Chapter Summaries

Lin Che confronted Deputy Commander Ling Quan, who suspected him of possessing the Xiao Family Key, until Xiao Xun'er intervened and stopped Ling Quan from attacking. After Xiao Xun'er warned Lin Che to protect the Ancient Jade, she left with the Black Annihilation Army, while Ling Quan remained hostile.

• Ling Quan questioned Lin Che about the Xiao Family Key and drew his weapon when Lin Che refused to answer.
• Xiao Xun'er arrived and rebuked Ling Quan for provoking Lin Che, then challenged his claim that Lin Che had the key.
• Lin Che slapped Ling Quan, but Xiao Xun'er stopped Ling Quan from retaliating by threatening to report him to Gu Yuan.
• Xiao Xun'er privately warned Lin Che that the Ancient Jade was important and that the Eight Ancient Families would pursue him if he revealed it.
• Xiao Xun'er flew away with the Black Annihilation Army, leaving Ling Quan glaring at Lin Che.

Lin Che and his companions returned to the Jia Ma Empire after Ling Quan threatened them on behalf of the Gu Clan. Back at the Bamboo Forest, Qing Lin took a valuable pill, and Yun Yun invited Lin Che to visit Yun Shan at the Misty Cloud Sect.

• Ling Quan warned Lin Che to stay in the Northwest Continent, insulted Queen Medusa, and departed after she threatened him.
• Lin Che explained that killing Ling Quan could bring the Gu Clan’s wrath down on the Snake People Clan and the Jia Ma Empire, and described the power of the Black Annihilation Army and its commander, Gu Lie.
• Lin Che and his companions returned to the Bamboo Forest, where he gave Qing Lin a Grade Seven Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill, which she swallowed without pain.
• Yun Yun told Lin Che that Yun Shan had sent for him, and Lin Che agreed to accompany her to the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Yi Xian planned to enter seclusion to reach the Dou Wang realm, while Lin Che urged her to advance her work on the Spirit Fusion Pill.

Lin Che attended a Misty Cloud Sect meeting where Yun Yun confronted elders who had secretly gone to Wutan City, and Yun Shan dismissed the others to speak with Lin Che privately. Yun Shan thanked Lin Che for eliminating a Soul Hall member, leaving Yun Yun surprised to learn that a Soul Hall expert had been hiding in the sect.

• Lin Che reviewed his progress after reaching the Six-star Dou Zong realm and reflected on helping Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin grow stronger.
• Yun Yun arrived at the Misty Cloud Sect council hall with Lin Che, where Nalan Yanran sat subdued after losing the Three-Year Pact.
• Yun Yun questioned Yun Leng about secretly visiting Wutan City with Yun Lei and Yun Sheng, and ordered the three elders to accept punishment.
• Yun Shan defended the elders and then dismissed everyone except Lin Che and Yun Yun.
• Yun Shan thanked Lin Che for dealing with a Soul Hall expert, prompting Yun Yun to ask what he meant.

Yun Shan asked Lin Che to help protect the Misty Cloud Sect from the Soul Hall, then proposed a wedding between Lin Che and Yun Yun. Lin Che agreed, and Yun Yun acknowledged Cai Lin’s feelings while admitting she struggled to keep up with Lin Che.

• Yun Shan thanked Lin Che for helping him break free of Protector Wu’s influence and said he planned to end his cooperation with the Soul Hall.
• Lin Che told Yun Shan to summon him if Soul Hall experts returned, promising to destroy them himself.
• Yun Shan asked whether Lin Che was responsible for Yun Yun no longer being a virgin, and Lin Che confirmed that they were in love.
• Yun Shan proposed holding a wedding for Lin Che and Yun Yun and inviting the Jia Ma Empire’s experts; Lin Che accepted.
• Yun Yun said she was not in a hurry to marry and mentioned that Cai Lin seemed to have feelings for Lin Che.
• Yun Yun said she could not accept Lin Che being intimate with another woman, but confessed that their frequent encounters left her exhausted.

Lin Che and Yun Yun reaffirmed their relationship, while Queen Medusa discussed the Snake People Clan’s future with him. They considered moving the clan to the Monster Mountain Range early so its members could help build their new city.

• Yun Yun kissed Lin Che goodbye after Yun Shan interrupted their embrace, and Lin Che left the meeting hall.
• At Huai River Bamboo Pavilion, Yun Yun settled into life with Lin Che as Queen Medusa watched them with complicated feelings.
• Lin Che invited Queen Medusa to drink with him and asked when she would lead the Snake People Clan out of the Tagor Desert.
• Queen Medusa said Jia Xing Tian had begun arranging construction of a city in the Monster Mountain Range but that completion would take time.
• Lin Che suggested moving the Snake People Clan’s tribes to the Monster Mountain Range early so they could help build the city, and Queen Medusa reacted with interest.

Lin Che agreed to accompany Cai Lin to the Snake People Clan settlement and help them leave the Tagor Desert for the Monster Mountain Range. As they traveled there the next morning, Elder Yin Shi prepared the clan to relocate, grateful that their thousand-year confinement was ending.

• Cai Lin accepted Lin Che's plan to lead the Snake People Clan out of the desert, and they agreed to depart early the next morning.
• Yun Yun watched Lin Che and Cai Lin together and accepted the idea of Cai Lin joining her husband's side.
• At dawn, Lin Che left Xiao Yi Xian and Yun'er in charge and set out for the Tagor Desert aboard the War Boat with Zi Yan and Cai Lin.
• Cai Lin reflected on the desert and the suffering her clan had endured there, then shed tears at the prospect of leaving.
• Elder Yin Shi ordered the Snake People Clan to pack for relocation, while Mo Bass followed his instructions without knowing the reason.
• Elder Yin Shi knelt before the clan's grand hall and thanked the Snake Spirit for protecting the Snake People Clan.

The Snake People Clan began relocating on Queen Medusa’s orders, but Mu Ning and the Jia Ma Empire’s Dou Wangs stopped them until they could seek approval from Jia Xing Tian. When Queen Medusa returned and learned what had happened, she overwhelmed the human experts with her aura.

• Mu Ning and the Jia Ma Empire’s Dou Wangs confronted Elder Yin Shi, suspecting the Snake People Clan planned to invade.
• Elder Yin Shi agreed to let the humans investigate, and Mu Ning sent a Dou Wang to inform Jia Xing Tian.
• The Snake People Clan halted its preparations while Mu Ning and the others waited at the settlement for two days.
• Queen Medusa returned with two others and demanded to know why the clan had not prepared to relocate.
• After Elder Yin Shi explained the confrontation, Queen Medusa released her aura and forced Mu Ning and the other Dou Wangs to the ground.

Lin Che stopped Mu Ning from interfering with the Snake People Clan’s relocation and was taken by Cai Lin to meet the clan’s four elders. First Elder Snow thanked him for helping the clan recover and for Cai Lin’s rise to Dou Zong, while the elders learned firsthand how formidable he was.

• Lin Che appeared before Mu Ning, explained that the Snake People Clan was relocating to the Monster Mountain Range with Jia Xing Tian’s knowledge, and Mu Ning left with the human experts.
• Cai Lin instructed Elder Yin Shi to continue arranging the relocation and took Lin Che to meet the Snake People Clan’s four elders.
• Lin Che and Cai Lin entered a bamboo house, where First Elder Snow tested Lin Che with an aura python and he dispelled it with Sword Qi.
• Snow introduced herself and the other elders, then thanked Lin Che on behalf of the Snake People Clan for helping restore its fortunes and for Cai Lin’s Dou Zong strength.

Queen Medusa’s elders thanked Lin Che for helping the Snake People Clan and arranged for her to undergo the clan’s altar baptism. As Lin Che and Cai Lin walked through the Bamboo Forest, their teasing turned into an embrace that she quickly denied wanting.

• Elder Snow told Lin Che that Queen Medusa needed the altar’s baptism before she could have marital relations, and Cai Lin blushed and denied that they were together.
• Elder Snow revealed that Medusa’s body returned to its original state after every marital encounter, embarrassing her further.
• Elder Snow said the elders would arrange Medusa’s baptism in the next few days.
• In the Bamboo Forest, Cai Lin threatened Lin Che with her Seven-Colored Snake Sword and explained that the queens’ constitutions differed from generation to generation.
• Lin Che pulled Cai Lin into an embrace, and when she asked how much longer he would hold her, she pushed him away and called him a pervert.

Lin Che and Cai Lin acknowledged their feelings and began a relationship while the Snake People Clan prepared to leave the Tagor Desert. The chapter ended with Lin Che sending the clan’s tribes ahead while he and Zi Yan waited for Cai Lin.

• Lin Che held Cai Lin, and she admitted she worried that Yun Yun would be heartbroken; Lin Che explained that Yun Yun wanted them to be together.
• Lin Che kissed Cai Lin, and she embraced him and said she would take the initiative and expected him not to betray her.
• Over the next few days, Lin Che stayed with Cai Lin while she underwent her baptism and he organized the Snake People Clan’s departure.
• Zi Yan asked Lin Che why his lips were swollen and when they would return to the Monster Mountain Range, and he told her to wait for Cai Lin.
• First Elder Yin Shi reported that the eight great tribes were ready to depart, and Lin Che sent them ahead while he and Zi Yan stayed behind to wait for Cai Lin.

Lin Che helped the Snake People Clan leave the Tagor Desert and settle in the Monster Mountain Range, while Queen Medusa completed her altar baptism. After the clan arrived, Cai Lin entrusted her sister Die’s preserved body to Lin Che, who promised to revive her if he gained the ability.

• Lin Che gave Elder Yin Shi a passage token, and Yin Shi led the Snake People Clan toward the Monster Mountain Range.
• Cai Lin thanked Lin Che after completing her baptism, then flew out of the settlement with the four elders as Lin Che teased her and Zi Yan.
• With Jia Xing Tian’s order protecting them, the Snake People Clan traveled safely to the Monster Mountain Range and celebrated leaving the Tagor Desert.
• Cai Lin showed Lin Che her younger sister Die’s body in a crystal coffin and asked whether he could revive her.
• Lin Che promised to revive Die if he could and stored her coffin in his Storage Ring before telling Cai Lin that the clan was now in her hands.

Cai Lin established strict rules for the Snake People Clan and settled into a peaceful life with Lin Che and Yun Yun. When a Soul Hall expert arrived at the Misty Cloud Sect to question Yun Shan about missing protectors, Lin Che went to investigate alone, leaving Yun Shan under suspicion and threat.

• Cai Lin outlawed attacks and crimes against humans, ordered the clan to trade for supplies, and demanded peace with the magical beasts.
• Cai Lin raised a barrier over the Snake People Clan’s settlement and tasked Elder Yin Shi with organizing the city alongside Jia Ma Empire craftsmen.
• Yun Yun accepted Cai Lin’s relationship with Lin Che, and Lin Che lowered Die’s crystal coffin onto the water before joking with the two women.
• Lin Che sensed that a Soul Hall expert had reached the Misty Cloud Sect and left alone after refusing Yun Yun’s offer to accompany him.
• Protector Niu questioned Yun Shan about Protector Wu’s disappearance, threatened to destroy the Misty Cloud Sect if Wu was dead, and offered Yun Shan help reaching Dou Zun if he remained loyal.

Protector Niu threatened Yun Shan and demanded that Yun Yun be sent to him, but Lin Che arrived and attacked him. As Protector Niu prepared to use the sect disciples’ souls to fight back, Yun Shan revealed that their Soul Hall marks had been removed, and Protector Niu turned his rage on him.

• Protector Niu threatened to take back Yun Shan’s power and demanded that Yun Yun be sent to him.
• Protector Niu attacked Yun Shan when he objected, then ordered him to prepare Yun Yun for his arrival.
• An unseen attacker forced Protector Niu to dodge, and a silver-white sword shattered his iron chains.
• Lin Che appeared, and Yun Shan welcomed him as Protector Niu accused Yun Shan of betraying Soul Hall.
• Lin Che declared that Protector Niu would not leave alive, and Protector Niu summoned a mass of black shadows.
• Yun Shan revealed that he and the elders had removed the Soul Hall marks from the disciples, prompting Protector Niu to swear he would destroy Yun Shan.

Lin Che killed Protector Niu after overpowering him, then promised Yun Shan that he would handle any Soul Hall experts who appeared. At Huai River Bamboo Pavilion, Yun Yun and the Queen Medusa waited anxiously for Lin Che to return.

• Lin Che shattered Protector Niu's black spear with his Sword Qi and fatally wounded him.
• Protector Niu begged Yun Shan for help, but Yun Shan struck him down, and Lin Che burned his corpse to ashes.
• Lin Che told Yun Shan to proceed as usual and notify him if more Soul Hall experts appeared.
• Yun Shan picked up Protector Niu's Storage Ring and realized that hunting Soul Hall experts could help him grow stronger.
• At Huai River Bamboo Pavilion, Yun Yun worried that Lin Che had not returned, while the Queen Medusa reassured her despite sharing her concern.

Lin Che returned safely to Yun Yun and Queen Medusa, then spent time with Yun Yun and Xiao Yi Xian before continuing to cultivate in the Monster Mountain Range. He reached the Half-step Dou Zun realm but remained troubled by the lack of Soul Hall Protectors to hunt, and Yun Yun approached him while he sat in cultivation.

• Lin Che returned to the lake, where Yun Yun rushed into his arms and Queen Medusa left after confirming he was safe.
• Lin Che and Yun Yun shared time together until noon, then returned by boat to the depths of the Bamboo Forest.
• Xiao Yi Xian teased Yun Yun and Lin Che, and Lin Che conjured a large fish for her before Yun Yun comforted her.
• Lin Che cultivated in the Monster Mountain Range and reached the Half-step Dou Zun realm, though his status still listed him as a nine-star Dou Zong.
• Lin Che worried that he had found only three Soul Hall Protectors and needed stronger enemies to advance and protect his family.
• Yun Yun brought Lin Che food and asked whether anything was wrong after he had sat cultivating for two days.

Lin Che planned to travel to Jia Nan Academy with Xiao Yi Xian to replenish the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower and obtain the Sea Heart Flame, while Yun Yun prepared to enter seclusion and break through to Dou Zong. He left Cai Lin to guard their home and took Yao Chen along, setting his sights on Han Feng in the Black Corner Region.

• Yun Yun grilled fish for Lin Che, then told him that her unstable Dou Qi required her to enter seclusion and attempt a breakthrough to Dou Zong.
• Cai Lin emerged and recognized Yun Yun's imminent breakthrough, while Lin Che explained that he planned to visit Jia Nan Academy and help Xiao Yi Xian obtain the Sea Heart Flame.
• Lin Che noted that Qing Lin remained in seclusion refining a pill and considered the potential of her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Lin Che entrusted the place to Cai Lin and told her to use the jade slip to summon him if trouble arose.
• Lin Che departed with Xiao Yi Xian and Yao Chen, intending to replenish the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower and bring Yao Chen face-to-face with Han Feng.

On the road to the Black Corner Region, Lin Che rescued Xiao Li from a Blood Sect elder who had nearly killed him. Lin Che wiped out the Blood Sect pursuers, and Xiao Li bowed to thank the powerful stranger.

• Yao Chen asked Lin Che why he wanted him to accompany him to the Black Corner Region, but Lin Che said he would explain when they arrived.
• Lin Che spotted Xiao Li fleeing several pursuers, including a Blood Sect Dou Emperor, after Xiao Li had killed the elder’s disciple.
• The Blood Sect elder struck Xiao Li down, and Xiao Li warned him that his third brother was Xiao Yan.
• Lin Che intervened, blasted the elder away, and asked the wounded Xiao Li if he was all right.
• After learning the elder belonged to the Blood Sect, Lin Che killed him and the other pursuers with a single attack.
• Xiao Li knelt and thanked Lin Che for saving his life.

Lin Che reunited with Xiao Li, learned that the Iron Mercenary Group had been destroyed, and brought him to Jia Nan Academy after giving him a life-extending pill. There, Lin Che confirmed that Xiao Yan was still cultivating in the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower and would soon be able to leave.

• Lin Che recognized Xiao Li and learned that black-robed attackers with iron chains had destroyed the Iron Mercenary Group, while Xiao Li’s brother had returned to the Xiao Family in Wutan City.
• Xiao Li told Lin Che that he had taken a Life Devouring Pill to gain strength for revenge and had only two and a half years left to live.
• Lin Che gave Xiao Li an Azure Nether Longevity Pill and told him that Xiao Yan was at Jia Nan Academy.
• Lin Che and Xiao Li traveled to Jia Nan Academy aboard the War Boat, where the elders welcomed Lin Che and summoned First Elder Su Qian.
• Su Qian confirmed that Xiao Yan was cultivating in the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower and should be able to leave soon.

Lin Che met Jia Nan Academy’s Thousand Hundred Elders and reunited Xiao Yan with his second brother, Xiao Li. After explaining Xiao Li’s dangerous Life Devouring Pill, Lin Che left for Maple City and entrusted Xiao Yan to the academy’s care.

• Thousand Hundred Elders arrived after sensing Lin Che’s aura and learned that the twenty-one-year-old had reached the Half-step Dou Zun realm.
• Xiao Yan arrived and greeted Lin Che, Thousand Hundred Elders, and Su Qian before recognizing Xiao Li as his second brother.
• Xiao Li embraced Xiao Yan and led him away to catch up privately.
• Lin Che told Su Qian and the others that Xiao Li had taken a Rank 7 Life Devouring Pill, which would kill him if he failed to reach the Dou Emperor realm within three years.
• Lin Che announced that he was heading to Maple City and left Xiao Yan in the care of Jia Nan Academy.

Han Feng sensed danger approaching Maple City, where Lin Che and Xiao Yi Xian arrived to claim his Heavenly Flame. After Xiao Yi Xian’s flames overwhelmed Han Feng’s Sea Heart Flame, he began questioning her cultivation technique, and she revealed an unexpected change in her aura.

• Han Feng sensed a fatal threat and ordered Elder Ban to summon the Gold and Silver Elders to Maple City.
• Lin Che told Xiao Yi Xian to surround Maple City with her Heavenly Flame, and she threatened to destroy the city unless Han Feng handed over his flame.
• Han Feng attacked Xiao Yi Xian with the manifested Sea Heart Flame, but their flames collided in a tremendous explosion that sent him flying backward.
• Han Feng recognized something about Xiao Yi Xian’s power and demanded to know what cultivation technique she practiced.
• Xiao Yi Xian glanced toward Lin Che, then her aura changed as a silvery-white glow appeared around her.