Chapter Summaries

Chu Xiao’s Two-Colored Buddha Fury Fire Lotus devastated the Spirit Rock Marshlands and severely wounded the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast. Medusa prepared to finish the beast while Chu Xiao proposed splitting its resources with her.

• Medusa spotted the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast beneath the swamp and realized the Black-Winged Cyan Lava Snake had led them into its territory.
• The Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast used Poison Dragon Heavenly Seal against Chu Xiao’s fire lotus, but the lotus exploded and unleashed a vast tide of flame and lightning.
• Yun Yun, Ya Fei, Feng Qing Er, and Xiao Yi Xian sensed or read about the fire lotus’s terrifying power from afar.
• The explosion grievously wounded the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast, leaving it near the center of the scorched marshlands.
• Chu Xiao asked Medusa to finish the wounded beast and offered to split its resources fifty-fifty; Medusa accepted the fight, while Xiao Yi Xian and the others reacted to the offer.

Chu Xiao revealed Xiao Yi Xian’s poison-related physique and his plan to save her from its deadly risk, while Medusa fought the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast. He then confronted the Black-Winged Cyan Lava Snake and used Thunder Flame Emperor Flame to attack it from within.

• Medusa angrily attacked the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast while Xiao Yi Xian welcomed the resources Chu Xiao had prepared for her.
• Ya Fei and Yun Yun learned that Xiao Yi Xian could reach Dou Huang within three years, and Chu Xiao revealed that she possessed a poison-related physique that could eventually threaten her life.
• Chu Xiao recalled that he and Old Yao had solved Xiao Yi Xian’s crisis in his previous life and resolved to use a superior method that could also help her become an alchemist.
• Ya Fei used a letter opportunity to introduce herself to Xiao Yi Xian, who declined to spend an opportunity replying.
• Chu Xiao pursued the Black-Winged Cyan Lava Snake and struck it with Thunder Flame Emperor Flame, causing flames and lightning to ravage its body from within.

Chu Xiao and Medusa subdued the Black-Winged Cyan Lava Snake and the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast, using curse marks to seal their power. The Scorpion Dragon Beast agreed to lead them to its hidden wealth, and they set off with the injured Black-Winged Cyan Lava Snake following.

• Chu Xiao used his Thunder Flame Emperor Flame Curse Mark to seize control of the Black-Winged Cyan Lava Snake’s curse mark, drained its strength, and tormented it as it begged for mercy.
• The Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast begged Medusa to spare it in exchange for its hidden wealth, and Chu Xiao advised her to demand that it accept the Serpent Curse Mark.
• Medusa sealed the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast with the Serpent Curse Mark, reducing its strength from peak Dou Huang to peak Dou Ling.
• Chu Xiao added his Thunder Flame Emperor Flame Curse Mark to the Scorpion Dragon Beast’s seal, then ordered it to lead them to its secret cave dwelling.
• The Scorpion Dragon Beast flew ahead with Chu Xiao and Medusa following, while Chu Xiao warned the Black-Winged Cyan Lava Snake to keep up.

Chu Xiao tried to bargain with Medusa to help her evolve using a Heavenly Flame, but she remained wary and hinted that she knew where another Heavenly Flame was. The Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast led them to a lakeside karst cave, where a strange cackle prompted Chu Xiao to slap the beast for frightening him.

• Chu Xiao explained how a Heavenly Flame and Medusa’s companion beast soul could help her bloodline evolve, but Medusa rejected his offer and threatened to kill him.
• Chu Xiao offered to trade his help for the Heavenly Flame, then flirted with Medusa; she mocked him but did not deny knowing where a Heavenly Flame was.
• The Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast interrupted them and led Chu Xiao and Medusa through a lake into a karst cave.
• When a strange cackle came from ahead, Chu Xiao paralyzed the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast and slapped it for nearly scaring him, leaving Medusa bewildered.

Chu Xiao subdued the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast despite the cave’s Dou Qi-suppressing formation and learned that it guarded a Dou Zong inheritance. The inheritance belonged to a Heavenly Serpent Mansion expert, and Chu Xiao vanished with the beast and the expert’s remains after reaching the cave’s depths.

• Chu Xiao used his curse mark and Thunder Flame Emperor Flame to punish the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast until it surrendered and offered to guide him to a Dou Zong inheritance.
• The beast explained that it had killed a Heavenly Serpent Mansion Dou Zong by luring him into the cave’s formation, while Chu Xiao and Medusa recognized the inheritance’s significance.
• Chu Xiao recorded the events in the Diary, prompting Yun Yun and Ya Fei to react to the discovery, while Xun Er and Qing Lin learned of the Heavenly Serpent Mansion’s involvement.
• Medusa deduced that Heavenly Serpent Mansion experts had taken Qing Lin because of her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, and Qing Lin became furious at the thought of being separated from Chu Xiao.
• At the cave’s depths, Chu Xiao found the Dou Zong’s skeleton and two Storage Rings; after the beast warned him that opening them could provoke the Heavenly Serpent Mansion, Chu Xiao vanished with the beast and the skeleton.

Chu Xiao retrieved a Dou Zong expert’s belongings and discovered an astonishing collection of pills, cultivation methods, and Dou Skills, while keeping several especially valuable items secret from Medusa and the Diary Copy holders. He left Medusa waiting outside and returned to the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast, which he had trapped and planned to keep alive for its poisonous resources.

• Chu Xiao returned to his Small World, asked the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast whether it wanted to live, and accepted its offer to submit to a soul mark.
• Chu Xiao sealed the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast beneath a pyramid of broken stones and a spark of Thunder Flame Emperor Flame, preventing it from using Dou Qi.
• Chu Xiao broke the restriction on a Storage Ring belonging to a dead Heavenly Serpent Mansion Dou Zong, releasing a jade slip that recorded the surroundings before it faded away.
• Chu Xiao inspected two Storage Rings and found large sums of money, rare pills, cultivation methods, and powerful Dou Skills, including an unknown map marked “Netherworld.”
• Chu Xiao recorded a selective account of the treasures in the Diary, withholding the Ancestor Breaking Pill, Bodhi Fire Origin Skill, and Three Powers Seal from the Diary Copy holders.
• The women holding the Diary Copy were stunned by Chu Xiao’s reported windfall as he flew back toward the trapped Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast.

Yun Yun, Cao Ying, Zi Yan, and Medusa reacted to Chu Xiao’s diary revelations, while Chu Xiao questioned the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast about its past and seized the location of its hidden wealth. The women then read Chu Xiao’s plan to exploit the beast and manipulate Medusa, and the chapter ended with an author’s note about fees and voting.

• Yun Yun regretted missing the auction treasures, and Ya Fei teased her about using an Imperial Zenith Pill to grow closer to Chu Xiao before Yun Yun attacked her playfully.
• Cao Ying dismissed most of the auction prizes, Zi Yan considered seeking a Transformation Pill, and Medusa welcomed the techniques and skills she had gained.
• Chu Xiao confronted the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast, learned that it had killed Red Cloud Child of the Heavenly Serpent Mansion, and discovered the beast’s hidden wealth.
• Chu Xiao left the shattered Dou Emperor Small World and wrote that he would keep the beast imprisoned for Xiao Yi Xian to harvest, prompting the women to react with dismay.
• Xiao Yi Xian welcomed the prospect of cultivating with the beast’s toxins, while Chu Xiao wrote that he wanted to secretly manipulate Medusa during their spoils split.

Chu Xiao divided the Dou Zong inheritance with Medusa and accompanied her to loot the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast’s hidden hoard. Medusa rejected his offer of cooperation, but Chu Xiao tempted her with his Thunder Flame Emperor Flame.

• Chu Xiao gave Medusa a Storage Ring with a large share of the inheritance, and she accepted it without asking whether he had kept the best items for himself.
• Chu Xiao and Medusa searched the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast’s secret chamber, where they found medicinal ingredients, Magic Crystals, techniques, Dou Skills, and other spoils.
• Medusa proposed a three-seven split of the hoard in Chu Xiao’s favor, explaining that he had done most of the work and that the techniques suited her and the Snake-People Tribe.
• Chu Xiao asked Medusa to cooperate, but she refused because she believed she could evolve and reach the Dou Zong realm on her own.
• Chu Xiao summoned his Thunder Flame Emperor Flame and offered to let it enter Medusa’s body, promising that the sensation would feel good.

Chu Xiao used the Thunder Flame Emperor Flame to purify Medusa’s bloodline and Dou Qi, strengthening both her and himself. Medusa agreed to continue their arrangement, and the chapter ended with her teasing Chu Xiao about what compensation he wanted.

• Medusa agreed to let Chu Xiao use the Thunder Flame Emperor Flame on her, trusting him because he controlled the cave’s formation and had the advantage.
• Chu Xiao marked Medusa’s soul with the flame and used it to temper her bloodline and refine her Dou Qi, gaining strength in return.
• Medusa asked Chu Xiao to continue, but he stopped and explained that the process needed to be gradual to protect her foundation.
• Chu Xiao said regular treatments and the Serpent Marrow Blood Pill could help Medusa evolve safely, potentially giving her a much better chance of surviving the lightning tribulation.
• Medusa questioned whether the Snake-People Tribe should inherit the Heavenly Flame, and Chu Xiao argued that she would be safer and stronger by trading with him.
• Medusa asked whether Chu Xiao also intended to help Yue Mei, then teased him about the compensation she could offer.

Chu Xiao and Medusa agreed to trade the Green Lotus Core Flame for help improving the bloodlines of ten Snake-People, and she offered to protect him while he refined it. After they left the lava cavern, Chu Xiao arranged for the Black-Winged Cyan Lava Snake to deliver the Essence Spirit Fruit tree and asked Medusa if he could call her Cai Lin.

• Medusa offered Chu Xiao a reward, and he asked for the Heavenly Flame she had found.
• Medusa named the Green Lotus Core Flame and negotiated Chu Xiao's help improving the bloodlines of ten members of her people in exchange for leading him to it.
• Medusa agreed to return to the Snake-People Tribe before joining Chu Xiao at the Desert Iron Mercenary Group in Stone Desert City to oversee his attempt to refine the flame.
• Chu Xiao ordered the Black-Winged Cyan Lava Snake to bring the Essence Spirit Fruit tree to him within a day and gave Medusa a Dou Ling Pill for Commander Yue Mei.
• Chu Xiao asked Medusa if he could call her Cai Lin.

Chu Xiao reunited with Medusa in private as Cai Lin, then headed to Stone Desert City to find Qing Lin and investigate the Desert Iron Mercenary Group. He intervened when a Sand Mercenary Group member attacked Old Wu, and Qing Lin recognized him as Young Master Chu Xiao.

• Medusa agreed that Chu Xiao could call her Cai Lin when they were alone, then left him to find Qing Lin.
• Medusa warned Qing Lin to hide her changes and avoid revealing that she knew about the Diary Copy and the future.
• Chu Xiao arrived in Stone Desert City and learned from Old Wu that the Desert Iron Mercenary Group was well regarded and had many Dou Masters.
• A Sand Mercenary Group member threatened Old Wu and tried to punch him, but Chu Xiao stopped the attack and identified himself as the Desert Iron Mercenary Group captain's brother.
• Qing Lin saw Chu Xiao and excitedly recognized him as Young Master Chu Xiao.

Chu Xiao protected Old Wu from the Sand Mercenary Group and met Qing Lin while she collected buns for the Desert Iron Mercenary Group. He asked whether she was descended from both the Snake-People Tribe and humans, while Qing Lin hoped to grow closer to him and Old Wu worried about how Chu Xiao might judge her.

• Chu Xiao recognized Qing Lin among the onlookers and suspected she had a Diary Copy, then defeated the pale-faced Sand Mercenary Group member who had attacked Old Wu.
• Chu Xiao introduced himself as a member of the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, and the injured Sand Mercenary Group members carried their leader away.
• Old Wu thanked Chu Xiao and offered to guide him to the mercenary group’s headquarters, explaining that Qing Lin had come to collect breakfast buns.
• Chu Xiao wrote in his Diary about meeting Qing Lin, while Cao Ying and Medusa reacted to the entry.
• Qing Lin believed Chu Xiao had arranged their meeting, but she acted timidly as he asked whether she was descended from the Snake-People Tribe and humans.

Chu Xiao praised Qing Lin’s scales, defended her against the prejudice she had faced, and brought her to the Desert Iron Mercenary Group headquarters. He suspected she might have awakened the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, while Qing Lin nearly revealed that she knew more about him than she should.

• Chu Xiao praised Qing Lin’s scales and reassured her that people’s disgust toward Snake-People came from prejudice and fear of standing apart.
• Chu Xiao offered to carry Qing Lin’s bundle and followed her toward the Desert Iron Mercenary Group headquarters, while Old Wu told his daughter Xue Lan about Chu Xiao’s visit.
• At the headquarters gate, Qing Lin introduced Chu Xiao before he could speak, prompting him to wonder in the Diary why she had acted so familiarly despite having just met him.
• Xiao Yi Xian suspected Qing Lin had a Diary Copy and worried she might give herself away, while Ya Fei and Yun Yun shared her concern and Medusa was relieved she had not returned to the Snake-People Tribe.

Chu Xiao visited the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, where his efforts to guide Qing Lin and keep other Diary Copy holders trusting him prompted Medusa to intervene. He reunited with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, then revealed he had advanced to Da Dou Shi.

• Medusa arrived in Stone Desert City, but Chu Xiao sensed her and continued writing that his praise had moved Qing Lin.
• Chu Xiao entered the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, gave Qing Lin buns, and reassured her to be more confident.
• Medusa secretly warned Qing Lin not to take initiative around Chu Xiao, and Qing Lin realized Medusa cared about her.
• Chu Xiao reunited with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, shared news of Xiao Yan and delivered letters and gifts from their parents.
• Xiao Li challenged Chu Xiao to test his strength, and Chu Xiao revealed Dou Qi Armor, surprising both brothers with his breakthrough to Da Dou Shi.

Chu Xiao gave Xiao Ding and Xiao Li powerful cultivation techniques, learned that they wanted him to eliminate Robb, and prepared to kill the Sand Mercenary Group’s leader that night. His joking admission that he feared his wife reached Xun Er, Medusa, Cao Ying, and Feng Qing Er, who reacted in different places.

• Chu Xiao gave Xiao Li the Profound Lightning Art and Surging Lightning Palm, and gave Xiao Ding Yi Wood Force.
• Chu Xiao told Xiao Ding and Xiao Li that Fang Yi would recover soon and offered to deal with the Sand Mercenary Group; the brothers chose for him to kill Robb and several Dou Masters.
• Chu Xiao said he would kill Robb that night, then asked for Qing Lin to be arranged as his maid.
• Xun Er heard Chu Xiao call himself afraid of his wife and laughed, while Medusa and Cao Ying also reacted to the claim.
• Feng Qing Er mocked the idea that a Heavenly Emperor feared his wife, and a voice behind her asked who was afraid of his wife.

Feng Qing Er and Mu Qingluan fought after trading insults, while Chu Xiao prepared to deal with the Sand Mercenary Group. He killed Robb with black-purple flames, leaving Robb’s son stunned.

• Mu Qingluan teased Feng Qing Er about marriage and her figure, then challenged her to a fight with a new Dou Technique.
• Feng Qing Er and Mu Qingluan clashed at high speed above Starfall Pavilion.
• Medusa questioned Qing Lin about her nervousness over becoming Chu Xiao’s maidservant, while Chu Xiao watched their interaction with amusement.
• Chu Xiao studied a map of the Sand Mercenary Group compound, told Xiao Ding to warm wine, and flew off into the night.
• Robb scolded his son for provoking the Desert Iron Mercenary Group and discussed the Mo Family’s offer to hire him.
• Chu Xiao appeared at Robb’s window, seized him, and burned him to ashes as Robb’s son watched in shock.

Chu Xiao wiped out the Sand Mercenary Group’s leaders and rescued a Snake-People Tribe slave, while his plans gave Medusa and Yun Yun hope for cooperation between their people and the Misty Cloud Sect. After returning to the Xiao brothers, he drew a body-tempering technique called Great Sun Thunder Body.

• Chu Xiao killed Robb’s son and the Sand Mercenary Group’s leaders, then freed a Snake-People Tribe woman who had been bought as a slave.
• Medusa considered a marriage alliance with Chu Xiao if it could help the Snake-People Tribe, while Yun Yun learned that Chu Xiao planned to involve the Misty Cloud Sect in cooperation.
• Chu Xiao escorted the rescued woman outside the city and told her to mention his name to the Snake-People Tribe’s Queen and Commander Yue Mei.
• Chu Xiao returned to Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, confirmed that the Sand Mercenary Group had lost most of its strength, and drank with the Xiao brothers.
• After seven consecutive days of writing his Diary, Chu Xiao used a lottery draw and obtained the Great Sun Thunder Body technique.

Chu Xiao explained how his lottery could yield techniques from other planes and recalled the Great Sun Thunder Body, a martial art he mastered in the Tianxuan Continent. The women reading his Diary Copies learned that he had become a Dou Emperor in his memories of the future, while Cao Ying’s interest in the technique surged when she realized its value.

• Chu Xiao learned the lottery’s reward probabilities and recognized that drawing the Great Sun Thunder Body was an unusually lucky result.
• Chu Xiao described the technique’s three stages and explained how its strength compared with cultivation realms in the Dou Qi and Tianxuan Continents.
• Chu Xiao wrote that his memories returned unpredictably because the Diary was repairing his shattered soul, and the women wondered whether he could recall important future events.
• Chu Xiao revealed that he had become a Dou Emperor twenty years later and had helped Xun Er, Cai Lin, Gu Yuan, and Zhu Kun reach that realm.
• Chu Xiao recalled entering another world, fighting an expert of the Evil Clan, and mastering the Great Sun Thunder Body while recovering.
• Cao Ying lost interest after learning the technique was high-grade Mysterious Rank, then urged Chu Xiao to write it down after reconsidering its value.

The Women reacted to Chu Xiao’s Great Sun Thunder Body, an Earth-tier Low Grade secret art that could strengthen the body, grant a lightning attribute, and improve cultivation. They learned that higher-tier methods required unknown special conditions, and Yun Yun saw a storm gather over the Xiao Family.

• Ya Fei and Yun Yun eagerly considered learning the Great Sun Thunder Body after Chu Xiao described its benefits and three levels.
• Feng Qing Er tried to accept the first level’s insights but learned the Earth-tier secret art required special conditions.
• Ya Fei lamented that she could not cultivate the method until she became a Da Dou Shi, while Yun Yun discovered she also faced a restriction.
• Yun Yun heard thunder, noticed a dark cloud over the Xiao Family, and then heard another clap directly overhead.

Xun Er, Ya Fei, and Medusa cultivated the Great Sun Thunder Body after meeting the Diary Copy’s requirements, gaining stronger physiques and cultivation. Xun Er concealed her progress, while Medusa decided to seek the complete technique from Chu Xiao.

• Ya Fei told Yun Yun that she had unlocked entry into the Great Sun Thunder Body after meeting the basic special requirements, which she suspected involved spending time near Chu Xiao.
• Lightning struck Xun Er at the Xiao Family and Ya Fei at the Mittel Auction House, while Ling Ying and Yun Yun concealed the celestial phenomena.
• Xun Er’s physique improved and her cultivation reached Dou Shi; she hid the changes and suspected Ya Fei also had a Diary Copy.
• Ya Fei gained a stronger physique and faster cultivation, then discovered the lightning had destroyed her clothes as Yun Yun teased her.
• Medusa completed the minor accomplishment stage of the Copper Thunder Body and resolved to obtain the full technique from Chu Xiao.