Chapter Summaries

Lin Mu broke the Snake People Race’s Five Snake Poison Brake Seal and fought four Peak Dou Emperor elders as he pressed toward the palace to meet Queen Medusa. Queen Medusa appeared and asked why she should agree to his request for a duel.

• Lin Mu used the Yin Yang Twin Flames and Purple Spirit Sword to destroy the Five Snake Poison Brake Seal, shocking Hua She'er and the Gray Robe Old Snake Person.
• Lin Mu headed for the palace, but four Peak Dou Emperor elders blocked his way and demanded to know whether he meant to start a war with the Snake People Race.
• Lin Mu unleashed Great Heavenly Punishment, and the four elders joined forces to meet his attack as space shattered around them.
• Queen Medusa appeared, stopped the elders from attacking Lin Mu, and asked why she should agree to his request to exchange blows.

Lin Mu challenged Queen Medusa to a duel, offering to help her obtain a Heavenly Flame if she won and asking her to become his dao companion if he did. Their battle escalated to near Dou Zong power, and the chapter ended with Lin Mu striking Queen Medusa with the Kun Peng Method amid a devastating explosion.

• Lin Mu revealed that Queen Medusa was a Peak Dou Emperor seeking a Heavenly Flame to evolve, then challenged her to battle with a wager about becoming his dao companion.
• Mo Bass tried to attack Lin Mu for insulting Queen Medusa, but Gray Robe Old Snake Person stopped him.
• Queen Medusa attacked Lin Mu, and he countered with the Purple Spirit Sword and his Yin Yang Twin Flames.
• Queen Medusa revealed her sword and fought through Lin Mu's flames, then used numerous snake shadows to conceal her true body.
• Lin Mu used lightning to evade Queen Medusa's strike, then activated the Kun Peng Method and hit her with a golden-lit sword attack that devastated the area around the Snake People city.

Lin Mu and Queen Medusa unleashed their strongest attacks against each other, while her sudden ability to stand in the air made the Snake People believe she had reached Dou Zong. Lin Mu recognized that she had only one foot in the realm, and the chapter ended with their clash still raging as the Snake People debated whether to trust him.

• Lin Mu launched the true Kun Peng Method against Queen Medusa, who answered with a crimson snake shadow and an aura that seemed to surpass the Dou Emperor level.
• Queen Medusa's Dou Qi Wings vanished as she stood in the air, leading the Snake People to believe she had become a Dou Zong.
• Lin Mu realized Queen Medusa had only reached the threshold of Dou Zong and warned that she had not truly evolved.
• Lin Mu sent the Giant Kun into battle against Queen Medusa's snake shadow, and their collision unleashed destructive waves of energy and flames.
• The Snake People Elders considered whether Lin Mu might help Queen Medusa obtain Heavenly Flames, while Yue Mei and Mo Bass opposed trusting him.
• The Elders said the Snake People would defend Queen Medusa if Lin Mu tried to force her to become his Dao companion.

Lin Mu defeated Queen Medusa and revealed a Seven-Colored Spirit Flame that could guarantee her evolution into a Seven-Colored Sky-Swallowing Python. He left ten li beyond Snake People Race territory, while Medusa chose to examine the flame and weigh the risk of using it.

• Lin Mu learned that the Six Paths Samsara Method could produce six Creation Flames and dismissed his regret over giving Xiao Yan the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame map.
• Queen Medusa appeared with a bleeding hand after her battle with Lin Mu, and the Snake People Race feared she had lost.
• The system rewarded Lin Mu with a Seven-Colored Spirit Flame Seed Fire that could guarantee Medusa's evolution, though it would put her into a deep sleep for a time.
• Lin Mu showed Medusa the Seven-Colored Spirit Flame, promised it could ensure her evolution, and left a wisp for her to examine before departing ten li away.
• Medusa took the flame despite her commanders' warnings and decided to investigate whether it could help her lead her people beyond the desert.

Lin Mu learned that Queen Medusa needed the lost Seven-Colored Spirit Liquid to evolve and began cultivating the Heavenly Thunder Scripture while she considered the risks of her transformation. After deciding to pursue evolution, Queen Medusa summoned Lin Mu, who went with her elders to meet her.

• The system told Lin Mu that the last trace of Seven-Colored Spirit Liquid lay in a Medicine Valley deep in the desert, and he decided to wait for Queen Medusa.
• Lin Mu studied the Heavenly Thunder Scripture and drew lightning into his fingertips as he practiced its technique.
• Queen Medusa examined the Seven-Colored Spirit Flame and resolved to risk her life using a Heavenly Flame to break through to the Dou Zong realm.
• After a day of cultivation, Lin Mu was approached by four Snake People elders, who said Queen Medusa wished to see him.
• On the way to Queen Medusa, Lin Mu reassured the elders that he would not harm his future Dao companion.

Lin Mu persuaded Queen Medusa that the Seven-Colored Spirit Liquid remained in a sealed Medicine Valley and promised to help her evolve. They agreed to seek it, but the valley’s deadly poison required someone skilled in medicine and poison, and Lin Mu said he knew a suitable person.

• Lin Mu entered the great hall and told Queen Medusa that the Seven-Colored Spirit Flame was only a seed, then revealed that Seven-Colored Spirit Liquid remained in a Medicine Valley west of the Snake People Tribe.
• Queen Medusa said she had visited the valley but could not break its seal, and Lin Mu proposed they go there together to secure the liquid and aid her evolution.
• Lin Mu claimed he could help Queen Medusa become a Nine-Colored Sky Swallowing Python, while she warned that the valley’s poison made it too dangerous for ordinary visitors.
• Queen Medusa explained that the valley’s poison came from a Calamity Poison Body and said they needed someone proficient in medicine and poison.
• Lin Mu said he knew a person who could help them enter the Medicine Valley.

Lin Mu found Xiao Yi Xian in Qingshan Town and rescued her from Mu Li’s harassment by killing him with his power. He left town with Xiao Yi Xian and asked why she had not used the Dou Qi Powder he had given her.

• Lin Mu arrived in Qingshan Town with Medusa and learned that Mu Li, the Six-star Dou Practitioner and Young Leader of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, was pursuing Xiao Yi Xian.
• Lin Mu found Mu Li pressuring Xiao Yi Xian at the Myriad Medicine Pavilion, while she hesitated to use the Dou Qi Powder he had given her.
• Lin Mu intervened when Mu Li threatened him and demanded that he hand over Medusa.
• Lin Mu restrained Mu Li and caused his body to explode, then used Black and White Flames to burn away the remains.
• Outside Qingshan Town, Lin Mu asked Xiao Yi Xian why she had not used the Dou Qi Powder.

Lin Mu brought Xiao Yi Xian, whose Calamity Poison Body might help with the Medicine Valley expedition, along with Medusa toward the valley. They left Xiao Yi Xian’s Blue Eagle behind and flew the final stretch, with Lin Mu carrying Xiao Yi Xian as they approached Medicine Valley.

• Xiao Yi Xian realized Lin Mu had sought her help because of her Calamity Poison Body, and Lin Mu said Medicine Valley might also hold a way to help her control it.
• Xiao Yi Xian summoned her Blue Eagle, and the group left Qingshan Town for the desert.
• During the flight, Lin Mu introduced Medusa to Xiao Yi Xian, and Medusa warned Xiao Yi Xian against speaking carelessly.
• When the group stopped ten li from Medicine Valley, Medusa said Xiao Yi Xian’s Blue Eagle was too weak to enter, so Lin Mu used a Sixth-tier Magic Core to protect it while it waited.
• Lin Mu carried Xiao Yi Xian into the air and flew toward Medicine Valley with Medusa.

Lin Mu, Xiao Yi Xian, and Medusa entered a poisonous canyon and found the sealed entrance to Medicine Valley. Xiao Yi Xian opened the gate by touching its Rune Seals, which drained her Dou Qi, and the three entered the ruins.

• Lin Mu, Xiao Yi Xian, and Medusa crossed into a canyon filled with poisonous gas, protected by Lin Mu's Yin Yang Twin Flames.
• Xiao Yi Xian sensed that the gas had been deliberately arranged and stepped outside the flames without being harmed.
• The group reached a sealed gate where Rune Seals revealed that the Medicine Valley's master had sought a way to control the Calamity Poison Body.
• Lin Mu failed to open the gate, so Xiao Yi Xian touched the Rune Seals while Lin Mu and Medusa stood back.
• The runes drained Xiao Yi Xian's Dou Qi and released the gate; Lin Mu helped her up as Medusa entered first.

Lin Mu and Xiao Yi Xian gathered rare herbs in the Dou Venerate's medicinal garden before discovering a hidden space beyond it. Five guardian puppets with strength comparable to Peak Dou Emperors emerged, and Lin Mu and Medusa began fighting them.

• Xiao Yi Xian harvested Purple Chirping Grass, while Lin Mu used the system to locate and collect herbs that could strengthen his Soul Power.
• Lin Mu and Medusa sensed a larger space beyond the medicinal garden and realized it contained no poisonous gas or Seven-Colored Spirit Liquid.
• Lin Mu struck the distorted space with his sword, revealing a hidden passage, but an attack from beyond forced him to shield Medusa with his Yin Yang Twin Flames.
• Five guardian puppets comparable to Peak Dou Emperors emerged, and Medusa engaged two while Lin Mu told Xiao Yi Xian to conceal her aura.
• Lin Mu unleashed Great Heavenly Punishment against the remaining three puppets.

Lin Mu and Medusa fought five linked puppets in the Medicine Valley, with Lin Mu using his strongest techniques to destroy them. Afterward, he offered Medusa the Seven-Colored Spirit Flame so she could absorb it and prepare for its later evolution.

• Medusa retreated from the puppets after witnessing Lin Mu unleash the Black and White Great Hand.
• Lin Mu severed the puppets’ green links with lightning but was struck by a puppet’s spatially empowered punch.
• Lin Mu sent the Seven-Colored Spirit Flame to Medusa, who used it to fight two puppets while he faced the other three.
• Lin Mu combined the Kun Peng Method with the Yin Yang Twin Flames and destroyed the five puppets, then protected Xiao Yi Xian and called Medusa back from the energy storm.
• Lin Mu urged Medusa to absorb the Seven-Colored Spirit Flame, and Medusa asked what the loss would mean for his own strength.

Lin Mu, Medusa, and Xiao Yi Xian found the Seven-Colored Spirit Liquid in a vast chamber, where Xiao Yi Xian discovered that two Medicine Puppet Kings guarded it. With their escape route gone, Lin Mu and Medusa fought the puppets while Xiao Yi Xian searched for a way to counter them.

• Lin Mu, Medusa, and Xiao Yi Xian entered a vast space and found the Seven-Colored Spirit Liquid on a stone platform.
• Xiao Yi Xian deciphered the wall writing and learned that two Medicine Puppet Kings with the strength of Three-star Dou Ancestors guarded the chamber.
• The Medicine Puppet Kings emerged and struck Lin Mu and Medusa, while the distorted space behind them vanished.
• Lin Mu told Xiao Yi Xian to search for a way to counter the puppets and joined Medusa in fighting them.
• Lin Mu unleashed the Kun Peng Method and told Medusa to seize the Seven-Colored Spirit Liquid while he held off the Medicine Puppet Kings.

Lin Mu fought two Medicine Puppet Kings while Medusa tried to reach the Seven-Colored Spirit Liquid. After he damaged one puppet but was gravely injured, he used his lightning phantoms to hold them back, then appeared to shield Medusa from a fatal attack.

• Lin Mu attacked the Medicine Puppet Kings with his sword, flames, and Dou Qi, but their strength overwhelmed his defenses.
• Lin Mu used the power of samsara to corrode one puppet and the Heavenly Thunder Scripture to evade the other and summon lightning.
• Medusa flew toward the Seven-Colored Spirit Liquid while Lin Mu unleashed the Great Heavenly Punishment, exhausting his Dou Qi but destroying the corroded puppet's arm.
• Xiao Yi Xian searched the stone walls for a way to break the formation as Lin Mu created nine lightning phantoms to restrain the remaining Medicine Puppet King.
• A Medicine Puppet King struck Medusa and shattered her crimson snake shadow, but Lin Mu appeared in her path as the other puppet attacked.

Lin Mu and Medusa fought the Medicine Puppet Kings while Xiao Yi Xian awakened the seal in the passage with her Calamity Poison blood. The elegant man who owned the Medicine Valley appeared, gave Medusa the Seven-Colored Spirit Liquid, and offered to teach Xiao Yi Xian to control her Calamity Poison Body.

• Lin Mu endured the Medicine Puppet King's attack, and Medusa chose to help him escape rather than seize the Seven-Colored Spirit Liquid.
• Xiao Yi Xian's blood flowed through the stone wall and formed patterns as the Medicine Puppet Kings attacked Lin Mu and Medusa again.
• The Medicine Puppet Kings stopped when Xiao Yi Xian's blood awakened the seal, and the elegant man appeared atop the stele.
• The elegant man explained that Xiao Yi Xian's Calamity Poison Body had awakened his residual aura and revealed that his Dao companion had been from the Snake People Race.
• The elegant man gave the Seven-Colored Spirit Liquid to Medusa and asked Xiao Yi Xian whether she wanted to learn how to control her Calamity Poison Body.

Xiao Yi Xian learned of a dangerous method that might let her control her Calamity Poison Body, then accepted a Dou Venerate’s inheritance. Afterward, Lin Mu discussed Medusa’s coming evolution and reminded her of his condition.

• The elegant man told Xiao Yi Xian that a Spirit Engraver could inscribe his Poison Array Method into her body to help her control the Calamity Poison Body, though the method was not guaranteed to be safe.
• The elegant man offered Xiao Yi Xian his Dou Qi Inheritance, which could raise her to Dou Wang for now and potentially help her reach Dou Emperor later.
• Xiao Yi Xian accepted the inheritance, saying she hoped to gain the strength to help Lin Mu.
• Lin Mu and Medusa stepped aside as Xiao Yi Xian received the inheritance, and Lin Mu said she had gained the most from their journey.
• Lin Mu told Medusa that he had the Seven-Colored Spirit Flame ready for her evolution, and she thanked him and named him an honored guest of the Snake People Race.
• Lin Mu asked Medusa to consider the condition he had mentioned earlier, and she responded with a faint smile.

Lin Mu and Medusa returned to the desert so she could begin evolving while he guarded her and cultivated. The evolution began amid a strange phenomenon as Lin Mu entered seclusion, and the Snake People elders considered him a potential honored guest and husband for their queen.

• Lin Mu and Medusa left the Medicine Garden and returned to the desert so Medusa could evolve while he stood guard.
• They discovered that Blue Eagle had absorbed much of the Sixth-Tier Magic Core’s energy and had grown to the strength of a third-tier Magical Beast.
• Medusa began her evolution in the basin using the Seven-Colored Spirit Flame and Seven-Colored Spirit Liquid.
• Lin Mu entered seclusion to cultivate his Soul Power and Innate Sacred Body while seeking a breakthrough to four-star Dou Emperor.
• The Snake People elders witnessed the phenomenon and discussed Lin Mu’s role in Medusa’s evolution, leaving Mo Bass devastated.

Lin Mu recovered from his earlier injuries, broke through to the fourth star of the Dou Emperor realm, and cultivated the Innate Sacred Body while Medusa completed her evolution. He found Medusa reborn as a sleeping Seven-Colored Sky-Swallowing Python and returned to Medicine Valley with a newly strengthened Blue Eagle to find Xiao Yi Xian.

• The elegant man gave Xiao Yi Xian the two Medicine Puppet Kings and used her aura to guide them.
• Lin Mu broke through to the fourth star of the Dou Emperor realm as Medusa evolved in the Desert Sinkhole.
• Lin Mu cultivated the Innate Sacred Body, endured a painful transformation, and unknowingly gained a small Golden Qi Sea.
• After half a month, Lin Mu found Medusa asleep as a Seven-Colored Little Snake and took her with him.
• Lin Mu returned to Blue Eagle, recognized its newfound Dou Wang strength, and set off to find Xiao Yi Xian.

Lin Mu reunited with Xiao Yi Xian after she inherited Medicine Valley and became a Dou Wang, while Medusa remained asleep after successfully evolving into a Seven-Colored Sky-Swallowing Python. Xiao Yi Xian planned to return to Qingshan Town and perhaps travel to the Cloud Empire, while Lin Mu took Medusa to the Snake People Race and kept her with him.

• Blue Eagle followed Lin Mu back to Medicine Valley, where Black and White Flames calmed the uneasy eagle.
• Xiao Yi Xian revealed that she had inherited two Medicine Puppet Kings and become a Dou Wang, and Lin Mu told her that Blue Eagle had transformed.
• Xiao Yi Xian sealed Medicine Valley and said she would return to Qingshan Town before possibly traveling to the Cloud Empire to train her Calamity Poison Body.
• Lin Mu promised to keep Xiao Yi Xian safe, and she said she might travel with him when they met again.
• Lin Mu brought the sleeping Seven-Colored Little Snake to the Snake People Race, whose elders celebrated Medusa's successful evolution.
• Lin Mu kept Medusa by his side after the elders agreed, trusting that she would return to the Snake People Race someday.

Xiao Yi Xian returned to Qingshan Town with Lin Mu and destroyed the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, while Lin Mu gained Spirit Engraver abilities and discovered he could read her Poison Array diagram. After Xiao Yi Xian departed to pursue her own path, Lin Mu received a mission to seek the Chaos Green Lotus Flame Fire Seed in the Monster Beast Mountain Range.

• Qiao'er warned Xiao Yi Xian and Lin Mu that the Wolf Head Mercenary Group was hunting for Mu Li's killer, but Xiao Yi Xian stayed and wiped out the group with ease.
• Lin Mu received the Spirit Engraver profession ability as a reward for witnessing Medusa's evolution and Xiao Yi Xian's transformation.
• Lin Mu used Soul Power to reveal the Poison Array diagrams from Xiao Yi Xian's Black Scroll and said he might eventually be able to help her control her Calamity Poison Body.
• Xiao Yi Xian kissed Lin Mu, thanked him for helping her find a path forward, and then left to pursue her own journey.
• Lin Mu received a system mission to search the Monster Beast Mountain Range for the Chaos Green Lotus Flame Fire Seed.

Lin Mu headed to the Monster Beast Mountain Range to obtain the Chaos Green Lotus Flame and recruit the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's underlings to search for it. He arrived during the Lion King's fight with Yun Yun and unleashed a powerful attack on the beast, leaving the battle's outcome unresolved.

• Lin Mu decided to cultivate natural elements as the first path of his Six Paths Samsara and left Qingshan Town for the Monster Beast Mountain Range.
• Lin Mu planned to have the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King use its underlings to search for the Fire Seed, then sensed the beast fighting a human and hurried over.
• Yun Yun fought the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King for its Purple Spirit Crystal, while Xiao Yan and Yao Lao watched from nearby.
• Lin Mu recognized Yun Yun and watched as the Lion King launched its Purple Crystal Seal, putting her in danger.
• Lin Mu froze the sky and summoned a Black and White Great Hand with his Great Heavenly Punishment, forcing the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King to flee.