Pill.

• Zi Yan snatched a bottle of medicinal pills from Jiang Xing and calmed down after he gave her several more bottles.
• Jiang Xing repeatedly practiced combining the Green Lotus Core Flame and Fallen Heart Flame until he created a two-colored fire lotus that Lin Shan judged to be roughly as powerful as a Five-Star Dou Zong.
• Yao Ye questioned Yun Leng about Yun Shan’s unexpected seclusion and held back from attacking the Snake-People Tribe without the Misty Cloud Sect’s support.
• After a month without news, Yao Ye suspected that the Misty Cloud Sect would not join the campaign against the Snake-People Tribe.
• Yun Shan, fearing Medusa had reached Dou Zong after Jia Xingtian’s death, contacted Guardian Wu and agreed to launch a full-scale attack in exchange for a Sect Breakthrough Pill.

After Yun Shan broke through to Dou Zong, the Misty Cloud Sect and Jia Ma Royal Family marched against the Snake-People Tribe. The battle began outside the tribe’s city, where the defenders’ opening volleys inflicted heavy losses on the advancing Alliance Army.

• Yun Shan used the Sect Breakthrough Pill to break through to Dou Zong, and the news spread across the Jia Ma Empire.
• Yun Shan and Yao Ye gathered the allied forces and marched to the Tagor Desert, where the Snake-People Tribe’s experts prepared to defend their city.
• The Great Elder reassured the tribal chiefs that Jiang Xing would honor his promise to help them.
• The Alliance Army advanced without negotiations, and the Snake-People Tribe met it with thousands of poisoned spears, arrows, and long-range Dou Techniques.
• The defenders killed more than a thousand Alliance soldiers before they reached the city walls, prompting the allied soldiers to charge forward.

Jiang Xing defeated and killed Yun Shan after Yun Shan attacked him to avenge Yun Yun, whom Jiang Xing had admitted killing. Yun Shan’s death left the fighting Alliance Army powerhouses terrified as Jiang Xing returned to the battlefield.

• Yun Shan led the Alliance’s Dou Wang experts into the air to attack the Snake-People on the city walls, where Jiang Xing and the other Snake-People experts intercepted them.
• Jiang Xing told Yun Shan that he had killed Yun Yun, provoking Yun Shan to attack with Wind Fury: Annihilation.
• Jiang Xing’s Flame Refining Palm broke through Yun Shan’s attack and shield, but Yun Shan survived and fled.
• Jiang Xing caught up with Yun Shan and killed him with Blazing Inferno Strike after Yun Shan called for Guardian Wu’s help.
• Jiang Xing confirmed Yun Shan was dead and returned to the battlefield, while the Alliance Army’s human powerhouses watched in fear.

Jiang Xing's defeat of Yun Shan routed the Alliance Army, allowing the Snake-People Tribe to win the battle and devastate the Jia Ma Empire's forces. With victory secured, Jiang Xing asked the Great Elder where the tribe should settle, and she chose the Misty Cloud Sect.

• After Jiang Xing killed Yun Shan, the human powerhouses fled, and the Great Elder ordered the Snake-People Tribe to attack.
• Jiang Xing killed two Dou Wangs and pursued the retreating human forces, while the Nethersea Serpent-Beast urged Yao Ye to escape.
• Yao Ye returned to the battlefield to lead the retreat, but Jiang Xing killed her and the three experts protecting her.
• The Alliance Army collapsed, and the Snake-People Tribe pursued the fleeing soldiers until the battle ended in a decisive victory.
• Jiang Xing asked the Great Elder where the Snake-People Tribe should settle, and she chose the Misty Cloud Sect.

Jiang Xing helped the Snake-People Tribe settle at Misty Cloud Mountain, arranged cultivation guidance for Qing Lin, and absorbed the Sea Heart Flame, reaching three-star Dou Zong. He then considered the Misty Cloud Sect's Gate of Life and Death as a possible way to grow stronger.

• Jiang Xing and the Great Elder found Misty Cloud Sect deserted, killed the Jia Ma Royal Family, and looted the Imperial Palace before abandoning the idea of ruling the empire.
• The Snake-People Tribe completed its move to Misty Cloud Mountain, though Jiang Xing could not relocate the Space Tunnel in the Tagor Desert.
• Ji Feng returned with Ye Qing, and Jiang Xing gave Qing Lin the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils cultivation technique and placed her under Ye Qing's instruction.
• Jiang Xing absorbed and fused the Sea Heart Flame, advancing to three-star Dou Zong and raising the Flame Mantra to Earth Rank Middle.
• Jiang Xing decided the Bone Chilling Flame was too dangerous to absorb yet and considered entering the Misty Cloud Sect's Gate of Life and Death to increase his strength.

Jiang Xing entered the Gate of Life and Death and began cultivating in its dangerous, wind-filled wasteland. Jiang Cheng followed him inside, found him safe, and the two planned to explore the realm further.

• Jiang Xing channeled Dou Qi into the Gate of Life and Death, which pulled him inside and left the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python outside.
• Jiang Xing explored the wasteland, found increasingly dense wind-element energy and Gale Wind to the south, and stopped to cultivate.
• Lin Shan failed to enter or damage the gate, so he summoned Jiang Cheng with a Jade Slip.
• Jiang Cheng entered the gate, used Spatial Displacement to reach Jiang Xing, and stood guard while he cultivated.
• Jiang Xing awoke, reunited with Jiang Cheng, and suggested the Secret Realm's dense wind energy could help Jiang Cheng break through.

Jiang Xing and Jiang Cheng cultivated in the Gate of Life and Death for two years, strengthening Jiang Xing and helping Jiang Cheng make a major breakthrough. After they were pulled out, Jiang Xing asked whether his father could soon reach the Half-Saint realm, and Jiang Cheng suggested he might break through after leaving seclusion.

• Jiang Xing persuaded Jiang Cheng to cultivate deeper in the Gate of Life and Death while he tempered his body and cultivated nearby.
• Over a year and a half, Jiang Xing advanced to Nine-Star Dou Zong and strengthened his body, then broke through to Dou Venerate two months later.
• Jiang Xing continued cultivating and reached the peak of Two-Star Dou Venerate before a powerful suction force pulled him from the Gate of Life and Death.
• Jiang Cheng emerged beside Jiang Xing after breaking through to the late Six-Star Dou Saint stage, while Jiang Xing had reached Two-Star Dou Venerate.
• Jiang Xing asked about his parents’ seclusion, and Jiang Cheng said Jiang Xing’s father might reach the Half-Saint realm without entering the Gate of Life and Death.

After emerging from the Gate of Life and Death, Jiang Xing reunited with Medusa and gave her a Soul Fusion Pill. Medusa confessed her feelings with a kiss, and Jiang Xing carried her to her room.

• Jiang Xing learned from Lin Shan that Medusa had awakened two months after he entered the Gate of Life and Death.
• Jiang Xing visited Medusa in the main hall, where she greeted him with relief and let him embrace her.
• Jiang Xing gave Medusa a Soul Fusion Pill to help fuse her soul with the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python's soul.
• Medusa thanked Jiang Xing, realized her feelings for him, and kissed him.
• Jiang Xing kissed Medusa, teleported them to her room, and began unfastening her robe after she noticed he had reached Dou Zun.

Jiang Xing watched Medusa refine the Soul Fusion Pill, and she completely fused with the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python's soul. He reunited with Qing Lin, learned she had reached Two-Star Dou King, and decided the Heavenly Serpent Mansion was too weak to properly train her.

• Jiang Xing considered how Medusa could evolve into a Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python and grow stronger, though the needed Nine-Colored Origin Stone would not appear until the Space Auction several years later.
• Medusa woke beside Jiang Xing, learned he had reached Two-Star Dou Venerate, and heard about his powerful family, including his grandfather, a Six-Star Dou Saint.
• Medusa refined the Soul Fusion Pill and confirmed that she had completely fused with the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python's soul.
• Jiang Xing visited Qing Lin, who tearfully embraced him after worrying about his disappearance into the Gate of Life and Death.
• Qing Lin told Jiang Xing she had reached Two-Star Dou King and defended Ye Qing as a good teacher; Jiang Xing learned she controlled five Dou Emperors and more than a dozen Dou Kings.

Jiang Xing received the Demonic Flame Remnant Map from Ji Feng and learned that Xiao Yan had reached Two-Star Dou Ling and wielded a Heavenly Flame. Suspecting Xiao Yan had acquired two new flames, Jiang Xing planned to disguise himself as a Hall of Souls member to rob him, leaving him with a way to target Xiao Yan while concealing his identity.

• Jiang Xing learned from Qing Lin that Zi Yan had gone out to find food, then decided he should take her to Ancient Dragon Island.
• Jiang Xing summoned Ji Feng, learned he had reached Six-Star Dou Venerate, and received the Demonic Flame Remnant Map from him.
• Ji Feng told Jiang Xing that he had seen Xiao Yan in the Black-Corner Region, where Xiao Yan was a Two-Star Dou Ling protected by a Dou Zong.
• Ji Feng reported that Xiao Yan had used a Heavenly Flame resembling Wind Fury Dragon Flame while fighting Fan Ling, and Jiang Xing suspected Xiao Yan had obtained two additional Heavenly Flames.
• Jiang Xing found a black outfit and the Soul Chains Dou Technique in Guardian Wu's Storage Ring and planned to use them to impersonate a Hall of Souls member and rob Xiao Yan.

Jiang Xing learned Soul Chains and used his Hall of Souls disguise to abduct Xiao Yan from Jia Nan Academy. After extracting Xiao Yan’s Heavenly Flames, Jiang Xing killed him and crushed the escaping soul.

• Jiang Xing learned to use Soul Chains and visited Medusa, then left for Jia Nan Academy without telling her why.
• Jiang Xing infiltrated the Outer Academy, killed the student who told him where Xiao Yan lived, and knocked out the Gu Clan Dou Zong guarding Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan tried to flee, but Jiang Xing struck him with Soul Chains, knocked him unconscious, and took him away.
• Jiang Xing extracted Xiao Yan’s Heavenly Flames, killed him, and crushed the soul that tried to escape his body.

After killing Xiao Yan, Jiang Xing searched his Storage Ring and found a Tou She Ancient God Jade Fragment, then decided to hide it in the Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion. He planted Xiao Yan's corpse and the Golden Emperor Burning Flame's Child Flame near a Hall of Souls branch hall to make the ancient clans blame the Soul Clan.

• Jiang Xing found the Tou She Ancient God Jade Fragment in Xiao Yan's Storage Ring and decided to hide it in the Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion.
• Jiang Xing also found a damaged jade fragment he suspected held the first volume of the Heavenly Flame Three Transformations and two volumes of the Gu Clan's Emperor Imprint Skill.
• Jiang Xing separated the Wind Fury Dragon Flame from the Golden Emperor Burning Flame's Child Flame and put both away without absorbing them.
• Jiang Xing carried Xiao Yan's corpse to a Hall of Souls branch hall and left the Golden Emperor Burning Flame's Child Flame beside it to frame the Soul Clan.
• Jiang Xing fled before the branch hall's Venerable Elder could spot him.

Jiang Xing extracted the first transformation of the Heavenly Flame Three Transformations from the jade fragment and planned to obtain the remaining transformations and Burning Flame Valley’s Nine Dragon Lightning Flame. He decided to tell Medusa before entering seclusion to refine the Wind Fury Dragon Flame, but she responded coolly.

• Jiang Xing used his fused flame to melt the jade fragment and absorbed the information it contained, learning the first transformation of the Heavenly Flame Three Transformations.
• Jiang Xing decided to visit Burning Flame Valley for the remaining transformations and the Nine Dragon Lightning Flame, which he hoped to use in a powerful fused fire lotus.
• Jiang Xing chose to refine the Wind Fury Dragon Flame first and considered how its aura would be concealed by his other Heavenly Flames.
• Jiang Xing visited Medusa in the main hall and waited while she handled the Snake-People Tribe’s official affairs.
• Jiang Xing told Medusa he planned to enter seclusion for several days to refine Heavenly Flames, and Medusa replied that she understood.

Jiang Xing teased Medusa in the main hall, then offered her cultivation resources in exchange for leaving her door unlocked that night. He went to Zi Yan with the Tuoshe Ancient Jade and offered to take her to meet her father, Zhu Kun, leaving her stunned.

• Jiang Xing approached Medusa on the throne and kissed her despite her protests that they were in the main hall.
• Jiang Xing read the tribe leaders’ reports and told Medusa to delegate minor matters so she could focus on cultivating.
• Medusa asked Jiang Xing for cultivation resources, and he agreed on the condition that she leave her door unlocked that night.
• Jiang Xing went to Zi Yan’s quarters, gave her pills, and offered to take her to meet her father, Zhu Kun.
• Zi Yan froze and asked Jiang Xing, “My father?”

Jiang Xing brought Zi Yan to the bottom of Jia Nan Academy’s Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower, where she met Zhu Kun, her father, who had been trapped beneath the Tou She Ancient God’s Cave Mansion. Zi Yan learned that he had not deliberately abandoned her, but she remained conflicted because his actions had left her to suffer alone.

• Zi Yan insisted on confronting the father she believed had abandoned her, and Jiang Xing summoned Lin Shan to accompany them to Jia Nan Academy.
• Jiang Xing and Lin Shan evaded the academy elders and reached the bottom of the Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower, where Jiang Xing left Lin Shan behind.
• Jiang Xing shielded Zi Yan from the lava and used the Tuoshe Ancient Jade fragment to locate the ancient stone gate.
• Zhu Kun emerged from the cave mansion, recognized Zi Yan as his daughter, and tearfully approached her.
• Zi Yan coldly denied having parents, while Zhu Kun apologized and explained that he had been trapped there after coveting the Ancient God Mansion.
• Zi Yan became conflicted when she learned Zhu Kun had not intentionally abandoned her, though his absence had left her to suffer as a child.

Jiang Xing helped Zhu Kun reconcile with Zi Yan and encouraged him to make amends. Zhu Kun gave Zi Yan a Storage Ring containing dozens of Heaven Rank techniques, leaving her stunned and still hesitant to forgive him.

• Zi Yan looked to Jiang Xing for advice, and he asked her to give Zhu Kun another chance.
• Jiang Xing reminded Zhu Kun that Zi Yan had suffered after being left behind and urged him to offer meaningful compensation.
• Zhu Kun apologized and sent Zi Yan his Storage Ring, but Jiang Xing accepted it on her behalf and discovered more than forty Heaven Rank methods and techniques, including seven advanced ones.
• Jiang Xing explained the treasures to Zi Yan, who was astonished by their quality and asked whether they were all for her.
• Zhu Kun reassured Zi Yan that the treasures were only a small compensation and promised to give her more after he escaped.

Jiang Xing helped Zi Yan forgive Zhu Kun, then explained that the Soul Clan had grown powerful while the Ancient Void Dragon clan had weakened and fallen into infighting. Zhu Kun despaired over his clan’s decline, and Jiang Xing began reassuring him that the situation was not hopeless.

• Zi Yan forgave Zhu Kun, and Jiang Xing brought her toward him before stopping out of fear that they might be trapped in the Ancient God Mansion.
• Jiang Xing retreated to a safe distance while Zi Yan and Zhu Kun spoke, though Zi Yan struggled to accept him as her father.
• Jiang Xing told Zhu Kun that the Soul Clan was collecting the Tuoshe Ancient Jade fragments, but Zhu Kun proposed asking the Ancient Void Dragon clan to gather them instead.
• Jiang Xing revealed the Soul Clan’s strength, and Zhu Kun conceded that his clan might be slightly inferior to it.
• Jiang Xing explained that the Ancient Void Dragon clan’s three dragon islands were fighting over the Dragon Emperor position and that their strongest public leader was only a Four-Star Dou Saint Late Stage.
• Zhu Kun grew furious and despondent after learning of his clan’s decline, and Jiang Xing began telling him that the situation was not so bad.

Jiang Xing arranged for Zhu Kun to safeguard a Tuoshe Ancient Jade fragment for fifteen years and promised to bring him along when the Soul Clan opened the cave mansion. After cultivating with Fire Pearls until he reached Three-Star Dou Venerate, Jiang Xing headed to Medusa’s residence for their appointment.

• Jiang Xing offered to ask his Six-Star Dou Saint grandfather to help East Dragon Island unite the Ancient Void Dragon clan and make Zi Yan its Dragon Emperor.
• Jiang Xing gave Zhu Kun the Tuoshe Ancient Jade fragment to safeguard for fifteen years and asked him to help when the Soul Clan opened the cave mansion.
• Jiang Xing returned with Zi Yan and Lin Shan to the Snake-People Tribe, then refined Fire Pearls in his cultivation chamber.
• Jiang Xing used twenty Dou Emperor-level Fire Pearls to advance from Two-Star Dou Venerate to Three-Star Dou Venerate.
• Jiang Xing headed to Medusa’s residence for their appointment and briefly spoke with Qing Lin along the way.

Jiang Xing spent the night with Medusa and reassured her that he would marry her, then left to refine the Heavenly Flames. Medusa found the Storage Ring and note he had left, but the chapter ended before she read the note.

• Jiang Xing carried Medusa into her room, and they spent the night together.
• Jiang Xing asked Medusa when she might become pregnant, and she nervously asked whether he would marry her.
• Jiang Xing promised to marry Medusa and explained that his parents needed to be present.
• Jiang Xing left Medusa’s clothes, a Storage Ring, and a note before leaving to refine the Heavenly Flames.
• Medusa opened the note after Jiang Xing left.