Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yang arrived at the Desert Iron Mercenary Group’s search site and learned that Luo Bu, leader of the Sand Mercenary Group, intended to seize their discovery and eliminate them. When Luo Bu threatened Xiao Li’s group, Xiao Yang attacked first and left him gravely wounded.

• Xiao Yang flew to the site of concentrated fire-attributed energy and landed beside Xiao Li as the Desert Iron Mercenary Group faced Luo Bu and the Sand Mercenary Group.
• Xiao Li explained that Luo Bu had been watching their search, mistook it for an inheritance hunt, and came to seize their find and destroy the group.
• Luo Bu offered to absorb the Desert Iron Mercenary Group into his own, but Xiao Li rejected him and quietly told Xiao Yang to escape while he held Luo Bu back.
• Xiao Yang created a task to kill Luo Bu with the Nine Flame Fist, then rushed forward with his Purple Cloud Wings and struck before Luo Bu could react.
• Xiao Yang’s punch shattered Luo Bu’s Battle Qi Armor, broke both his arms, and blew a hole through his chest, leaving him near death.

Xiao Yang killed Luo Bu, Mo Xing, and the Sand Mercenary Group’s fleeing elites, then helped Xiao Li collect the spoils and take control of the defeated group. The mercenaries began searching for the Underground Passage while Xiao Yang tried to sense its location.

• Xiao Yang crushed Luo Bu’s heart and killed Mo Xing with a punch.
• Xiao Li led the Desert Iron Mercenary Group in attacking the Sand Mercenary Group, while Xiao Yang killed the fleeing mercenaries with Netherworld Stab.
• Xiao Yang and Xiao Li gathered the spoils, and Xiao Yang gave Luo Bu’s Storage Ring and Wind God Leg to Xiao Li.
• Xiao Li sent mercenaries to call for reinforcements and inform Xiao Ding, then had Luo Bu’s head taken back as proof.
• Xiao Yang joined the mercenaries digging for the Underground Passage and tried to locate it by sensing fire-attributed energy.

Xiao Yang found the Underground Passage and descended into a vast Magma Sea, where he searched for the Green Lotus Core Flame. After struggling with the magma’s poor visibility and rapidly draining his Soul Power, he used the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire to sense a pull from nearby.

• A mercenary uncovered the Underground Passage and received a Fighter Pill from Xiao Yang, then consumed it and advanced from a seven-star Dou Practitioner to an eight-star Dou Practitioner.
• Xiao Yang entered the passage alone and found a vast underground cavern filled with magma, confirming that the Green Lotus Core Flame was somewhere below.
• Xiao Yang returned to the surface, told Xiao Li to lead the mercenaries away, and then dived into the Magma Sea protected by the Origin Fire.
• Xiao Yang searched the magma with his Soul Power, surfacing to recover whenever more than seventy percent of it was depleted.
• On his third dive, Xiao Yang changed the Origin Fire into the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire and sensed a pulling force nearby.

Xiao Yang found the Green Lotus Core Flame and captured its fire seed with the Exotic Fire Tower. He harvested the green lotus and some of its seeds and root, then began heading back as the Snake People Tribe's city was shown in the desert.

• Xiao Yang followed the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire's longing to a magma-free space and found the Green Lotus Core Flame inside a green lotus.
• Xiao Yang pulled the Green Lotus Core Flame's fire seed from the lotus platform and sealed it in the Exotic Fire Tower, completing his task and receiving the chance to claim the Green Lotus Bead.
• Xiao Yang harvested the green lotus with a Jade Small Knife, collected its eleven lotus seeds, and took a small section of its root stem to try cultivating it in the Medicinal Field Space.
• Xiao Yang decided to head back up because the heat was rapidly consuming his Dou Qi.
• A massive city occupied the center of the desert, and its inhabitants belonged to the Snake People Tribe.

Queen Medusa sensed the Green Lotus Core Flame and flew toward its source, while Xiao Yang returned to Stone Desert City with the flame and prepared to refine it. Before beginning, he claimed a System reward and discovered the Jade Pupil Secret Manual contained powerful techniques he could not use without the required bloodline.

• Queen Medusa sensed a fleeting aura from the Green Lotus Core Flame and flew toward its source.
• Xiao Yang returned to the Desert Iron Mercenary Group compound, told Xiao Li and Xiao Ding he had obtained a Heavenly Flame, and hurried to his Small Courtyard to refine it.
• Xiao Ding sent Xiao Li to guard Xiao Yang’s courtyard while he finished sorting the Sand Mercenary Group’s assets.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin left Xiao Yang alone to prepare for the refinement, and Xiao Yi Xian agreed to keep others away.
• Xiao Yang claimed his rewards and learned that the Jade Pupil Secret Manual’s cultivation methods and Dou Skills required the Jade-Eyed Three-Flower Pupils bloodline.

Xiao Yang gave Qing Lin the Jade Pupil Secret Manual and gained the True Sight Eye, while she began cultivating to become strong enough to help him. He then bonded with the Green Lotus Bead and prepared to refine the Green Lotus Core Flame.

• Xiao Yang created a mission to give Qing Lin the Jade Pupil Secret Manual, with Fortune and the True Sight Eye as rewards.
• Xiao Yang and Xiao Yi Xian persuaded Qing Lin to accept the manual, and Qing Lin resolved to cultivate diligently.
• Xiao Yang took the Green Lotus Bead from the System Space, learned that it stored and absorbed Fire Attribute Energy, and bonded with it using his blood.
• Xiao Yang claimed the mission reward and received the True Sight Eye, which let him see Dou Qi circulation, attack routes, weaknesses, and energy in the air.

Xiao Yang used the Exotic Fire Tower and the lotus platform to extract a trace of the Green Lotus Core Flame's origin, then began refining it with Origin Fire. The flame reached his dantian and started fusing with Origin Fire, but the process was still underway.

• Xiao Yang prepared protective pills and used the lotus platform to suppress the Green Lotus Core Flame as he extracted part of its origin.
• Xiao Yang used the Exotic Fire Tower to devour most of the Green Lotus Core Flame's origin, then created a task to refine a trace of it.
• Xiao Yang swallowed the Green Lotus Core Flame origin wrapped in Origin Fire and endured its heat while refining it with help from his pills and Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yang drew the flame's origin into his dantian, where the Book of Myriad Laws recorded it and Origin Fire began slowly fusing with it.

Queen Medusa followed the vanished Heavenly Flame aura to an underground magma lake, hoping to evolve her Snake Spirit and break through to Dou Zong. She discovered the Green Lotus Core Flame had already been taken and returned to the surface, leaving her hope of moving the Snake People Tribe out of the Tagor Desert shattered.

• Queen Medusa hurried toward the source of the Heavenly Flame aura, determined to find a way to evolve her Purple Nether Flame Snake and advance beyond Peak Sixth Order.
• Medusa found the pits left by the Desert Iron Mercenary Group and entered the Underground Passage, where the rising heat confirmed her suspicion that a Heavenly Flame had been born there.
• Medusa sensed a Snake Magical Beast in the magma, jumped in, and subdued the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake.
• Medusa questioned the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, which led her to the shrinking azure space where the Green Lotus Core Flame had been.
• Medusa recognized the remaining lotus root stalk as the Green Lotus Core Flame's birthplace and realized someone had already taken the flame.
• Medusa returned to the magma's surface, knowing no other Heavenly Flame would be born in that sea of magma.

Queen Medusa tracked the Green Lotus Core Flame to Stone Desert City and learned that the Desert Iron Mercenary Group had found it. She went to Xiao Yang’s Small Courtyard, where the fire-attribute aura was strongest, and entered without finding any powerful experts nearby.

• Queen Medusa sensed a faint aura near Stone Desert City and disguised herself before entering to investigate.
• Queen Medusa questioned Feng Sha about recent events and learned that the Desert Iron Mercenary Group had found something in the southeastern desert after gaining an Alchemist.
• Queen Medusa concluded that the Green Lotus Core Flame was likely with the Desert Iron Mercenary Group and killed Feng Sha after questioning him.
• Queen Medusa went to the Desert Iron Mercenary Group’s compound and followed the strongest fire-attribute aura to Xiao Yang’s Small Courtyard.
• Queen Medusa pushed open the courtyard door and entered.

Xiao Yang fused the Green Lotus Core Flame’s origin into his Origin Fire and prepared to restore the Heavenly Flames with Fire Lotus Seeds. Before he could begin, Queen Medusa entered his courtyard, leaving him facing a far more powerful intruder.

• Xiao Yang used the Exotic Fire Tower to merge the Green Lotus Core Flame’s origin into his Origin Fire, strengthening it until it could rival lower-ranked Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yang claimed ten Fire Lotus Seeds, which he planned to use with the eleven he already had to replenish the origins within the Origin Fire.
• Xiao Yang sensed a powerful presence in the courtyard, prepared two Dou Ling Puppets, and considered how to protect Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin.
• Xiao Yang sent Xiao Yi Xian to gather Qing Lin, Xiao Ding, and Xiao Li while he tried to stall the intruder.
• Queen Medusa entered in a black robe and felt an unexpected fondness for Xiao Yang and an urge to submit to him.

Queen Medusa asked Xiao Yang to lend her a Heavenly Flame, and her instincts made her unusually reluctant to oppose him. After Xiao Ding and the others arrived, Xiao Yang agreed to discuss the deal privately, leaving Medusa’s response uncertain.

• Medusa felt bloodline suppression from Xiao Yang and apologized before offering to borrow his Heavenly Flame in exchange for a reward.
• Xiao Yang recognized Medusa as the Snake People Tribe’s queen and used the True Sight Eye to see her face, intensifying her urge to submit to him.
• Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and mercenaries entered the courtyard and confronted Medusa.
• Medusa noticed Qing Lin’s Snake People Tribe blood and felt more favorably toward Xiao Yang after seeing Qing Lin’s respect and gratitude toward him.
• Xiao Yang agreed to Medusa’s deal on the condition that the others leave so they could discuss it alone.

Xiao Yang realized Queen Medusa’s restraint came from his True Sight Eye and revealed that he had fused two Exotic Fires, leaving her evolution with almost no chance of success. He showed her the powerful Origin Fire and exposed his knowledge of the Snake People Tribe’s secret evolution method.

• Xiao Yang sent Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin away after revealing that Queen Medusa was a Dou Emperor.
• Xiao Yang suspected his True Sight Eye had suppressed Medusa’s killing intent and told her the Exotic Fire had already been refined and fused with another Exotic Fire.
• Medusa realized the fused Exotic Fire made her chances of evolving extremely low but decided she would not give up.
• Xiao Yang strengthened the Origin Fire with twenty-one Fire Lotus Seeds and revealed it to Medusa.
• Xiao Yang told Medusa that the Snake People Tribe’s Exotic Fire evolution method was nearly fatal, and Medusa was shocked that he knew about it.

Xiao Yang persuaded Queen Medusa to consider letting him help her evolve, and she agreed to take him back to the Snake People Tribe. He arrived at Snake People Tribe City and waited in a room while Medusa left to consider their arrangement.

• Medusa questioned Xiao Yang about how he knew the Snake People Tribe's secret method, and he offered to help her evolve using his control over the Exotic Fire.
• Xiao Yang explained that helping Medusa could earn him the Snake People Tribe's resources and mission rewards, while also admitting that he was attracted to her.
• Medusa doubted whether she could trust Xiao Yang but proposed bringing him to the Snake People Tribe and promised him access to its resources if he helped her evolve.
• Xiao Yang explained his departure to Xiao Yi Xian, Xiao Ding, and the others, then left with Medusa.
• Medusa carried Xiao Yang to Snake People Tribe City, brought him to a room, and left him there while she went away.

Xiao Yang explored the island and found the Ice Spirit Cold Spring, while Queen Medusa and the Snake People Tribe debated whether to trust him. After meeting Xiao Yang, the Great Elder confirmed she felt his strange influence but could not identify it as ordinary bloodline suppression.

• Xiao Yang explored the lake island, sensed its poisonous water and giant pythons, and found the Ice Spirit Cold Spring in a clearing.
• Xiao Yang left the spring untouched because he had not yet traded with Queen Medusa, then recovered his Dou Qi and stored the excess in the Green Lotus Bead.
• The Snake People Tribe's elders and commanders urged Queen Medusa to kill Xiao Yang and seize his Heavenly Flames.
• Queen Medusa said she could not form killing intent toward Xiao Yang and suspected he was an Ancient Sky Snake or Nine-colored Sky Swallowing Python in human form.
• The Great Elder met Xiao Yang and felt a powerful influence that prevented her from developing killing intent, though it did not seem to come from superior bloodline suppression.

Medusa negotiated with Xiao Yang to help her evolve into the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python and break through to Dou Zong. After reading the Snake People Tribe's evolution secret method, Xiao Yang began using the Origin Fire to refine her bloodline, while Medusa endured the flames and circulated the method.

• The Great Elder and the Queen agreed to negotiate with Xiao Yang, and Medusa went to meet him on the island.
• Medusa offered a reward for Xiao Yang's help, and they agreed on supplies, the Ice Spirit Cold Spring, removal of his seal, and three later favors.
• Xiao Yang created missions to help Medusa evolve and obtain the Snake People Tribe's secret method, then read the scroll and learned how the process worked.
• Medusa transformed into a giant purple snake and entered the Ice Spirit Cold Spring as Xiao Yang summoned the Origin Fire.
• Xiao Yang spread the Origin Fire across Medusa's body and meridians while she endured the pain and circulated the evolution method.

Xiao Yang used Heavenly Flames and the Beast Taming Art's Secret Method to refine and strengthen Queen Medusa's bloodline during her painful evolution. After activating the formation, he watched her aura grow stronger as her life force weakened, then began the Secret Method's final step.

• Queen Medusa endured the Heavenly Flames as they burned her scales and shrank her body, then left the Ice Spirit Cold Spring to speed up the purification.
• Xiao Yang condensed a Beast Taming Seal on the Purple Nether Flame Snake and used the Secret Method to form a special formation inside her.
• Xiao Yang created missions offering rewards for Medusa to evolve into an Eight-colored or Nine-colored Sky Swallowing Python, including the Heaven Tier Dou Technique Swallowing Heaven.
• Xiao Yang used the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire to nurture Medusa's ancient bloodline while drawing on stored Dou Qi and preparing to use a Qi Recovery Pill.
• Xiao Yang activated the formation, causing Medusa's bloodline to boil and draw in Heaven and Earth Energy as her body became charred and her life aura began to falter.
• Xiao Yang saw Medusa's life aura weaken and began the Secret Method's final step.

Xiao Yang helped Medusa evolve into an Eight-colored Sky Swallowing Python, surviving the lightning tribulation and emerging as a powerful human woman. Medusa thanked him after reaching Peak Dou Ancestor, one step away from Dou Zun.

• Xiao Yang used the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire and the Snake People Tribe's secret method to catalyze Medusa's evolution as lightning struck her charred body.
• The system announced that Medusa had evolved into a Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python, then into an Eight-colored Sky Swallowing Python after another bolt of multicolored lightning struck.
• Xiao Yang watched the clouds disperse and wondered whether a new Eight-colored Sky Swallowing Python soul would emerge from Medusa's body.
• A small eight-colored snake crawled from Medusa's charred remains before growing into Queen Medusa in purple armor.
• Medusa thanked Xiao Yang for helping her gain far more than she expected and revealed that she had reached Peak Dou Ancestor.

Medusa revealed that her evolution had raised her to Peak Dou Zong and promised Xiao Yang access to the Snake People Tribe’s treasury and three favors. While Medusa recovered, Xiao Yang collected the remaining Ice Spirit Cold Spring and followed the Great Elder toward the treasury, discovering that the lake water was rich in Snake Venom.

• Medusa declared Xiao Yang an honored guest and offered him anything in the tribe’s treasury and three favors in return for helping her evolve.
• Xiao Yang considered asking Medusa to protect him, then filled Jade Bottles with the remaining Ice Spirit Cold Spring while Medusa healed.
• The Great Elder arrived, recognized that Medusa had reached Peak Dou Zong, and offered to take Xiao Yang to the treasury.
• Xiao Yang stored the Ice Spirit Cold Spring and followed the Great Elder across the lake on a Snake Magical Beast.
• After the Great Elder explained that Snake Magical Beasts had made the lake water poisonous, Xiao Yang scooped up some of its Snake Venom.

Xiao Yang swallowed Snake Venom and broke through to the eight-star Battle Master realm, then visited the Snake People Tribe Treasury with the Great Elder to collect resources. He left with a large supply of venom and other materials, and completed a mission that rewarded him with a Compendium of Puppet Refinement and three Dou Wang Puppets.

• Xiao Yang swallowed refined Snake Venom and broke through to the eight-star Battle Master realm.
• Xiao Yang asked the Great Elder for highly toxic Snake Venom, and she offered him the tribe’s collected supply.
• The Great Elder led Xiao Yang into the underground Snake People Tribe Treasury, where he copied human cultivation techniques and Dou Skills.
• Xiao Yang stored the tribe’s Snake Venom, medicinal materials, seeds, and Special Metal, along with more than a dozen Fifth-order Monster Cores and two Sixth-order Monster Cores.
• Xiao Yang completed a mission by obtaining Special Metal and received a Compendium of Puppet Refinement and three Dou Wang Puppets.

Xiao Yang collected treasures and rewards from the snake people tribe after helping Medusa, then returned safely to Stone Desert City. He reunited with Xiao Yi Xian and the others and went back to his courtyard to sort through his gains.

• The Great Elder let Xiao Yang select medicinal materials and Magical Cores from the snake people tribe's treasury, and he also reviewed the pills and other rewards he had obtained through the mission.
• Xiao Yang declined the Great Elder's invitation to stay, so she sent Yue Mei to escort him back toward Stone Desert City.
• Yue Mei escorted Xiao Yang to the outskirts of Stone Desert City, and he flew to the Desert Iron Mercenary Group's compound.
• Xiao Yi Xian, Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, and Qing Lin welcomed Xiao Yang back, and he told them Queen Medusa had taken him to make a deal involving the Exotic Fire.
• Xiao Yang agreed to rest and returned to his Small Courtyard with Xiao Yi Xian, eager to sort through his gains.