Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li at Mo City Rock, impressed the mercenaries, and learned more about their plans for Qing Lin. The brothers then revealed that they had discovered traces of Heavenly Flames.

• Xiao Yan gave Xue Lan a Little Spirit Pill after recognizing her strength, and she thanked him for the gift.
• Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, and the mercenaries marveled at his strength and alchemy.
• Xiao Yan drank with his brothers and told them he had defeated Nalan Yanran in their confrontation.
• Xiao Li explained that Xiao Ding and he had planned for Qing Lin to become Xiao Yan's child bride, leaving Xiao Yan exasperated and Qing Lin embarrassed.
• Xiao Ding dismissed the others and told Xiao Yan that they had discovered traces of Heavenly Flames.

Xiao Yan learned that Qing Lin had found signs of Heavenly Flames near Mo City Rock, a search his brothers Xiao Ding and Xiao Li had pursued for years because of his childhood wish. After revealing that he had become a Da Dou Shi, Xiao Yan planned to unify the city’s mercenary groups before exploring the site.

• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li told Xiao Yan that Qing Lin had sensed unusual fire energy near Mo City Rock, and Xiao Yan recognized the location from Hai Bodong’s maps.
• Xiao Ding explained that the brothers had investigated the site and prepared a tunnel to search underground for Heavenly Flames, though the rival Sha Mercenary Group might interfere.
• Xiao Yan told his brothers that Heavenly Flames were vital to him and revealed that he had recently become a Da Dou Shi.
• Xiao Yan proposed unifying and absorbing Mo City Rock’s mercenary groups before beginning the search.
• After drinking with his brothers, Xiao Yan fled when Qing Lin was told to escort him to his room and said she belonged to Xiao Ding.

Xiao Yan joined Xiao Li in confronting the Sha Mercenary Group while Xiao Ding led a survey team toward the desert. As Xiao Li’s forces clashed with Luo Bu’s men, Xiao Yan waited to see which members could be absorbed into the Mo Tie Mercenary Group.

• Xiao Yan reassured Qing Lin that he did not discriminate against half-bloods and said he would introduce her to someone in the Royal Capital.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li told Xiao Yan that Xiao Ding would lead mining and prospecting personnel into the desert while Xiao Yan and Xiao Li confronted the Sha Mercenary Group.
• Xiao Ding departed with Qing Lin and the technical personnel, while Xiao Yan accompanied Xiao Li and the Mo Tie Mercenary Group toward the Sha Mercenary Group’s base.
• Luo Bu gathered his men after Xiao Li’s forces kicked open the gate, and Xiao Li declared that the Sha Mercenary Group would be finished that day.
• Xiao Li led his mercenaries into battle as Xiao Yan watched from a chair, following Xiao Ding’s plan to identify Sha members worth recruiting.

Xiao Yan stopped Xiao Li’s fight with Luo Bu and forced the Sha Mercenary Group to disband, allowing the Mo Tie Mercenary Group to take control of Rock Desert City. With the city secured against interference, Xiao Yan and Xiao Li prepared to search underground for the Heavenly Flame and check on Xiao Ding.

• Xiao Li fought Luo Bu but was driven back by the stronger Da Dou Shi.
• Xiao Yan announced that the Sha Mercenary Group would be dissolved and its members could apply to join the Mo Tie Mercenary Group.
• When Luo Bu refused, Xiao Yan used Lion's Roar to pin him to the ground and demonstrated his overwhelming strength.
• Luo Bu surrendered and declared the Sha Mercenary Group disbanded; Xiao Li recruited him and kept him managing his former members.
• The Mo Tie Mercenary Group took the Sha Mercenary Group’s members, assets, and properties, becoming the dominant force in Rock Desert City.
• After Xiao Li finished handling the takeover, he and Xiao Yan set off to explore for the Heavenly Flame and hoped to learn how Xiao Ding’s search was going.

Xiao Yan and the Mo Tie Mercenary Group found a network of underground passages leading to a magma cavern, where he sensed a possible Heavenly Flame. He flew across the magma despite a hidden magical beast and spotted a green lotus that might be the Green Lotus Core Flame.

• Xiao Ding told Xiao Yan that the mercenaries had not yet found the passage, but a messenger soon reported that the Third Squad had uncovered traces of one.
• Xiao Yan led Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, Qing Lin, and several experienced mercenaries into the underground tunnels, following Qing Lin’s perception and the scouts’ guidance.
• The group reached a vast magma cavern, where Xiao Yan sensed an emerald-green cluster of fire-attributed energy and prepared to cross the lava.
• Xiao Li was shocked when Xiao Yan revealed his flight Dou Technique, and Qing Lin warned that a creature lurked beneath the magma.
• Xiao Yan froze part of the magma with Ice Spirit Cold Spring to block the rising beast, then flew deeper and found a green lotus that might be the Green Lotus Core Flame.

Xiao Yan found the Green Lotus Core Flame had already been taken by Queen Medusa and fought the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake guarding the lotus seeds. The chapter ended when Qing Lin's eyes glowed green after snake blood touched her lips, and she said she might be able to control the beast.

• Xiao Yan entered the magma and discovered the Green Lotus Core Flame was gone, finding a bloodstained snake scale beside the lotus.
• Xiao Yan concluded Queen Medusa had taken the flame and attacked the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake that lunged at him.
• Xiao Yan beat the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake and ordered Mao Wu to cut down the lotus without eating its seeds.
• Xiao Yan prepared to finish off the battered snake, but Qing Lin stopped him and said she might be able to control it.
• Snake blood on Qing Lin's lips made a strange green light flash through her eyes.

Xiao Yan discovered that Qing Lin could control the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake through a mysterious contract, then learned that Queen Medusa had taken the Green Lotus Core Flame. He asked Hai Bodong for information about her and left planning to use Gu He against her.

• Qing Lin awakened the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and formed a contract with the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, but collapsed from exhaustion.
• Mao Wu brought back the Green Lotus, and Xiao Yan learned that Queen Medusa had taken the Heavenly Flame.
• Qing Lin woke and explained that she could control the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, which shrank and hid in her sleeve as the group left the cavern.
• Xiao Yan flew to Mo City and asked Hai Bodong for reports on Queen Medusa, learning that she had sought medicine and an Ice Spirit Cold Spring.
• Xiao Yan told Hai Bodong to inform Gu He that Queen Medusa had the Green Lotus Core Flame and planned to use the Ice Spirit Cold Spring to devour it, prompting Hai Bodong to realize Xiao Yan meant to pit Gu He against her.

Xiao Yan persuaded Hai Bodong to tell Pill King Gu He about the Green Lotus Core Flame, giving Hai Bodong a chance to obtain the pill that would undo his seal while stirring up a contest for the Heavenly Flame. After half a month of cultivation and preparation, Xiao Yan received Hai Bodong’s message and set out for the Holy City of the Snake-People Race.

• Xiao Yan convinced Hai Bodong that sharing the Heavenly Flame’s location with Gu He could earn him the pill he needed without costing him the remaining map.
• Xiao Yan promised to retrieve the Desert Mandala for Hai Bodong, and Hai Bodong agreed to pursue the deal.
• Xiao Yan trained on the Azure Lotus Seat with Burning Blood and advanced to two-star Da Dou Shi.
• The Mo Tie Mercenary Group grew into a local power in Mo City Rock, with Luo Bu submitting to Xiao Yan and the group buying valuable medicinal herbs.
• Hai Bodong’s carrier pigeon delivered news that the meeting would take place in the Holy City in three days.
• Xiao Yan put on the Soul Robe, left a letter behind, and flew toward the Holy City.

Xiao Yan infiltrated a snake-person oasis by posing as a timid human alchemist, hoping to be captured and brought toward the Holy City. Yue Mei discovered him, recognized his Tier 3 alchemy, and ordered her guards to take him away.

• Xiao Ding set aside Xiao Yan’s letter and reassured Qing Lin that Xiao Yan would return safely.
• Xiao Yan flew across the Tagor Desert in his Soul Robe and planned to use his alchemist identity to enter a snake-person tribe.
• Xiao Yan slipped past the oasis guards, removed his Soul Robe, and pretended to draw water at the lake.
• Yue Mei emerged from the lake and caught Xiao Yan trying to flee after he pretended to be frightened by her snake-person form.
• Yue Mei tested Xiao Yan’s pill, recognized him as a Tier 3 Alchemist, and ordered her guards to take him away after he touched her arm.

Xiao Yan was taken toward the Mei Snake Tribe by Yue Mei when Gu He’s group arrived early, forcing Yue Mei to flee and leaving Xiao Yan free to pursue his plan. He sent Mao Wu after Gu He’s group while he headed for the Holy City treasury to search for Heavenly Flames and create chaos.

• Yue Mei took the captured Xiao Yan toward her tribe, planning to make him refine Medicinal Pills for the Snake-People Race.
• Xiao Yan sensed Gu He’s group approaching and recognized Yan Shi, Feng Li, Yun Yun, and the other powerful experts.
• Gu He asked Yue Mei to take them to the Holy City to meet Queen Medusa, but she refused and warned them to leave.
• Yan Shi and Feng Li pursued Yue Mei as she used Snake Skill: Division to scatter into energy snakes and escape.
• Xiao Yan summoned Mao Wu, sent it to follow Gu He’s group, and headed for the Holy City treasury to search for Heavenly Flames.

Xiao Yan followed Yue Mei into the Snake-People Holy City and waited for Gu He to confront Queen Medusa. He and Mao Wu then attacked the city, sowing confusion that let Xiao Yan slip inside.

• Xiao Yan followed the wounded Yue Mei through a hidden passage into the Mei Snake Tribe and reached the holy city while its strongest warriors were away.
• Xiao Yan sensed four clusters of the Green Lotus Core Flame near the city center and waited for Queen Medusa to appear.
• Gu He called on Queen Medusa and offered to exchange for the Green Lotus Core Flame, drawing her out to meet him.
• Xiao Yan drank Ice Spirit Cold Spring to hide his body heat and ordered Mao Wu to attack as he unleashed Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler on the city wall.
• Mao Wu struck from the void with the Green Lotus Core Flame, causing the snake-people to suspect Gu He, while Xiao Yan climbed over the wall and entered the city.

Xiao Yan exploited the chaos in the Holy City to rob the Snake-People Empire’s treasury and reach Queen Medusa as she began evolving with the Green Lotus Core Flame. He charged into the berserk Heavenly Flame to seize it and prepared to attack Medusa with a Soul Skill.

• Queen Medusa’s energy projection ordered the Medusa Snake Guard to attack, while Feng Li persuaded Gu He to use the chaos to seize the Heavenly Flames by force.
• Xiao Yan entered the treasury, devoured its iron door with the Nihility Devouring Flame, and escaped with about a third of its valuable medicinal ingredients.
• Xiao Yan made his way through the Imperial Palace toward Medusa’s bedchamber and found her preparing to evolve with the Green Lotus Core Flame and an Ice Spirit Cold Spring pool.
• Medusa plunged into the Green Lotus Core Flame, and Xiao Yan revealed himself, using the Nihility Devouring Flame and Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Flame to enter the fire.
• Xiao Yan saw that Medusa had swallowed the Flame’s Source Fire Seed, then struck her giant snake form and unleashed Soul Impact.

Xiao Yan repeatedly used Soul Impact to disrupt Medusa’s attempt to evolve with the Green Lotus Core Flame, while she summoned heavenly lightning to complete the transformation. After the lightning and flame erupted in a devastating blast, Xiao Yan survived and searched for the Source Fire Seed.

• Xiao Yan struck Medusa’s soul with Soul Impact, causing the suppressed Green Lotus Core Flame to flare up inside her.
• Medusa retaliated with her tail and then summoned dark clouds and heavenly lightning to force her evolution to completion.
• Xiao Yan protected himself from the lightning with fused Heavenly Flame and used another Soul Impact against Medusa.
• The heavenly lightning and Green Lotus Core Flame erupted together, destroying the bedchamber and severely burning both Xiao Yan and Medusa.
• Xiao Yan survived the blast, called Mao Wu to locate the Source Fire Seed, and noticed something in Mao Wu’s mouth.

Xiao Yan collected the Green Lotus Core Flame and fled the Holy City with the Azure Lotus Seat, carrying the newly evolved Seven-Colored Swallowing Heavens Python. Gu He pursued him, but Mao Wu and Yun Yun intervened, leaving Xiao Yan racing ahead as Yun Yun closed in.

• Mao Wu brought Xiao Yan a tiny, weak Seven-Colored Swallowing Heavens Python, and Xiao Yan suspected it was Queen Medusa’s evolved soul in a new body.
• Xiao Yan used the Green Lotus platform to collect the Green Lotus Core Flame and put the little snake inside as the fire barrier faded.
• Xiao Yan escaped with the lotus platform, and Gu He recognized the Heavenly Flame and ordered the others to chase him.
• Xiao Yan used Fused Heavely Flame and Soul Power to outrun Gu He, while Mao Wu’s attack briefly stopped Gu’s pursuit.
• Yun Yun overtook Gu He and pursued Xiao Yan, who consumed an Earth Fire Lotus Seed to boost his speed despite the danger to his meridians.

Xiao Yan escaped Yun Yun’s pursuit and recovered from the Earth Fire Lotus Seed’s energy before flying to a secluded cave to prepare to refine the Green Lotus Core Flame. There, he considered the risks of his Soul Impact technique and found the Seven-Colored Swallowing Heavens Python licking the flame while Mao Wu slept nearby.

• Yun Yun recognized Xiao Yan after he threw her the Exploding Step scroll, stopped chasing him, and let him escape.
• Xiao Yan crashed into the sand, used the Flame Mantra to process the Earth Fire Lotus Seed’s energy, and found Yun Yun had left the scroll behind without taking his lotus platform.
• Xiao Yan flew to a secluded cave near the edge of the Tagor Desert and spent two hours recovering his Dou Qi and Soul Power.
• Xiao Yan resolved to trade Yao Ao’s Soul Body for an Earth Class Soul Skill because Soul Impact harmed his own Soul Power.
• Xiao Yan opened the lotus platform and saw the Seven-Colored Swallowing Heavens Python licking the Green Lotus Core Flame while Mao Wu slept beside it.

Xiao Yan refined the Green Lotus Core Flame, raising the Flame Mantra to Earth Rank Low-Level and advancing to three-star Da Dou Shi. After testing his new power, he considered seeking Hai Bodong and pursuing the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame to evolve the technique further.

• Xiao Yan fed Mao Wu and the Seven-Colored Swallowing Heavens Python medicinal liquid infused with Symbiotic Purple Source Crystal.
• Xiao Yan refined the Green Lotus Core Flame with help from Mao Wu and the Void Swallowing Flame, then spent seven days cultivating and advanced to three-star Da Dou Shi.
• Xiao Yan discovered that the Flame Mantra had evolved to Earth Rank Low-Level and tested his stronger Dou Qi by destroying a mountain with the Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler.
• Xiao Yan considered refining the Fallen Heart Flame and Bone Chiling Flame, then studied the remnant map and decided it might be time to find Hai Bodong and pursue the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.

Xiao Yan returned to Mo City Rock and found the Mo Tie Mercenary Group devastated by an attack from the Mo Clan, who had come for Qing Lin's Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils. He arrived just in time to save Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, and Luo Bu, then instantly burned the Mo Clan attackers to nothing with the Nihility Devouring Flame.

• Xiao Yan decided to delay unsealing Hai Bodong and flew back to Mo City Rock to help Qing Lin control the Seven-Colored Swallowing Heavens Python.
• Xiao Yan found the Mo Tie Mercenary Group's headquarters destroyed and revived an injured mercenary, who told him the Mo Clan had attacked and Xiao Ding and Xiao Li had gone south with Luo Bu.
• At the former Sha Mercenary Group headquarters, Mo Yi defeated Luo Bu while Mo Tian explained that the Mo Clan wanted to silence the group over Qing Lin's Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Xiao Yan appeared as the Mo Clan prepared to surround him, gave healing pills to Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, and Luo Bu, and dismissed the attackers' strength.
• Xiao Yan unleashed the Nihility Devouring Flame and burned all the Mo Clan members to nothing in half a second.

Xiao Yan returned to the Mo Tie Mercenary Group after destroying the attackers with the Nihility Devouring Flame and learned that Qing Lin had been taken to Yan City by the Mo family. He left to seek help from Hai Bo Dong, then offered another way to break Queen Medusa's seal.

• The Nihility Devouring Flame annihilated the Mo family forces, and the Mo City Rock lord ordered his garrison not to interfere with the Mo Tie Mercenary Group.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li questioned Xiao Yan about his newfound strength, and he asked them what had happened to Qing Lin.
• Xiao Yan learned that Mo Cheng of Yan City's Mo family had taken Qing Lin and decided to rescue her himself with help from Hai Bo Dong.
• Xiao Yan traveled to Mo City and met Hai Bo Dong in his shop.
• Xiao Yan showed Hai Bo Dong the Green Lotus Core Flame, then said he had another way to break Queen Medusa's seal.

Xiao Yan negotiated with Hai Bodong over the price of breaking Medusa’s seal, then used Mao Wu and the Nihility Devouring Flame to destroy it. Hai Bodong regained his Dou Emperor power, and Xiao Yan calmly faced his narrowed, calculating gaze.

• Xiao Yan showed Hai Bodong the Sand Mandala and claimed he had learned how to break Medusa’s seal, prompting Hai Bodong to hand over a Sixth-Grade Pill Formula and ingredients.
• Xiao Yan reminded Hai Bodong of their wager, and Hai Bodong agreed to give him half of the Mittel Auction House if he broke the seal.
• Xiao Yan revealed his Green Lotus Core Flame and demonstrated his control by refining three Great Reviving Blood Pills, convincing Hai Bodong to trust him.
• In a secret chamber, Xiao Yan sent Mao Wu into Hai Bodong’s body to devour the poison coating his meridians and the seal blocking his Acupoints.
• When the seal counterattacked, Xiao Yan used the Nihility Devouring Flame to destroy it, restoring Hai Bodong’s Dou Emperor power.
• Hai Bodong turned toward Xiao Yan with a calculating look, and Xiao Yan placed a Soul Token on the table without showing concern.

Xiao Yan secured Hai Bodong’s cooperation and the rest of the remnant map, then traveled with him to Salt City to rescue Qing Lin from the Mo Clan. At the city’s inn, Xiao Yan clashed with the Mo family Second Miss and seized her by the neck after destroying her whip.

• Xiao Yan tested Hai Bodong’s knowledge, accepted the remaining remnant map, and agreed that Hai Bodong would help protect the Mittel Auction House.
• Xiao Yan asked Hai Bodong to help retrieve Qing Lin from Mo Cheng and set off with him for Salt City.
• Xiao Yan and Hai Bodong reached Salt City, learned that the Mo Clan had taken over the inns for Mo Cheng’s birthday celebration, and entered the largest inn.
• The Mo family Second Miss confronted Xiao Yan after he criticized her family, and she attacked him with a whip.
• Xiao Yan burned the whip with the Nihility Devouring Flame and grabbed the Mo family Second Miss by the neck.