Chapter Summaries

Shi Kang told Zi Yan that she was an Ancient Void Dragon and explained her clan’s powers, giving her hope of finding her family. He offered to take her to the Central Continent, and she eagerly considered the journey.

• Zi Yan apologized to Shi Kang for wrongly blaming him, and he wondered why she was in the Northwest Continent instead of with her clan.
• Zi Yan asked Shi Kang to reveal her true form, and he told her she was an Ancient Void Dragon.
• Su Qian confirmed that the Ancient Void Dragon Clan was one of the three great Monster Beast clans and described its command of Space Power.
• Shi Kang explained that Ancient Void Dragons could bypass restrictions and sense treasures, and Zi Yan recognized both abilities in herself.
• Shi Kang said the clan lived in the Beast Realm in the Central Continent and offered to take Zi Yan there; she asked if he truly would.

Shi Kang agreed to take Zi Yan to find her clansmen, and she left Jia Nan Academy with him and Shi Fei. After they flew away, Zi Yan asked Shi Kang to help her collect Medicinal Herbs guarded by Monster Beasts, and he agreed, interested in seeing her treasure-hunting ability.

• Shi Kang told Zi Yan he would take her along, and Su Qian reluctantly agreed after Shi Kang promised to protect her.
• Shi Kang, Shi Fei, and Zi Yan left Jia Nan Academy, and Zi Yan looked back at the place where she had lived.
• After they flew away from the Inner Academy, Zi Yan stopped Shi Kang and proposed they gather nearby Medicinal Herbs.
• Zi Yan offered to split the Medicinal Herbs with Shi Kang in exchange for his help defeating the guarding Monster Beasts.
• Shi Kang agreed to go treasure hunting with Zi Yan, hoping to assess her ability to find valuable resources.

Shi Kang agreed to split the gains from Medicinal Herbs fifty-fifty with Zi Yan, then accompanied her to retrieve a Silver Jade Fruit. He killed the guarding Blazing Flame Ox Horse with one punch, leaving Zi Yan impressed by his strength and eager to bring him along on future searches.

• Shi Kang agreed to split the spoils evenly with Zi Yan, who happily led him northeast to a Silver Jade Fruit guarded by a Monster Beast.
• Shi Kang sensed a peak Dou Wang Blazing Flame Ox Horse inside the cave, and Zi Yan shouted for it to come out.
• The Blazing Flame Ox Horse charged at Zi Yan, who hid behind Shi Kang and urged him to fight it.
• Shi Kang shattered the beast's horns and skull with a single punch, killing it without using Dou Qi.
• Zi Yan was stunned by Shi Kang's strength and imagined how easily they could gather Medicinal Herbs together.

Shi Kang and Zi Yan spent a day gathering medicinal herbs, with Shi Kang defeating their guardian beasts and Zi Yan locating the treasures. They returned home with Shi Fei and Shi Long, while Zi Yan grew curious about Shi Kang’s family and asked how powerful it was.

• After Shi Kang killed the Blazing Flame Ox Horse, Zi Yan collected the Silver Jade Fruit and ate both halves with his permission.
• Shi Kang defeated guardian Monster Beasts while Zi Yan found and gathered medicinal herbs, and the pair became known as the “Twin Killers” in the area.
• After they looted the surrounding area for a day, Shi Kang decided they should return so he could continue his cultivation.
• Shi Kang called Shi Fei and Shi Long to take them back, and Zi Yan asked how strong Shi Kang’s family was.

Shi Kang discovered that Zi Yan could sense Heaven and Earth Spiritual Materials, including Heavenly Flames, though strong seals could block her ability. After bringing Zi Yan back to the Tagor Desert, he arranged a place for her to stay while Medusa grew uncertain about her own feelings toward him.

• While traveling back to the Tagor Desert, Zi Yan repeatedly sensed Medicinal Herbs, and Shi Kang realized her treasure-hunting ability could also detect Heavenly Flames.
• Zi Yan sensed the Green Lotus Core Flame on Shi Kang but not the sealed Fallen Heart Flame on Shi Long; after Shi Fei sealed the Green Lotus Core Flame, Zi Yan could no longer sense it.
• Shi Kang concluded that powerful seals could conceal Heaven and Earth Spiritual Materials from Zi Yan and considered using her to help search for them.
• Zi Yan gave Shi Kang a Storage Ring of gathered Medicinal Herbs, then went to her quarters and eagerly ate her harvest.
• Medusa felt unsettled after Shi Kang brought Zi Yan back and arranged a place for her to stay; Shi Kang noticed Medusa staring at him and asked whether something was wrong.

Medusa told Shi Kang she was ready to evolve, but he postponed the process so he could refine Fallen Heart Flame first. He swallowed its origin flame and began enduring its rampage through his body as he tried to tame it with the Myriad Spirits Body Refining Art.

• Medusa told Shi Kang that she had finished preparing for her evolution.
• Shi Kang postponed Medusa's evolution and told her to keep preparing while he entered seclusion.
• Shi Kang took Fallen Heart Flame from Shi Long and ordered Shi Fei and Shi Long to guard his residence.
• Shi Kang extracted Fallen Heart Flame's origin flame and swallowed it without using auxiliary materials or a spirit container.
• Fallen Heart Flame scorched Shi Kang's meridians and organs, and he circulated the Myriad Spirits Body Refining Art to trap and tame it.

Shi Kang refined the Fallen Heart Flame, reached Two-star Dou Ancestor, and discovered that the Myriad Spirits Body Refining Art used it to strengthen his body at the cost of constant pain. Meanwhile, Medusa weighed the risks of evolving to break through to Dou Zong, unwilling to sacrifice herself to keep Shi Kang from taking the Heavenly Flame.

• Shi Kang refined the Fallen Heart Flame and advanced to Two-star Dou Ancestor.
• Shi Kang circulated the flame through his body and found that the Myriad Spirits Body Refining Art repaired and strengthened the damage it caused.
• Shi Kang realized the method continuously tempered his body and decided to remain in seclusion for two days to get used to the pain.
• The four Snake People Elders questioned Medusa about risking a secret evolution technique to break through to Dou Zong.
• Medusa said Shi Kang had promised to spare the Snake People Clan if her evolution failed, but she fell silent when the First Elder asked how they would defend against invading empires.
• Medusa considered offering herself to Shi Kang to protect her clan, but she was unwilling.

Medusa agreed to risk her life evolving in hopes of breaking through to Dou Zong, while Shi Kang completed three days of Fallen Heart Flame body refinement and prepared to help her. At Lake Heart Island, Medusa began undressing to bathe in the Ice Spirit Cold Spring as Shi Kang watched.

• Medusa pleaded with the four elders to let her attempt the evolution, and the First Elder accepted her decision.
• Shi Kang learned to control the Fallen Heart Flame’s temperature, found that it greatly strengthened his body and Dou Qi absorption, and decided it was time to help Medusa evolve.
• Shi Kang and Medusa went to Lake Heart Island, where Shi Fei and Shi Long sealed the area and stood guard.
• Shi Kang placed the Green Lotus Core Flame on the Crystal Lotus Pedestal above the Ice Spirit Cold Spring and told Medusa to begin.
• Medusa asked Shi Kang to look away while she prepared to bathe, but he kept watching as she reached for her robe buttons.

Medusa risked her life by entering the Green Lotus Core Flame to evolve, while Shi Kang watched and let the Lightning Tribulation strike her. After her body was blasted apart, Shi Kang found living snakeskin among the remains and guessed that her evolution had succeeded.

• Medusa bathed in the Ice Spirit Cold Spring, then transformed into a giant purple python and charged into the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Medusa endured the flames as her scales and flesh burned away, while Shi Kang watched without intervening.
• Dark clouds gathered, and Shi Kang ordered Shi Long and Shi Fei to lower Lake Heart Island's protective barrier so the Lightning Tribulation could reach Medusa.
• Lightning struck Medusa and blasted her body apart, leaving remains scattered across the ground.
• Shi Kang sensed life in a trembling piece of snakeskin and guessed that Medusa had successfully evolved.

Shi Kang gained the Seven-Colored Little Snake’s trust after feeding it Companion Purple Crystal Source and told the Snake People Clan elders that Medusa had successfully evolved. On his way back to his residence, he encountered Qing Lin, who had grown more comfortable with the care she received among the Snake People.

• Shi Kang fed the wary Seven-Colored Little Snake Companion Purple Crystal Source, earning its trust as it ate, curled around his arm, and fell asleep.
• Shi Kang met four Snake People Clan elders and told them Medusa’s breakthrough had succeeded, though she remained weak and could not yet take human form.
• Shi Kang declared that he would care for the Seven-Colored Little Snake, and the elders accepted that they could not take the Queen from him.
• Qing Lin gradually became more accustomed to being cared for by the Snake People maids, and she respectfully greeted Shi Kang when she met him on his way home.

Shi Kang encouraged Qing Lin to overcome her insecurity by beginning cultivation and recognizing her talent. He started teaching her to sense Dou Qi and planned to seek guidance on her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils at Heavenly Snake Manor on his return journey.

• Shi Kang asked Qing Lin about her life among the Snake People Clan, and she admitted that their kindness made her feel unworthy and uneasy.
• Shi Kang told Qing Lin that she had excellent cultivation talent and offered to teach her, and she cautiously agreed.
• Shi Kang ordered Shi Fei to capture one third-tier and one fourth-tier snake-type Monster Beast for Qing Lin to test her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, specifically forbidding him from capturing snake people.
• Shi Kang decided to postpone sending Shi Long to Heavenly Snake Manor and instead visit the manor while returning to his clan in a few days.
• Shi Kang took Qing Lin to a quiet room and began teaching her to sense and draw in Dou Qi, while Qing Lin resolved to cultivate diligently and repay him.

Shi Kang taught Qing Lin to cultivate and revealed that her rare Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils could control snake-type Monster Beasts. Qing Lin successfully controlled a third-tier snake Monster Beast on her first attempt, and Shi Kang prepared to see her command it.

• Shi Kang praised Qing Lin for learning to absorb Dou Qi, and she tearfully thanked him for recognizing her efforts.
• Shi Fei brought two captured snake-type Monster Beasts, and Shi Kang explained the powers of Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Shi Long and Shi Fei admitted they did not know how to use the pupils, so Shi Kang encouraged Qing Lin to try controlling a Monster Beast herself.
• Qing Lin established a connection with the third-tier Monster Beast and gained control of it.
• Shi Kang had Shi Fei release the Monster Beast, then asked Qing Lin to command it to turn around once.

Qing Lin used her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to control third- and fourth-tier snakes, while Shi Kang prepared to return to the Stone Clan with Zi Yan. He gave Zi Yan flavorful Pill Pellets and promised more in exchange for valuable Medicinal Herbs or Heaven and Earth Spiritual Materials.

• Qing Lin obeyed Shi Kang’s instructions to demonstrate her control over a third-tier snake-type Monster Beast.
• With Shi Kang’s consent, Qing Lin struggled but succeeded in controlling a fourth-tier giant snake.
• Shi Kang visited Zi Yan and learned she had eaten all the Medicinal Herbs they had gathered.
• Shi Kang gave Zi Yan flavored Pill Pellets, and she eagerly asked to trade Medicinal Herbs for more.
• Shi Kang told Zi Yan he would reward her with more Pills if she found valuable Medicinal Herbs or Heaven and Earth Spiritual Materials, including Heavenly Flames.

Shi Kang, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin left the Tagor Desert and traveled toward the Stone Realm, but Zi Yan sensed a powerful Wind Attribute presence at the Misty Cloud Sect. They found the Gate of Death, and Shi Kang questioned Yun Shan before deciding he would have to investigate it himself.

• Shi Kang left four Longevity Pills for the Snake People before departing the Tagor Desert with Zi Yan and Qing Lin.
• Zi Yan sensed a powerful Wind Attribute aura near Misty Cloud Mountain, and Shi Kang led the group to investigate.
• At the Misty Cloud Sect, Zi Yan identified a Stone Gate as the source of the aura.
• Shi Long intimidated Yun Shan, who begged Shi Kang for mercy.
• Yun Shan explained that the Stone Gate was the Gate of Death, a forbidden place dense with Wind Attribute Dou Qi, but he knew little else about it.
• Shi Kang decided to enter the Gate of Death and see for himself.

Shi Kang ordered Shi Fei to break the sealed Stone Gate and discovered a powerful Wind Attribute energy sphere in the valley beyond. He rewarded Shi Fei, Shi Long, and Zi Yan, then planned to take the mysterious object back to the clan for study.

• Shi Kang ordered Shi Fei to break Yun Potian's sealed Stone Gate, revealing a cyan portal.
• Shi Fei scouted through the portal and returned with a palm-sized sphere of dense Wind Attribute energy.
• Shi Fei explained that the sphere produced piercing wind blades with power at the Dou Zun level, delighting Shi Kang.
• Shi Kang praised Shi Fei and Shi Long and promised them rewards after they returned to the clan.
• Zi Yan claimed credit for helping locate the sphere, so Shi Kang rewarded her with ten bottles of medicinal pills, which she eagerly ate.

Shi Kang brought Qing Lin to Heavenly Snake Manor so its experts could teach her to develop the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils. He refused to hand her over, instead ordering the manor to send a teacher to the Stone Realm.

• Zi Yan ate the pill Shi Kang gave her, and Shi Fei confirmed that they had found everything valuable in the ruins.
• Shi Kang continued traveling with his group, slowing down so Zi Yan could search for treasures, but she sensed only ordinary Medicinal Herbs.
• Shi Kang arrived at Heavenly Snake Manor with Qing Lin and his powerful guards, alarming Manor Lord Qing Xia and the manor’s experts.
• Qing Xia recognized Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and eagerly asked whether Shi Kang would entrust her training to the manor.
• Shi Kang refused to hand Qing Lin over and told Qing Xia to send someone to the Stone Realm to teach her.

Shi Kang demanded that Qing Lin be taken to Central Continent and taught by someone versed in her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, while Qing Xia tried to keep her at Heavenly Snake Manor. Tian She, the manor’s founder and a One-star Dou Venerate, offered to follow Shi Kang and teach Qing Lin, then knelt to pledge her loyalty.

• Shi Kang told Qing Xia to send Qing Lin to Central Continent with him and have an expert teach her.
• Qing Xia argued that Heavenly Snake Manor could provide Qing Lin with training, resources, Cultivation Methods, and Dou Techniques.
• Shi Kang said the Nine Nether Nether Python Clan could supply enough snake-type Monster Beasts for Qing Lin to practice on, and Shi Long pressured Qing Xia to accept his offer.
• Tian She emerged from seclusion and offered to personally teach Qing Lin, hoping Shi Kang could help her overcome her stalled cultivation and extend her lifespan.
• Tian She knelt before Shi Kang and pledged her loyalty as the Young Clan Leader.

Shi Kang recruited Tian She and returned with his companions to the Stone Realm, where the clan's power stunned the newcomers. The Snake People Clan discovered Medusa was missing and debated whether to risk taking Shi Kang's Longevity Pills, while Shi Kang went to report to his father and ask about an item from the Gate of Death.

• Tian She joined Shi Kang's party after gathering research on the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, Cultivation Techniques, and Combat Skills.
• Shi Kang led the party onward without stopping for herbs, disappointing Zi Yan before reassuring her that such plants were common in the Central Continent.
• The Snake People Clan's Elders discovered Medusa was gone and found Shi Kang's Longevity Pills; the First Elder decided to test them despite the risks.
• After two days of travel, Shi Kang returned to the Stone Realm, where the clan members greeted him and Tian She realized she had made the right choice.
• Shi Kang arranged accommodations for Qing Lin, Zi Yan, and the others, then took Shi Fei and Shi Long to report to his father and ask whether an item from the Gate of Death could be refined.

Shi Kang returned to the Stone Clan after refining the Fallen Heart Flame, and Shi Gang arranged for him to pursue the Three Thousand Burning Flame at the Pill Tower with Elder Shi Yun. Shi Kang also showed his father a sealed mass of green energy, hoping to learn whether he could refine it to temper his body.

• Shi Kang returned home as a two-star Dou Ancestor, and Shi Gang noticed that he had refined the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Shi Gang revealed that he had planned to obtain the Three Thousand Burning Flame from the Pill Tower, and Shi Kang asked to handle the matter himself with Elder Shi Yun accompanying him.
• Shi Kang planned to recruit alchemist talent from the Pill Tower competition, including Cao Ying, to help the Stone Clan cultivate a Ninth-grade Alchemist.
• Shi Kang showed Shi Gang the green mass he had found in the Gate of Death, and Shi Gang broke Shi Fei's seal to examine its violent wind energy.
• Shi Gang guessed that Shi Kang wanted to know whether the green mass could be refined to temper his body.

Shi Kang showed Shi Gang the powerful wind-based spiritual material he had found and decided to wait until he was stronger before refining it. He secured cultivation resources for Zi Yan, Qing Lin, Medusa, Shi Long, and Shi Fei, then hurried to the Training Ground to fight.

• Shi Gang judged that Shi Kang's wind-based treasure was a powerful Heaven and Earth Spiritual Material, but warned him that refining it was too dangerous for now.
• Shi Kang told Shi Gang that refining the Fallen Heart Flame had strengthened his body enough to challenge ordinary one- or two-star Dou Venerates.
• Shi Kang described Zi Yan, Qing Lin, and Medusa's talents to Shi Gang to secure better cultivation resources for them.
• Shi Kang praised Shi Long and Shi Fei, and Shi Gang awarded them four months' worth of cultivation resources.
• Shi Kang left Shi Gang and rushed to the Training Ground, eager to fight.