Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yan sneaked into the Snake-People Tribe’s sacred city while Gu He’s group arrived to negotiate with Medusa Queen. As they tried to enter her temple amid the distraction, Medusa Queen detected them, and Mo Bas attacked Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Yuan told Xiao Yan that Gu He’s powerful group was also seeking the Heavenly Flames, and the brothers decided to follow them and seize an opportunity amid the coming conflict.
• The brothers evaded Snake-Person patrols and reached the guarded sacred city, where Xiao Yuan sensed the Green Lotus Core Flame inside the temple.
• Mo Bas arrived to meet Medusa Queen, then Gu He’s party appeared outside the city and demanded an audience with her.
• While Medusa Queen and Gu He spoke, Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yan crawled toward the temple entrance as the Snake-People guards knelt.
• Medusa Queen spotted the brothers and ordered them to come out; Xiao Yuan rushed into the temple while Mo Bas fired Dou Qi at Xiao Yan, who revealed pale white flames in his eyes.

Xiao Yan and Yao Lao discovered that the Medusa outside the temple was only a Douqi Clone and rushed inside to support Xiao Yuan. Xiao Yuan reached the Green Lotus Core Flame, but Medusa detected him and he confronted her as she prepared to evolve.

• Xiao Yan repelled Mo Bas's attack, while Yao Lao refused Gu He's offer to cooperate and intimidated the assembled experts with his Soul Strength.
• Yao Lao discovered that the Medusa outside was an Energy Body and realized Xiao Yuan was in danger, so he led Xiao Yan toward the temple despite Yue Mei and Mo Bas guarding its entrance.
• Xiao Yuan crossed a poisoned lake protected by a giant serpent and reached the island containing the Green Lotus Core Flame, using his Yin Yang Dual Flames to withstand the poison.
• Xiao Yuan found Medusa beside the flame and realized she had detected him through his own Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Yuan revealed his Yin Yang Dual Flames and warned Medusa that detonating them could make the Green Lotus Core Flame go berserk.

Xiao Yuan confronted Medusa in the Temple and watched her begin evolving by swallowing the Green Lotus Core Flame. A lightning strike triggered an explosion that badly injured Xiao Yuan, and an unseen force dragged him deeper into the azure mist as his aura weakened.

• Xiao Yuan threatened to detonate his Heavenly Flame and persuaded Medusa to let him remain while she prepared to evolve.
• Medusa transformed into a Purple Giant Serpent, formed an Energy Barrier around the Temple, and plunged into the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Medusa writhed in agony as the Heavenly Flame burned her scales, while Xiao Yuan watched helplessly and Snake-Man Strong experts gathered outside the barrier.
• After dark clouds formed, heavenly lightning struck the flames and triggered an explosion that left Xiao Yuan grievously injured.
• Xiao Yuan swallowed healing pills, but an invisible force dragged him into the azure mist as Yao Lao warned Xiao Yan that his aura was weakening.

Medusa’s evolution left Xiao Yuan with an uncontrollable surge of energy, so he handed the Green Lotus Core Flame to Xiao Yan and stayed behind to hold off the pursuers. Xiao Yan escaped with the Heavenly Flame while Xiao Yuan revealed himself in a female form and challenged Gu He’s group.

• Medusa poured her excess energy into Xiao Yuan, then became a seven-colored snake coiled around his wrist.
• Xiao Yuan suppressed the Green Lotus Core Flame and escaped the Temple as the purple barrier shattered.
• Xiao Yuan gave the Green Lotus Core Flame to Xiao Yan, who sealed it inside the Qing Lian Platform and fled with it.
• Gu He’s group tried to pursue Xiao Yan, but Yue Mei and Yan Ci blocked their path while Yun Yun held them back.
• Xiao Yuan appeared in white robes with black wings and a dragon spear, challenged Gu He’s group to spar, and Xiao Yan realized Third Brother had become Third Sister.

Xiao Yuan disguised himself as a female Dou Emperor to help Xiao Yan escape and vent the immense energy Medusa had given him. After revealing his identity to Yun Yun, he sealed the excess energy within himself and attempted to use it to break through to the Da Dou Shi realm.

• Xiao Yuan drove back Gu He, Yan Shi, and the Snake-People Tribe fighters with his Mystic Ice Dragon Flight while Yun Yun held off the Snake-People Tribe’s Dou Wangs.
• Xiao Yuan fled as the Snake-People Tribe’s reinforcements arrived, and Yun Yun pursued him after Gu He and the others turned away.
• Yun Yun recognized Xiao Yuan, who removed his Veiled Hat and explained his disguise and the energy Medusa had given him.
• Xiao Yuan transferred the excess energy into the Mystic Ice Black Dragon and used Medusa’s Serpent Sealing Technique to seal it within himself.
• Yun Yun caught Xiao Yuan as he fell, while he began regulating the sealed energy and attempting to break through to the Da Dou Shi realm.

Xiao Yuan broke through to the Dou Grandmaster realm in the Tagor Desert and revealed his five Douqi attributes to Yun Yun, who invited him to return to the Misty Cloud Sect. After he refused, they shared a playful parting before planning to meet again at the Alchemist Convention, while Yun Yun began imagining a future at Xiao Yuan’s side.

• Xiao Yuan swallowed a Di Huang Pill and used his five-attribute Douqi to break through from Seven-Star Dou Master to Dou Grandmaster.
• Xiao Yuan revealed his five Douqi attributes to Yun Yun and refused her invitation to return to the Misty Cloud Sect, partly because he feared Yun Shan and the trouble his presence would cause Nalan Yanran.
• Xiao Yuan told Yun Yun that Yao Lao was a Seventh Grade Alchemist and had taken Medusa’s Heavenly Flame for Xiao Yuan’s younger brother.
• Yun Yun imagined passing the Sect Master position to Nalan Yanran so she could travel with Xiao Yuan, while Nalan Yanran sneezed and assumed her teacher was thinking of her.
• After teasing each other over their exchanged clothes, Xiao Yuan and Yun Yun parted, agreeing they might meet again at the Imperial Capital’s Alchemist Convention.

Xiao Yuan returned to Shi Mo City and rescued Xiao Li from a Mo Clan assault, killing the attackers and learning that Qing Lian had been captured. He told Xiao Ding and Xiao Li that he had a plan to deal with the Mo Clan, while Xiao Yan was swallowing the Green Lotus Core Flame and a powerful aura emerged in Mo City.

• Xiao Yuan returned to Shi Mo City after gaining sand-attribute Dou Qi and discovered Qing Lian was missing and unfamiliar auras had appeared at the Desert Iron Mercenary Group headquarters.
• Xiao Li fought the Mo Clan’s Five-Star Dou Grandmaster but was badly wounded, and Xiao Yuan arrived in time to kill the man before he could finish Xiao Li.
• Xiao Yuan trapped the remaining Mo Clan attackers inside wind walls and burned them with Heavenly Flames, then gave Xiao Li a Healing Pill.
• Xiao Ding told Xiao Yuan that Qing Lian had been captured two days earlier, and Xiao Yuan confirmed that he had expected the Mo Clan to target her and already had a plan.
• Xiao Yuan told Xiao Ding and Xiao Li that Xiao Yan was swallowing the Green Lotus Core Flame and might return the next day.
• A powerful aura quietly emerged within Mo City.

Xiao Yuan used Listening to the Wind's Whisper to survey Shi Mo City, then reunited with Xiao Yan and Hai Bodong. After learning that the Mo Clan had abducted Qing Lian and was known for cruel experiments involving unusual organs, Xiao Yuan gathered Hai Bodong and Xiao Yan to confront the clan.

• Xiao Yuan studied Listening to the Wind's Whisper and used it to map Shi Mo City, but the flood of sounds overwhelmed him.
• Hai Bodong brought Xiao Yan to the Desert Iron Mercenary Group's base, where Xiao Yuan greeted them and noted their improved strength.
• Xiao Yuan told Hai Bodong and Xiao Yan that the Mo Clan had abducted Qing Lian and that he planned to retaliate.
• Hai Bodong explained that the Mo Clan conducted experiments by transplanting Magic Beast parts and unusual human organs into its members.
• Xiao Yuan explained Mo Cheng's ties to the Misty Cloud Sect and asked Hai Bodong to help keep the confrontation under control.
• Hai Bodong and Xiao Yan agreed to accompany Xiao Yuan, who declared that the three of them would finish the Mo Clan.

Xiao Yuan, Xiao Yan, and Hai Bodong entered Salt City to investigate the Mo Clan and planned to summon Yun Yun to deal with its crimes. Their attempt to find lodging ended in a confrontation, and Hai Bodong froze a Mo Clan young woman in an ice coffin after she insulted him.

• Xiao Yuan, Xiao Yan, and Hai Bodong disguised themselves and entered Salt City, where Xiao Yuan said he would gather information while the others rested.
• Xiao Yan noticed that most shops belonged to the Mo Clan, and Xiao Yuan and Hai Bodong explained how the clan benefited from the Misty Cloud Sect's influence.
• The three went to Mo Hua Garden for rooms, but the maid told them that all local inns were accepting only Mo Clan guests and their invitees.
• A Red-Clothed Girl lashed her whip across the counter and mocked Hai Bodong as a country bumpkin.
• Xiao Yuan said the Mo Clan's strongest member was only a Dou Ling, and Hai Bodong froze the Red-Clothed Girl in an ice coffin.

Hai Bodong, Xiao Yuan, and Xiao Yan attacked the Mo Clan after its young miss provoked them, while Xiao Yuan secretly searched for Qing Lian and uncovered the clan’s plan to steal her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils. The group confronted Great Elder Mo Cheng, and Hai Bodong made clear that their challenge was no joke.

• Hai Bodong froze Ling Lin and a Mo Clan steward in ice after rejecting the steward’s appeal, then led Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yan toward the Mo Clan estate.
• Xiao Yuan searched the estate with Listening to the Wind's Whisper, located underground Secret Chambers, and found traces of Qing Lian’s icy energy.
• Xiao Yuan overheard Mo Cheng and Mo Lin discussing their plan to transplant Qing Lian’s eyes and eliminate the Desert Iron Mercenary Group and other witnesses.
• The three black-robed men forced their way through the Mo Clan’s guards, and Xiao Yuan asked Hai Bodong and Xiao Yan to stall the clan while he searched for Qing Lian.
• Mo Cheng arrived and offered to settle the dispute over the Mo Clan’s treatment of the group, but Hai Bodong demanded Mo Cheng’s residence and declared that he was not joking.

Xiao Yuan infiltrated the Mo Family’s underground chambers, rescued Qing Lian, and killed the family members responsible for abducting her and experimenting on people. He returned to the surface and sensed an unfamiliar Dou Emperor aura from Hai Bodong.

• While Hai Bodong fought Mo Cheng aboveground, Xiao Yuan slipped away and found a concealed passage into the Mo Family’s underground Secret Chamber.
• Xiao Yuan killed the guards in the underground hall, melted through a Mystic Iron Gate, and defeated the Dou Shi guarding Qing Lian.
• Xiao Yuan freed Qing Lian from her shackles, carried her out, and learned that she and the Fire Spirit Snake could no longer fight.
• Xiao Yuan drew on the power of all five Qi Mansions and unleashed Wind Splitting Whirlwind Dance and Heavenly Flames to kill the Mo Family members in the underground chamber.
• After confirming no Mo Family members remained below, Xiao Yuan brought Qing Lian to the surface and sensed an unfamiliar Dou Emperor aura from Hai Bodong.

Xiao Yuan used the Serpent Sealing Technique to overpower and kill Mo Cheng after he refused to stop attacking. As the group faced the green-clad woman seeking Qing Lian for her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, she summoned a huge beast and prepared to press her claim.

• Xiao Yuan asked Hai Bodong to protect Qing Lian and used the Serpent Sealing Technique to raise his strength to that of a five-star Dou Ling.
• Xiao Yuan beat Mo Cheng despite his plea for compensation and his threat that the Misty Cloud Sect protected the Mo Clan.
• Mo Cheng used a transplanted magical beast limb to attack Xiao Yuan, but Xiao Yuan evaded him with Douqi Transformation Wings and killed him with Wind Extremes, Meteorite Kill.
• Xiao Yuan took Mo Cheng's Storage Ring, destroyed the contents he found inside, warned Mo Lan against the Mo Clan's crooked practices, and flew back to Xiao Yan.
• The green-clad woman said she had searched for the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils for decades and would not give up Qing Lian, then whistled for a giant beast that flew toward them.

Xiao Yuan and his allies faced Lu Man and the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor over Qing Lian, whose Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils made her valuable to Heavenly Serpent Mansion. Qing Lian chose to leave with Lu Man to grow stronger, and Xiao Yuan watched her depart, comforted by Yun Yun.

• The Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor and Lu Man confronted Xiao Yuan, Xiao Yan, and Hai Bodong, but Yun Yun arrived to support them.
• Lu Man explained that Heavenly Serpent Mansion wanted Qing Lian, bearer of the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, to become its Holy Maiden.
• Xiao Yuan explained Qing Lian's choices and let her decide whether to stay or go with Lu Man.
• Qing Lian chose to join Heavenly Serpent Mansion so she could become stronger and return as a capable maid.
• Xiao Yuan warned Lu Man to protect Qing Lian, and Lu Man departed with her and the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor.
• Xiao Yan and Hai Bodong left the scene, while Yun Yun comforted Xiao Yuan as he watched Qing Lian go.

Xiao Yuan and Yun Yun exposed the Mo Clan’s atrocities and left the clan under Misty Cloud Sect scrutiny, while Mo Lan secretly prepared to flee with the clan’s experimental subjects. Xiao Yuan reunited with Xiao Yan and Hai Bodong, then helped Hai Bodong remove residual sealing energy and recover his strength, inadvertently drawing some of Hai Bodong’s pure Ice Attribute Douqi into his own palm.

• Yun Yun condemned the Mo Clan’s human experimentation and warned Mo Lan that the Misty Cloud Sect would monitor the clan.
• Xiao Yuan played a recording of Mo Cheng plotting against Xiao Yuan’s brothers and the mercenaries, then revealed that he had killed the people below and destroyed the Secret Chamber.
• Yun Yun vowed to investigate the Misty Cloud Sect’s dealings with the Mo Clan, and she and Xiao Yuan flew away; Mo Lan ordered the clan to relocate with its experimental subjects.
• Xiao Yuan parted from Yun Yun, then caught up with Xiao Yan and Hai Bodong on their way to the Imperial Capital.
• During the flight, Xiao Yuan removed residual sealing energy from Hai Bodong, releasing his stored douqi and prompting him to begin recovering his strength.
• After the seal was removed, Xiao Yuan noticed a faint icy-blue gleam in his palm and realized he had drawn some of Hai Bodong’s pure Ice Attribute Douqi into himself.

Xiao Yuan, Xiao Yan, and Hai Bodong reached the Imperial Capital after Hai Bodong recovered to the peak of Four Star Dou Huang. Xiao Yuan and Hai Bodong entered the Mittel Family auction house, where they spotted Ya Fei arriving.

• Xiao Yuan discussed his plans to learn alchemy with Yao Lao, while Xiao Yan agreed to teach him the basics.
• Hai Bodong emerged from his room at Four Star Dou Huang Peak, accidentally shook the flying beast, then calmed it with his beast-whistling skill.
• After seven days of travel, Xiao Yuan, Xiao Yan, and Hai Bodong arrived in the Imperial Capital and agreed to split up to gather medicinal herbs and visit the auction house and Alchemist Guild.
• Xiao Yuan and Hai Bodong went to the Mittel Family auction house, where Hai Bodong explained its auction grades and welcomed Xiao Yuan inside.
• Xiao Yuan noticed a disturbance as a graceful woman in bright red descended the stairs.

Xiao Yuan reunited with Ya Fei at the Mittel Family headquarters auction house and asked her to help him obtain medicinal herbs. After he defended her from a lecherous young man, Xiao Yuan used a newly seen Dou Technique to freeze him, astonishing Hai Bodong.

• Xiao Yuan recognized Ya Fei by her footsteps, and the two happily embraced after she spotted him in the auction hall.
• Ya Fei explained that she served as the auction house's Supervisory Acting Elder and agreed to help Xiao Yuan and Hai Bodong find medicinal herbs.
• As Ya Fei led them upstairs, a young Dou Master leered at her, so Xiao Yuan threatened him and slapped him down the stairs.
• The young man ordered his guards to attack, but they hesitated, and Xiao Yuan froze him into a black ice sculpture.
• Hai Bodong exclaimed that Xiao Yuan had learned his newly developed Dou Technique just by watching it once.

Xiao Yuan and Hai Bodong visited Ya Fei at the Mittel headquarters to obtain rare herbs for Hai Bodong’s cultivation, while Xiao Yuan revealed his Da Dou Shi strength. Hai Bodong learned that the family’s elders had grown corrupt, and the chapter ended as Elder Lei Ou arrived to threaten Ya Fei.

• Xiao Yuan froze the offending young man with a Dou Skill he had copied after watching Hai Bodong use it, then let the guards take him away.
• Ya Fei learned Xiao Yuan had become a Da Dou Shi and discussed gathering the herbs from Xiao Yan’s Rejuvenation Purple Spirit Pill formula.
• Hai Bodong paid for the four available herbs with his Purple-Gold Card, and Ya Fei recognized him as the Mittel Family’s ancestor.
• Hai Bodong questioned Ya Fei about the family and told her to keep his identity secret while he investigated its elders.
• A maid reported that Elder Lei Ou had intercepted the herbs, and Lei Ou then entered and threatened to have Ya Fei removed from her position.

Xiao Yuan and Ya Fei faced Elder Lei Ou after he accused them of breaking the Mittel Family’s rules, but Hai Bodong froze Lei Ou and summoned Mittel Tengshan. Tengshan welcomed Hai Bodong back, punished Lei Ou and his grandson, and agreed to help obtain Xiao Yuan’s Medicinal Herbs as Hai Bodong warned him to protect Xiao Yuan.

• Lei Ou confronted Xiao Yuan and Ya Fei, dismissed Hai Bodong as an outsider, and charged at Xiao Yuan.
• Hai Bodong froze Lei Ou in an ice coffin and ordered the guards to summon Mittel Tengshan.
• Mittel Tengshan arrived, joyfully greeted Hai Bodong, and learned that Xiao Yuan had killed Mo Cheng.
• Hai Bodong explained that Lei Ou and his grandson had obstructed Ya Fei and warned Tengshan that the Mittel Family must not lose Xiao Yuan; Tengshan agreed to punish the offenders.
• Mittel Tengshan took the frozen Lei Ou and Lei Le away and went to fetch Xiao Yuan’s Medicinal Herbs.

Xiao Yuan agreed to visit the Nalan Residence with Hai Bodong after learning Nalan Jie was dying from Brand Poison, and the two prepared to go. Meanwhile, the Mittel Family pledged support to Xiao Yuan and Ya Fei, naming her the future family head as Xiao Yuan proposed a marriage alliance.

• Xiao Yuan asked Hai Bodong to accompany him to the Nalan Residence to dissolve his engagement, and Hai Bodong agreed.
• Ya Fei told Xiao Yuan that Nalan Jie’s Brand Poison had erupted and that even Gu He could not remove it; Xiao Yuan decided to visit him.
• Mittel Tengshan delivered herbs for Hai Bodong, and Xiao Yuan gave him a prescription for more medicinal ingredients.
• Mittel Tengshan told Xiao Yuan that the Xiao Clan’s former residence had been restored, and Xiao Yuan promised an alliance between their families and raised the possibility of marrying Ya Fei.
• Hai Bodong named Ya Fei the Mittel Family’s future family head and said he would stay with Xiao Yuan for a few days.
• Hai Bodong and Xiao Yuan set out for the Nalan Residence.

Xiao Yuan and Hai Bodong arrived at the Nalan Residence while Nalan Jie lay critically ill and Nalan Su gathered alchemists in hopes of finding someone with a Heavenly Flame. After Xiao Yuan froze a mocking alchemist outside the gate, Nalan Su came out to welcome him.

• Nalan Yanran returned to the Nalan Residence and learned from Nalan Su that Nalan Jie had been unconscious for two days and that the family was recruiting alchemists.
• Xiao Yuan and Hai Bodong discussed the broken engagement, the ties between their families, and Xiao Yuan’s intention to treat Hai Bodong as a teacher and elder.
• Xiao Yuan arrived at the Nalan Residence and asked the steward to announce his visit to Nalan Yanran, Nalan Su, and Nalan Jie.
• A Second Grade Alchemist mocked Xiao Yuan, so Xiao Yuan froze him into an ice sculpture and warned the gathered alchemists not to provoke him.
• Nalan Su hurried out to greet Xiao Yuan and apologized for making him wait outside the gate.