Chapter Summaries

Xiao Han offered Queen Medusa information about a Heavenly Flame, hoping to secure a benefit while changing the events he knew were coming. Medusa invited him to Holy City, but when he refused, she warned that Yue Mei would not let him leave after seeing her body.

• Xiao Han introduced himself to Queen Medusa as a Seventh-grade Alchemist, but she doubted his claim and demanded to know what he wanted.
• Xiao Han revealed that he knew the location of a Heavenly Flame, drawing Medusa’s interest because it could help her evolve into a Dou Zong.
• Xiao Han offered to tell Medusa about the Heavenly Flame in exchange for a benefit after she obtained it, while Yue Mei warned her about the deadly risks of the evolution.
• Queen Medusa invited Xiao Han to return with her to Holy City and promised him high status in the Snake People Tribe, but he refused.
• Queen Medusa warned Xiao Han that Yue Mei would not let him leave because he had seen her body.

Xiao Han convinced Medusa that he could lead her to the Green Lotus Core Flame, though she suspected he had ulterior motives. Medusa agreed to go with him into the Tagor Desert, while Yue Mei remained wary of his intentions.

• Xiao Han revealed his Bone Spirit Cold Flame and told Medusa that the Green Lotus Core Flame was in the Tagor Desert.
• Medusa questioned Xiao Han’s background and reasons for helping her, but he said they were each pursuing what they needed.
• Medusa considered taking Xiao Han’s flame but judged that she could not safely seize it from him.
• Medusa asked Xiao Han to stay in the Holy City while she prepared, but he refused and demanded that they search for the flame immediately.
• Yue Mei warned Medusa that Xiao Han might be an imperial spy, but Medusa agreed to go with him into the Tagor Desert.

Xiao Han led Queen Medusa and her Snake Guards to a hidden entrance near Stone Desert City, where they searched underground for the Green Lotus Core Flame. They found a vast magma cavern, and Medusa spotted something moving beneath the lava.

• Xiao Han directed Queen Medusa's Snake Guards to search the area for an underground entrance, and Hua She'er found a cave opening emitting heat.
• Queen Medusa shoved Xiao Han into the cave first, then entered with him and sent Snake Guards to scout its branching tunnels.
• Xiao Han and Medusa followed a Snake Guard to an enormous cavern filled with flowing crimson magma.
• Medusa noticed a patch of churning magma and the Snake Guards warned that something alive was hidden beneath it.

Xiao Han followed Medusa and a Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake through the magma to find the Green Lotus Core Flame. After they reached the flame, Medusa asked what Xiao Han wanted from it, but he kept his purpose secret.

• Medusa summoned a Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, which revealed that the Heavenly Flame lay beneath the magma.
• Medusa and the snake descended into the lava, and Xiao Han followed safely inside the Bone Spirit Cold Flame.
• Xiao Han kept pace with Medusa as they swam through the magma and reached a brilliant azure lotus.
• Xiao Han identified the lotus as the Green Lotus Core Flame, ranked nineteenth on the Heavenly Flame Ranking.
• Medusa asked Xiao Han what he wanted, and he said he would claim his wish when she achieved hers.

Xiao Han and Medusa reached the Green Lotus Core Flame, where Medusa took the flame while Xiao Han harvested the green lotus platform and its Fire Lotus Seeds. The rewards raised Xiao Han to a Nine-star Dou Shi, and he followed the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake back into the magma.

• Medusa tried to take the green lotus platform, but its roots drained her Dou Qi and melted her sword, so she cut herself free and wrapped Dou Qi around the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Medusa left with the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, while Xiao Han stayed behind and used a jade ruler tempered by the Bone Spirit Cold Flame to separate the green lotus platform from its roots.
• Xiao Han took the green lotus platform and earned 200,000 Experience Points and 40,000 Coupon Points, which raised him to an Eight-star Dou Shi.
• Xiao Han collected eleven Fire Lotus Seeds and earned another 210,000 Experience Points and 42,000 Coupon Points, reaching Nine-star Dou Shi.
• Xiao Han left the root stem behind and followed the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake into the purple magma.

Xiao Han was captured by Queen Medusa after she sealed his Dou Qi and Heavenly Flames, and she brought him to an island while seeking the Green Lotus Platform and Fire Lotus Seeds. As human attackers threatened the Snake Clan Holy City, Queen Medusa began her evolution with the Green Lotus Core Flame, leaving Xiao Han trapped nearby as the process started.

• The Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake attacked Xiao Han as he emerged from the magma, and Queen Medusa struck him with the Serpent Seal Curse, causing him to lose consciousness.
• Xiao Han awoke chained on an island beside a pool of Ice Spirit Cold Spring and found that his Dou Qi and Heavenly Flames were sealed.
• Xiao Han realized Queen Medusa had captured him because she believed he possessed the Green Lotus Platform and Fire Lotus Seeds, though his storage ring was missing.
• When human attackers struck the Snake Clan Holy City, Queen Medusa released the Green Lotus Core Flame from the jade lotus and began the evolution process.
• Queen Medusa formed a Barrier around herself and the Heavenly Flame, leaving Xiao Han outside as he watched and wondered whether her evolution had begun.

Queen Medusa transformed into her giant purple snake form and endured the Green Lotus Core Flame’s brutal burning as she attempted to evolve. While she appeared near death, Xiao Han extracted and stored the Serpent Seal Curse, broke free of his chains, and waited for the Heavenly Flame to settle as strange energy gathered over the island.

• Xiao Han’s earlier instructions had helped spread news that Queen Medusa possessed a Heavenly Flame, drawing many forces to the Holy City of the Snake People Clan.
• Queen Medusa transformed into a giant purple snake and plunged into the Heavenly Flame, suffering as it burned her body and soul.
• Xiao Han extracted the Serpent Seal Curse from his body, stored it in a Jade Bottle, and broke the chains restraining him.
• Queen Medusa’s screams stopped after her body shrank, and the Heavenly Flame calmed to the size of a fist.
• Dark clouds and silver streaks gathered above the island as humans and snake people watched Queen Medusa lie motionless.

Xiao Han waited for Queen Medusa’s evolution to finish, then approached the plaza and encountered her new body, the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python. With the human experts likely to return after realizing the evolution had gone wrong, he fed the little snake some Companion Purple Crystal Source.

• A thunderbolt struck the plaza, and the resulting green mist kept the nearby humans and snake-people from seeing what had happened.
• Gu He warned the gathered experts not to compete for the Heavenly Flame while they secretly considered taking it for themselves.
• The charred snake body split apart, and its burst of energy made the humans conclude that Queen Medusa had evolved, though the brief aura made them suspect something had gone wrong.
• Xiao Han hurried to the plaza with a jade bottle as the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python emerged and stopped before him.
• The Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python swallowed some of the Companion Purple Crystal Source and emerged looking satisfied.

Xiao Han recruited the newborn Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python and escaped with the Heavenly Flame, earning system rewards that raised him to Great Dou Master. After the system upgraded, he used a Blood Lotus Pill to extract and fuse the Green Lotus Core Flame, reaching Four-star Great Dou Master.

• Xiao Han coaxed the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python into his sleeve with the Companion Purple Crystal Source and gained 300,000 Experience Points and 60,000 Coupon Points.
• Xiao Han broke through to One-star Great Dou Master, gained Battle Qi Armor, and fled the pursuing Gu He and other experts with the Heavenly Flame carried on the Green Lotus Platform.
• Xiao Han’s system upgraded to version 3.0, unlocking Level 3 shop purchases and granting him a Lucky Draw Ticket.
• Xiao Han landed at an oasis, took a Blood Lotus Pill, and extracted the Seed of the Green Lotus Core Fire from the Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Han fused with the Green Lotus Core Flame, received system rewards, and rose three levels to Four-star Great Dou Master.

Xiao Han returned to Stone Desert City and learned that the Sand Mercenary Group was threatening the Desert Iron Mercenary Group over Queen Medusa’s Seven-Colored Snake Scales. Refusing Xiao Ding’s request to leave, Xiao Han vowed to destroy the Sand Mercenary Group and slipped past the guards to confront them.

• Xiao Han returned to the Desert Iron Mercenary Group’s headquarters and reunited with Qing Lin, Xiao Ding, and Xiao Li.
• A mercenary explained that the Sand Mercenary Group demanded the Seven-Colored Snake Scales and one hundred thousand gold coins or would declare war in three days.
• Xiao Ding urged Xiao Han to leave for Wutan City, but Xiao Han promised to destroy the Sand Mercenary Group in return for the group’s earlier help.
• Xiao Han rested, then evaded two guards who were ordered to keep him from leaving and headed toward the Sand Mercenary Group.

Xiao Han confronted the Sand Mercenary Group over its challenge to the Desert Iron Mercenary Group and declared that he would wipe it out. After killing Mo Xing with bone-white flame, he revealed strength that Luo Bu recognized as belonging to a Da Dou Shi.

• Xiao Han forced his way into the Sand Mercenary Group's headquarters and ordered the gatekeepers to summon Luo Bu, Mo Xing, and Xu Guang with as many members as possible.
• Xu Guang recognized Xiao Han as a Second-grade Alchemist and recalled that he had once given him the Half-Snake Person girl Qing Lin.
• Xiao Han told Luo Bu that he had come to erase the Sand Mercenary Group because it had sent a Challenge Letter to the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, and ordered its members to leave Stone Desert City.
• Mo Xing charged at Xiao Han, who killed him instantly with bone-white flame.
• Luo Bu watched Xiao Han approach and realized that his speed showed he was a Da Dou Shi.

Xiao Han killed Mo Xing and Luo Bu, disbanded the Sand Mercenary Group, and returned to the Desert Iron Mercenary Group. He used his remaining Lucky Draw Tickets and obtained the Level 9 Rare Item Progress Bar-kun.

• Xiao Han killed Mo Xing and rejected Luo Bu's offer to serve him, then killed Luo Bu with a Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Han spared Xu Guang after Xu Guang agreed to keep the Sand Mercenary Group out of Stone Desert City, and he announced that the group was disbanded.
• Xiao Han returned to the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, where Xiao Ding and Xiao Li discussed his growing strength and the group's new standing.
• Xiao Han used a Lucky Draw Ticket and obtained the Mysterious Tier Low Grade Turtle Breath Art cultivation method.
• Xiao Han used his second Lucky Draw Ticket and drew Progress Bar-kun, a Level 9 one-time time-type Rare Item that could accelerate time after being bound to a plane.

Xiao Han returned to Mo City with Qing Lin to meet Hai Bodong and refine a pill, while arranging a secret plan involving a red-clad woman and a map. He left the woman tasked with waiting a year for a young man carrying a black heavy ruler and selling him the map without revealing Xiao Han’s involvement.

• Xiao Han entered Mo City with Qing Lin and explained that helping Hai Bodong could earn him a Dou Emperor’s favor, though Qing Lin warned him to stay cautious.
• At Ancient Map’s shop, Xiao Han scolded Hai Bodong for ignoring him, and Hai Bodong ordered a red-clad woman to leave and said he would not accept her as a disciple.
• Xiao Han urged Hai Bodong to treat the woman more kindly, so Hai Bodong gave her a Mysterious Tier Low Grade cultivation technique and dismissed the shop’s customers.
• The red-clad woman thanked Xiao Han and Qing Lin, and Xiao Han asked her to repay their favor by waiting a year for a young man with a Second-grade Alchemist badge and black heavy ruler.
• Xiao Han instructed the red-clad woman to sell that young man the map and reveal nothing about Xiao Han.

Xiao Han gave the woman in red an accurate map and promised to secure her the Ancient Map shop, then joined Hai Bodong to refine a pill. After revealing the Sand Mandara and obtaining Hai Bodong’s Sixth-grade Po E Pill formula, Xiao Han received a large system reward and sent Hai Bodong out of the room.

• Xiao Han showed the woman in red a precise map of the Snake People Clan’s territory and promised to speak to Hai Bodong about making the shop hers.
• Xiao Han gave Hai Bodong the Sand Mandara, the last ingredient needed for the pill.
• Hai Bodong took Xiao Han to a quiet back room and handed over the pill formula and medicinal ingredients.
• Xiao Han acquired the Sixth-grade Po E Pill formula and received 150,000 Experience Points and 30,000 Coupon Points from the system.
• Xiao Han assured Hai Bodong that nothing was wrong and told him to leave and close the door behind him.

Xiao Han refined a Po E Pill for Elder Hai, who tested it in his underground ice cave to see whether it could remove Queen Medusa’s seal. The pill’s power began battling the Serpent Seal Curse, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Elder Hai worried that Xiao Han might not be able to refine a sixth-grade pill, while Xiao Han gained experience, leveled up to Five-Star Great Dou Master, and received a reward for taking six rare ingredients from Xiao Yan’s future.
• Xiao Han emerged after two minutes with a purple Po E Pill, and Elder Hai doubted its authenticity before agreeing to test it.
• Elder Hai led Xiao Han and Qing Lin to his underground ice cave and swallowed the pill as Xiao Han secretly prepared to defend himself with the Bone Spirit Cold Flame.
• After half an hour, Hai Bodong’s energy shook the ice cave as the pill’s power fought the green Serpent Seal Curse between his brows.

Xiao Han helped Hai Bodong break Queen Medusa’s seal, then obtained the other Fragmented Map of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. After gaining a major cultivation boost from the System, Xiao Han eyed Hai Bodong with renewed interest, leaving Hai Bodong wondering what he wanted next.

• Qing Lin sensed Queen Medusa’s aura in Hai Bodong’s seal, and the seal broke as his Dou Emperor cultivation returned.
• Hai Bodong’s celebratory roar hurt Qing Lin, so Xiao Han confronted him and prepared to fight when Hai Bodong turned hostile.
• Qing Lin’s Azure Eyes Three-Flower Pupils briefly disrupted Hai Bodong, and he gave up the idea of stealing Xiao Han’s map fragment.
• Hai Bodong handed Xiao Han the remaining Fragmented Map, and the System rewarded Xiao Han with experience and Coupon Points that raised his cultivation.
• Xiao Han stared at Hai Bodong with ill-intentioned fervor, and Hai Bodong asked what else he wanted.

Xiao Han traded Elder Hai’s favor for the map shop and promised him a pill that could restore his sealed strength, on the condition that he avoid Xiao Yan for a year. After gaining a level from the altered storyline, Xiao Han consumed a Three-Pattern Clear Spirit Pill and advanced to Nine-star Da Dou Shi.

• Xiao Han persuaded Elder Hai to give the map shop to the woman in red, and Elder Hai accepted the favor as repayment.
• Xiao Han offered Elder Hai a Revitalizing Purple Spirit Pill if he avoided Xiao Yan or a young man carrying a large black ruler for a year and later brought the ingredients to the imperial capital.
• Elder Hai agreed, and the system rewarded Xiao Han for preventing Xiao Yan from meeting Hai Bodong, raising Xiao Han to Six-star Da Dou Shi.
• Xiao Han listed Reincarnation Grass, Purple Xuan Grass, and a Fifth-order Earth Demon Core as ingredients, and Elder Hai left to gather them.
• Xiao Han asked Qing Lin to stand guard, swallowed a Three-Pattern Clear Spirit Pill, and advanced to Nine-star Da Dou Shi.

As the Xiao Clan prepared for its preliminary assessment, Xiao Yan resented Xiao Han for competing for Xiao Xun'er and planned to confront him if he returned. Xiao Han had been missing for nearly a year after entering the Monster Beast Mountain Range, but he arrived at the training ground just as the assessment began.

• Xiao Yan recalled how Xiao Han's Vein Protecting Pill had helped him reach seven-star Dou Zhe, yet blamed Xiao Han for Xiao Xun'er's distance and vowed to make him regret returning.
• Old Man Yao urged Xiao Yan to control his anger and accept that Xiao Xun'er could choose Xiao Han, but Xiao Yan refused to let the matter go.
• Xiao Yan went to the training ground for the preliminary assessment and encountered Xiao Xun'er, who greeted him politely and looked for Xiao Han.
• Xiao Hao told Xiao Ding Tian that he had found no news of Xiao Han after searching the Monster Beast Mountain Range, where Xiao Ding Tian had been badly injured.
• Xiao Zhan said the assessment could not be delayed, but the Second Elder pointed excitedly toward the entrance and announced that Xiao Han had arrived.

Xiao Han returned to the Xiao Clan with Qing Lin and reunited with his family and Xiao Xun'er before the clan’s cultivation test began. Xiao Mei passed as a One-star Fighter, and the chapter left the crowd waiting to see Xiao Xun'er’s result.

• Xiao Han arrived at the training ground with Qing Lin, and Xiao Han's Mother and Xiao Xun'er welcomed him.
• Xiao Han introduced Qing Lin as his little maid, while Xiao Yan watched Xiao Han and Xiao Xun'er with resentment.
• Xiao Zhan announced the cultivation test rules and began the examination of the clan’s juniors.
• Xiao Mei tested as a One-star Fighter and thanked Xiao Han for the Qi Gathering Powder that helped her advance.
• The examiner called Xiao Xun'er to test, and the crowd turned to watch her.

Xiao Xun'er tested at Six-star Dou Zhe before Xiao Yan stunned the Xiao Clan by revealing he had reached Seven-star Dou Zhe. The test then called Xiao Han to the platform, leaving his result unknown.

• Xiao Xun'er tested at Six-star Dou Zhe, astonishing the gathered clan members.
• Xiao Xun'er congratulated Xiao Yan, then joined Xiao Han and Qing Lin to watch the remaining tests.
• Xiao Yan stepped forward for his test as Xiao Xun'er wondered how his training had gone.
• The black stone monument revealed that Xiao Yan was a Seven-star Dou Zhe, leaving the crowd speechless.
• Xiao Zhan rejected the Second Elder's suggestion that a Foundation Establishment Pill explained Xiao Yan's growth.
• The tester announced that Xiao Han was next.