Chapter Summaries

Gu Han struck a deal with Hai Bodong to obtain a Breaking Calamity Pill in exchange for helping him recover, then traveled to Stone Desert City to meet Xiao Ding and Xiao Li. The Xiao brothers introduced Qing Lin to him, hoping she might find a place at Gu Han’s side.

• Gu Han promised to help Hai Bodong obtain a Sixth-Grade Breaking Calamity Pill in return for Hai Bodong becoming a Misty Cloud Sect Guest Elder and serving as Gu Han’s Guardian when needed.
• Hai Bodong gave Gu Han the pill formula, gathered ingredients, and one half of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Fragment Map; Gu Han agreed to find the missing Sand Mandala and later refine the pill.
• Gu Han left for Stone Desert City and was warmly welcomed by Xiao Ding and Xiao Li at the Iron Mercenary Group.
• Xiao Li arranged for Qing Lin to escort Gu Han to his guest room, while Xiao Ding explained that they hoped she could become Gu Han’s companion and help the Xiao brothers befriend a future powerhouse.

Gu Han comforted Qing Lin about her mixed heritage and offered her a position as his personal maid, while Xiao Ding encouraged her to accept. Later, Gu Han trained in the Xuanwu Secret Realm and chose to use four random intelligence opportunities in the Tagor Desert.

• Gu Han recognized Qing Lin as a mixed-blood descendant of the Snake People Race and the Human Race and reassured her that she was not responsible for her parents’ actions.
• Gu Han offered Qing Lin the chance to become his personal maid and asked her to decide for herself.
• Qing Lin told Xiao Ding about Gu Han’s offer, and Xiao Ding supported her choice and praised Gu Han.
• Gu Han returned to the Xuanwu Secret Realm, reflected on the desert’s harsh conditions, and cultivated until after midnight.
• Gu Han decided to obtain four random intelligence opportunities in the newly visited region.

Gu Han used the Black Tortoise Shell to uncover a hidden Dou Ling inheritance after dismissing several revelations he already knew. Qing Lin chose to become his personal maid, and Gu Han laid out how he intended to protect and train her, leaving her flustered by his suggestion that she could warm his bed.

• Gu Han dismissed intelligence about Hai Bodong's Snake Seal, Qing Lin's Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, and Yun Qingfeng and Mo Yu's plan to target him because he already knew most of it.
• Gu Han's final revelation located a hidden Storage Ring beneath a Rock Mountain north of Stone Desert City, left by a Seven-Star Dou Ling wandering cultivator.
• Qing Lin told Gu Han she would join him only with the Iron Mercenary Group's approval, and declared that she was willing to become his personal maid.
• Gu Han told Qing Lin to obey him, promised to cultivate her into a strong person, and encouraged her to ignore critics and present herself as a reflection of his status.
• When Qing Lin offered to serve him in various ways, Gu Han said he would not object if she was willing to warm his bed, leaving her startled.

Gu Han reassured Qing Lin that he would respect her wishes and encouraged her to grow stronger while cooking for him. He brought her into the Xuanwu Secret Realm, introduced her to his pet Purple Winged Cloud Crane, and left her to begin caring for the bird.

• Gu Han teased Qing Lin about the duties of a personal maid, then promised that no one but him would be allowed to bully her and told her to cultivate diligently.
• Qing Lin worried that she lacked cultivation talent, so Gu Han gave her confidence by asking her to practice cooking for him.
• After breakfast, Gu Han examined Qing Lin's Yin Attribute Dou Qi and considered which of his cultivation techniques and Dou Techniques suited her.
• Gu Han brought Qing Lin into the Xuanwu Secret Realm and explained that they were inside an extraordinary Storage Ring.
• The Purple Winged Cloud Crane swooped down, and Gu Han introduced her as Xiao Zi and told Qing Lin to prepare her food.
• Xiao Zi immediately buried her head in Qing Lin's chest, delighting Qing Lin and leaving Gu Han exasperated.

Gu Han left Stone Desert City to train and used a cultivation method as thanks to Xiao Ding and Xiao Li for giving Qing Lin to him. After learning Queen Medusa would briefly pass out while carrying the Green Lotus Core Flame, he waited nearby and watched her collapse after sealing the flame.

• Gu Han showed Qing Lin his expanded Xuanwu Secret Realm and assigned her to care for Xiao Zi and watch the Purple Nether Flame Snake.
• Gu Han retrieved a Dou Ling expert's Storage Ring, then gave Xiao Ding the Mysterious Tier Mid Grade Thunder Wood Art before leaving Stone Desert City.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li were amazed by the cultivation method and resolved to treat Gu Han as a blood brother.
• Gu Han learned through Opportunity Information that Medusa would faint while carrying the Green Lotus Core Flame, and he waited at the predicted location.
• Medusa sealed the Green Lotus Core Flame with her blood, swallowed a bottle of liquid, and collapsed.

Gu Han used the Snake Seal on the unconscious Queen Medusa, but it branded her symbiotic Purple Nether Flame Snake more completely than it did her. After asserting control and proposing cooperation, he claimed Medusa and the Green Lotus Core Flame as spoils and said she could redeem herself.

• Gu Han used the Snake Seal on Medusa and discovered it had fully branded her Purple Nether Flame Snake while only partly influencing her soul.
• Medusa woke and called Gu Han Master under the seal's restraint, then challenged his claim that he would remove his control after their cooperation ended.
• Gu Han explained that he needed a means to protect himself from the Peak Dou Emperor and proposed that they become partners.
• Gu Han asked Medusa to accompany him to subdue a Heavenly Flame that could help her evolve, but Medusa revealed she had already found the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Gu Han took the Green Lotus Core Flame into the Black Tortoise Secret Realm and declared that he would keep it and Medusa as spoils, giving her a chance to redeem herself.

Gu Han persuaded Queen Medusa to seek the Yin Yang Twin Flames instead of risking a transformation with the Green Lotus Core Flame. Medusa agreed to cooperate in exchange for the removal of his mark, while secretly considering how to free herself from it.

• Gu Han warned Queen Medusa that using the Green Lotus Core Flame would leave her with almost no chance of surviving her transformation and Tribulation Lightning.
• Gu Han explained that the Yin Yang Twin Flames could match Medusa’s Bloodline and Purple Nether Flame Snake, raising her chances of a successful breakthrough.
• Queen Medusa realized Gu Han’s mark could not force her obedience and threatened to kill him if he failed to remove it after they obtained the flames.
• Medusa agreed to help Gu Han find the Yin Yang Twin Flames, while privately planning to separate the Purple Nether Flame Snake’s soul.
• Gu Han glanced at the four Opportunity guides for the day and reacted with surprise.

Gu Han learned how the Snake Seal could help him control Medusa and obtain a Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python soul, along with the motives of the four Snake People elders. He sent Medusa to collect treasures and a magical beast, then revealed that an Eighth-grade Alchemist backed him.

• Gu Han learned that Medusa planned to separate the Purple Nether Flame Snake's soul after reaching Dou Zong and considered using the Snake Seal to control her and transfer the resulting soul into his quasi-Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python.
• Gu Han learned why the four Snake People elders opposed Medusa and identified the Second Elder as a potential enemy.
• Medusa asked whether Gu Han would accompany her to seek the Yin Yang Twin Flames, and he gave her a Blood Origin Pill and ordered her to retrieve the Green Lotus Core Flame Lotus Platform, its seeds, and a Two-Headed Spirit Snake.
• Medusa brought Gu Han the treasures and battered Two-Headed Spirit Snake, and he stored them in the Xuanwu Secret Realm and sealed the beast with a Turtle Snake Seal.
• Gu Han told Medusa he planned to trade the Green Lotus Core Flame with a friend studying under an Eighth-grade Alchemist, then warned her against seeking revenge because of that backing.

Gu Han persuaded Queen Medusa to accompany him to Twin Fish Oasis and help free Hai Bodong from her Snake Seal. On arriving at Hai Bodong’s map shop, he gave Medusa the personal name Cai Li, and Hai Bodong opened the door to find her beside Gu Han.

• Gu Han told Queen Medusa that they had half a month before the Yin Yang Twin Flames appeared and suggested gathering allies for the journey.
• Gu Han reminded Medusa that Hai Bodong was suffering from the Snake Seal she had placed on him, and she agreed to go with him.
• Gu Han flew to Stone Desert City with Medusa, who followed using her Dou Qi wings, while Ling Ying watched them from concealment.
• Gu Han suggested several names for Medusa, then settled on Cai Li despite her protests.
• Gu Han knocked on Hai Bodong’s map shop door, and Hai Bodong opened it before hearing Medusa ask, “Or else what?”

Gu Han received Hai Bodong’s map fragment and arranged for him and Cai Li to accompany him to Shuangyu Prefecture to subdue a Heavenly Flame. After Cai Li left for her tribe, Hai Bodong agreed to teach Gu Han his cultivation method and Dou Techniques before she returned in five days.

• Cai Li removed the Snake Curse Seal from Hai Bodong, restoring his cultivation to the Four Star Dou Emperor level.
• Hai Bodong gave Gu Han the remaining map fragment, which marked a Heavenly Flame and bore a mark that could help someone subdue the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Gu Han asked Hai Bodong and Cai Li to accompany him to Shuangyu Prefecture, offering Hai Bodong a Spirit Recovery Purple Pill in exchange for his help.
• Gu Han and Cai Li argued over the Green Lotus Core Flame, and Cai Li left to return to her tribe, saying she would find him in five days.
• Hai Bodong returned, accepted Gu Han’s explanation that he had saved Cai Li, and agreed to teach Gu Han his cultivation method and Dou Techniques.

Gu Han studied Hai Bodong’s techniques and secret art while training Qing Lin to face a wounded Two-Headed Spirit Snake. After Cai Li returned with the Mo Family’s Purple Qi Heavy Pupils, Gu Han set out for Shuangyu Continent with her and Hai Bodong, while Ling Ying reported their two Dou Emperor bodyguards to Xun'er.

• Gu Han memorized Hai Bodong’s techniques and prized Universe Profound Hand, believing it might help him develop Mysterious Ice Dragon Soar into an Earth Tier Dou Technique.
• Gu Han assigned Qing Lin to challenge a wounded Two-Headed Spirit Snake in a contest of willpower while he practiced Condensing Ice Mirror and considered obtaining the Mo Family’s remaining Purple Qi Heavy Pupils layers.
• Seven days later, Cai Li returned with the Purple Qi Heavy Pupils scroll she had taken from the Mo Family, and Gu Han confirmed she had not been exposed.
• Gu Han, Cai Li, and Hai Bodong left through the Tagor Desert for Shuangyu Continent, while Ling Ying watched them depart and returned to Wutan City.
• Ling Ying told Xun'er that Gu Han had gained Hai Bodong and Queen Medusa as Dou Emperor bodyguards, surprising Xun'er and Ling Xiao and dismaying Gu Qingqing.

Xun'er learned that Gu Han had recruited Hai Bodong and Medusa and ordered Ling Ying to keep watch on his growth. In the Xuanwu Secret Realm, Qing Lin awakened her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, reached the Dou Zhe level, and gained control of the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake.

• Ling Ying told Xun'er that Gu Han had enlisted Hai Bodong and Medusa to travel to the Mulan Empire, and Xun'er ordered him to follow them and monitor Gu Han's progress.
• Ling Ying reported that Gu Han had perfected the Ice Soul Profound Canon, and Xun'er said he could receive the Earth Tier portion early if he reached Dou Wang before age twenty.
• Medusa led Gu Han and Hai Bodong into the Tagor Desert and arranged lodging at an oasis after nightfall.
• While cultivating in the Xuanwu Secret Realm, Gu Han saw Qing Lin awaken her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and imprint the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake.
• Gu Han caught Qing Lin as she collapsed, discovered she had reached Three-Star Dou Practitioner, and explained that the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake was now her magical pet.

Gu Han learned about Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and gathered several new Opportunities, including a hidden poison cache and a Flame Crystal Mine near the Snake People oasis. He exposed the mine to Medusa and proposed that they work together to extract it, leaving her questioning how he found it so easily.

• Gu Han explained Qing Lin’s eye abilities and asked her to test whether they could improve the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake’s bloodline.
• Gu Han learned of a buried cave containing poisons, a concealed Flame Crystal Mine, Mulan Empire’s invasion plans, and Gu Xun’er’s offer of Earth Tier techniques if he reached Dou Wang before twenty.
• Gu Han set a goal to reach Dou Wang before eighteen and flew out from the Xuanwu Secret Realm while Medusa secretly followed him.
• Gu Han entered a buried cave and retrieved its poisons as Medusa waited outside, then searched the abandoned Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon’s nest after he left.
• Gu Han revealed a Flame Crystal Mine near the oasis and proposed that he and Medusa mine it together, leaving her certain his discovery was no coincidence.

Gu Han bargained with Medusa for a share of the Flame Crystal Mine, and she grudgingly gave him one thousand pieces of ore. After discovering Yue Shuang had secretly been mining the site for the Second Elder, Medusa ordered her to return to her post and deliver the ore as instructed.

• Medusa asked Gu Han how he had found the mine, but he countered by asking how the Snake People Race implanted Snake-type Magical Beasts.
• Gu Han estimated the mine’s yield and requested one-third of its ore; Medusa gave him one thousand pieces and warned him not to push further.
• Medusa inspected the mine and discovered that Poison Liquid and other workers had been mining it for more than two months.
• Medusa confronted Yue Shuang, who admitted that she had secretly cooperated with the Second Elder under threat.
• Medusa ordered Yue Shuang to seek punishment from her elder sister, resume responsibility for the mine, and deliver its ore to the designated recipient.

Gu Han left the Snake People Race with Cai Li and Hai Bodong to seek the Yin Yang Twin Flames in Shuangyu Prefecture. Near Mu Shan City, he learned of a secret route into the Mulan Empire and discovered several opportunities, then startled Cai Li by asking whether she wanted to bathe.

• Gu Han denied knowing about the Flame Crystal Mine, challenged Cai Li's claim that it belonged to the Snake People Race, and agreed to leave after breakfast.
• Gu Han and Cai Li shared rice porridge, then he teased her about giving birth to a daughter before the group set out for Shuangyu Prefecture.
• Hai Bodong explained that flying straight into the Mulan Empire risked exposing their whereabouts, so Gu Han chose to camp near Mu Shan City.
• After midnight, Gu Han learned of a Sand Snake Spirit Fruit, a secret passage to Mu You Town, two injured fifth-tier snakes, and an underground river beneath the sand.
• Gu Han asked Cai Li if she wanted to bathe, leaving her furious and Hai Bodong doubtful of what he had heard.

Gu Han asked Cai Li to help him seize a ripening Sand Snake Spirit Fruit by stopping two magical beasts before Mulan Empire experts arrived. As the beasts began fighting and the empire’s forces headed toward them, Hai Bodong blocked their path.

• Gu Han found an underground river and hot spring, and Cai Li bathed there while he waited outside.
• Gu Han told Cai Li that a Sand Snake Spirit Fruit was ripening near Mu Shan City and asked her to suppress the two beasts guarding it; she agreed in exchange for the extra fruit.
• Zi Meng and Qing Ze argued over who would claim the ripening fruit and began fighting.
• The battle stirred Heaven and Earth Energy, alerting a Dou Emperor and several Dou Wangs in Mu Shan City, who set out toward the basin.
• Hai Bodong appeared outside the city and stopped the Mulan Empire experts from proceeding.

Hai Bodong fought Mulan Tian and his elders while Zi Meng and Qing Ze battled over the mature Sand Snake Spirit Fruit. Medusa intervened, and Gu Han claimed the fruit and uprooted the tree, leaving Cai Li curious about where he had stored it.

• Mulan Tian challenged Hai Bodong for the Sand Snake Spirit Fruit, and Hai Bodong attacked him and the Dou King Elders who tried to slip past.
• The top Sand Snake Spirit Fruit matured as Zi Meng and Qing Ze clashed, damaging the tree and weakening its other two fruits.
• Zi Meng and Qing Ze tried to seize the mature fruit, but Medusa stopped them with spatial power and incapacitated them with red energy serpents.
• Gu Han arrived beside Cai Li and used the Snake Seal’s restraint to make her yield the mature fruit to him.
• Gu Han stored the fruit, uprooted the Sand Snake Spirit Fruit Tree into the Xuanwu Secret Realm, and teased Cai Li when she asked where he had hidden it.

Gu Han branded the wounded Zi Meng and Qing Ze, then stored them in the Xuanwu Secret Realm before leaving with Cai Li. Hai Bodong withdrew from Mulan Tian’s forces, and Mulan Tian discovered that Gu Han’s group had taken the Sand Snake Spirit Fruit and ordered an investigation.

• Cai Li sealed Zi Meng and Qing Ze’s Dou Qi, allowing Gu Han to brand them with the Turtle Snake Seal and bring them into the Xuanwu Secret Realm.
• Gu Han and Cai Li left to meet Hai Bodong, while Cai Li grew curious about Gu Han’s mysterious treasure.
• Hai Bodong received Gu Han’s message to regroup twenty miles north and withdrew from his confrontation with Mulan Tian.
• Mulan Tian found the site where the Heavenly Material Earthly Treasure had appeared and learned that it was the Sand Snake Spirit Fruit.
• Mulan Tian ordered his men to investigate Hai Bodong’s whereabouts so he could reclaim the fruit.

Gu Han brought Medusa and Hai Bodong through a secret passage into the Mulan Empire and settled near Twin Eye Lake, where the Yin Yang Twin Flames were due to appear. After deducing three ways to refine the flames, he had to decide which plan to follow.

• Medusa secured the Heavenly Material Earthly Treasure, and Gu Han led her and Hai Bodong through a secret passage into the Mulan Empire.
• After three days of travel, Gu Han rented a mud house near Twin Eye Lake and had Medusa and Hai Bodong stay in neighboring houses.
• Gu Han waited for the Yin Yang Twin Flames to appear, knowing the mud house lay directly beneath their emergence point.
• When the flames' energy began to stir, Gu Han used the Black Tortoise Shell to deduce three refinement plans, including one that would destroy his Xuanwu Secret Realm.
• Gu Han wondered which of the three plans he should choose.

Gu Han and Cai Li chose to use the Yin Yang Twin Flames to help Cai Li break through, with Gu Han providing rare treasures and Cai Li agreeing to help him refine the flames afterward. Cai Li transformed into a purple serpent and began absorbing the flames, while a nude phantom appeared within her as Gu Han watched in astonishment.

• Gu Han rejected the plan that could make the Heavenly Flames fight and destroy treasures, then explained the remaining options to Cai Li.
• Cai Li agreed to the second plan, and Gu Han offered Cold Spring Spirit Water and Primal Crystal Marrow; Cai Li revealed that she had a Purple Nether Spirit Fruit.
• Gu Han and Cai Li set out for the Yin Yang Twin Flames while Hai Bodong opened the spatial gateway and promised to guard the area.
• Inside the strange void, Cai Li transformed into a purple serpent and swallowed the three treasures before charging at the Black and White Twin Fish.
• The collision formed a Taiji Diagram beneath Cai Li, and a nude phantom appeared within her as Gu Han stared in shock.