Chapter Summaries

Shen Wen made a deal with Hai Bodong: he would help refine a Po E Pill in exchange for information about the Green Lotus Core Flame and a fragment of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. After leaving the shop, Shen Wen decided to seek Qing Lin’s help in locating the flame, while Cao Ying grew jealous over Medusa’s beauty.

• Shen Wen offered Hai Bodong a Po E Pill in exchange for the Green Lotus Core Flame’s location and a fragment of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and Hai Bodong accepted.
• Hai Bodong showed Shen Wen a map marking three possible locations for the Green Lotus Core Flame and warned that Queen Medusa might be in the western area.
• Shen Wen agreed to find the Sand Mandala needed for the pill, and Hai Bodong promised the other half of the flame fragment as payment.
• After leaving the shop, Shen Wen identified Stone Desert City as the place to seek Qing Lin’s help finding the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Cao Ying asked whether Medusa was prettier than her, and Shen Wen assured Cao Ying that she was the prettiest.

Shen Wen recruited the Desert Iron Mercenary Group to help search for Heavenly Flames and paid Xiao Ding and Xiao Li with rare pills. The chapter ended when Shen Wen stopped a timid tea-serving girl, irritating Cao Ying.

• Shen Wen, Cao Ying, and Dan Chen reached the Desert Iron Mercenary Group's compound, where Shen Wen's pressure prevented the guards from stopping them.
• Xue Lan went inside and brought Xiao Ding and Xiao Li to meet Shen Wen, who asked the brothers to help locate the Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Ding warned that the rival Sand Mercenary Group and its commander, Luo Bu, might interfere with a large search.
• Shen Wen gave Xiao Ding five Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pills as advance payment, and the brothers accepted the reward gratefully.
• A green-clad young girl served tea and tried to leave, but Shen Wen stopped her, leaving Cao Ying irritated.

Shen Wen recognized Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and offered to take her to the Pill Pagoda, where her talent could be nurtured. Qing Lin agreed to leave with him, while Shen Wen gave Xiao Ding and Xiao Li a map to guide their search for a Heavenly Flame.

• Shen Wen examined Qing Lin’s eyes and recognized that her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils had begun to awaken.
• Shen Wen offered to take Qing Lin as his maid and gave Xiao Ding and Xiao Li medicinal pills in exchange.
• Shen Wen explained Qing Lin’s rare constitution, and Xiao Ding let her choose whether to leave.
• Qing Lin agreed to go with Shen Wen, and Cao Ying comforted her by complimenting her scales.
• Shen Wen gave Xiao Ding and Xiao Li a map and told them to search near the marked location for a Heavenly Flame.

Shen Wen began refining the Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill in Stone Desert City, suppressing the dragon soul inside a Seventh-tier Demonic Core with his Dragon Might and Flame Ancestral Talisman. As the pill entered its critical fusion stage, Qing Lin sensed a terrifying presence near Xiao Ding and the others that resembled her bloodline, leading Shen Wen to suspect Queen Medusa had appeared.

• Shen Wen began refining the Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill while Cao Ying, Dan Chen, and Qing Lin watched in the secluded courtyard.
• Shen Wen awakened the dragon soul inside the Seventh-tier Demonic Core, and its violent backlash threatened to break free from the cauldron.
• Shen Wen used his Azure Heaven Dragon Transformation Art and the Flame Ancestral Talisman to subdue and refine the dragon soul into pure energy.
• Qing Lin sensed a powerful presence near Xiao Ding and the others that resembled her bloodline and frightened her.
• Shen Wen suspected Queen Medusa had appeared near the Desert Iron Mercenary Group while he was still refining the pill.

Shen Wen continued refining the Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill while Cao Ying, Dan Chen, and Qing Lin went to help the Desert Iron Mercenary Group against Medusa. As Xiao Ding and Xiao Li battled the Sand Mercenary Group, Medusa appeared and asked what the humans were looking for.

• Shen Wen hesitated between saving the Desert Iron Mercenary Group and completing the pill, so Cao Ying, Dan Chen, and Qing Lin left to confront Medusa while he kept refining.
• Luo Bu led the Sand Mercenary Group to challenge Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, hoping to seize whatever they were searching for.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li refused to rely on Shen Wen's name and fought the Sand Mercenary Group to claim dominance in Stone Desert City.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li revealed their Da Dou Shi strength and began overwhelming Luo Bu in battle.
• Medusa appeared above the battlefield, stopped the fighting with her aura, and asked the humans what they were looking for.

Medusa attacked Xiao Ding and Xiao Li to learn who had sent them after the Heavenly Flame, but Cao Ying intervened and challenged her. After Medusa defeated Cao Ying in their first clash, Cao Ying swallowed an Imperial Pill and broke through to Six-Star Dou Huang.

• Medusa demanded that Xiao Ding reveal who had told him about the Heavenly Flame, then killed a mercenary when he and Xiao Li stayed silent.
• Cao Ying arrived with Dan Chen and Qing Lin, identified herself as a member of the Pill Pagoda, and ordered Medusa to stop threatening the mercenaries.
• Medusa and Cao Ying fought, with Medusa overcoming Cao Ying's Blood Spirit Demonic Flame and Soul Hand Seal and injuring her.
• Medusa offered to spare Cao Ying and her companions if they left, but Cao Ying refused to abandon her promise to Shen Wen.
• Cao Ying swallowed an Imperial Pill, and her cultivation surged from peak Five-Star Dou Huang to Six-Star Dou Huang.

Cao Ying and Dan Chen were overwhelmed by Medusa until Seventh-Rank Pill Lightning erupted above Stone Desert City, revealing Shen Wen’s presence. Shen Wen flew into the lightning and endured its strike, leaving Medusa horrified as his green Dragon Marks strengthened.

• Dan Chen joined Cao Ying’s attack on Medusa, but Medusa transformed into her Purple Nether Flame Snake form and blasted both women away.
• Medusa prepared to kill Cao Ying, Dan Chen, and the mercenaries below, but Pill Lightning appeared above Stone Desert City.
• Medusa realized a Seventh-Grade Alchemist was nearby and feared that killing the Pill Pagoda geniuses would bring the Snake People Clan’s destruction.
• Shen Wen flew toward the thunderclouds, and Medusa mocked him for facing Seventh-Rank Pill Lightning as a Dou Emperor.
• Shen Wen let the lightning strike him directly, while his Dragon Marks grew clearer and he remained standing within the storm.

Shen Wen devoured Seventh-Rank Pill Lightning to strengthen his body, then overwhelmed Medusa with a single punch while claiming the Heavenly Flame. Medusa struggled to give up the Green Lotus Core Flame until a burly newcomer arrived to defend her.

• Shen Wen absorbed the Pill Lightning with the Devouring Ancestral Symbol and refined it with the Great Chaos Lightning Method, advancing his Azure Heaven Dragon Transformation Art.
• After the thunderclouds dispersed, Shen Wen charged at Medusa and shattered her violet Dou Qi defenses with one punch.
• Shen Wen sent Medusa flying and disrupted her Dou Qi with lightning, then declared that he would take the Heavenly Flame.
• Medusa recognized that she could not defeat Shen Wen but hesitated to surrender the Green Lotus Core Flame, which she needed for herself and the Snake People Clan.
• A burly figure rushed in, shouted that no one could injure his Queen, and shielded Medusa.

Shen Wen defeated Kui Xing after the Snake People Clan commander attacked him, then turned back to Medusa to demand negotiations over the Heavenly Flames. Medusa faced the threat that Shen Wen could destroy her clan.

• Kui Xing arrived and demanded that Shen Wen pay for injuring Medusa, then attacked him with a gray-white energy python.
• Shen Wen tore apart Kui Xing's attack and shattered his arms with the Azure Dragon Sky-Tearing Hand.
• Kui Xing transformed into a Rock Bone Poison Python and lunged at Shen Wen, who seized his tail and repeatedly smashed him into the desert until he fell unconscious.
• Shen Wen asked Medusa to discuss ownership of the Heavenly Flames and warned that he could wipe out the Snake People Clan.
• Medusa trembled as she stared at Shen Wen, struggling with rage, humiliation, and fear.

Shen Wen forced Medusa to yield the Heavenly Flames by reminding her that the Pill Pagoda could destroy the Snake People Clan if he died. He then offered a chance to help her reach Dou Zong and had her stay with his group while Kui Xing returned to the Holy City.

• Medusa considered using the Snake People Clan’s strength to kill Shen Wen, but he warned her that the Pill Pagoda would retaliate if he died.
• Medusa yielded the Heavenly Flames to Shen Wen to protect her people from destruction.
• Shen Wen asked whether Medusa wanted to purify her bloodline and reach Dou Zong, then required her to accompany his group until they found the Heavenly Flames.
• Shen Wen gave Medusa a Recovery Pill, and she used it to revive Kui Xing.
• Medusa ordered Kui Xing to return to the Holy City without alerting the Four Elders, while she remained with Shen Wen.

Shen Wen swallowed the Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill, then led Cao Ying, Medusa, and Qing Lin to the underground site of the Green Lotus Core Flame. They broke into a crimson cavern, where Medusa noticed Qing Lin’s unusual nature and wondered why Shen Wen was surrounded by extraordinary women.

• Shen Wen swallowed the Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill, whose hidden power would protect him and spur his potential if he were gravely injured.
• Cao Ying grew jealous as Dan Chen praised Shen Wen for recognizing Medusa’s potential, while Shen Wen admitted to himself that he did have feelings for Medusa.
• Xiao Ding reported that the group had found the marked flame site, and Shen Wen ordered the Flying Boat toward the cave entrance.
• Shen Wen, Cao Ying, Medusa, and Qing Lin dug through the desert and broke through a stone wall into a scorching crimson cavern.
• Medusa noticed Qing Lin’s Yin Cold power and puzzled over the unusual women gathered around Shen Wen.

Shen Wen used the Flame Ancestral Talisman to open a safe passage through the magma toward the Heavenly Flame, astonishing Cao Ying, Medusa, Dan Chen, and Qing Lin. As the group descended, Qing Lin’s eyes suddenly changed, suggesting her snake pupils were awakening.

• Cao Ying said her Red Emperor Fire Sovereign Qi let her sense the Heavenly Flame and subtly showed off the cultivation method Shen Wen had given her.
• Medusa questioned how they could reach the Heavenly Flame through the magma, and Shen Wen used the Flame Ancestral Talisman to part it and create a descending passage.
• Shen Wen led Cao Ying, Medusa, Dan Chen, and Qing Lin down the passage, while Qing Lin clung to him for reassurance.
• Cao Ying embraced Shen Wen’s other arm and questioned whether Qing Lin should be brought into the dangerous depths.
• Qing Lin’s eyes contracted and the three green dots in her pupils began spinning rapidly.

Shen Wen captured a Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake and guided Qing Lin as she tried to use her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to control it. When Qing Lin struggled, Shen Wen threatened to kill the snake, prompting it to cooperate, and he began teaching her how to mark its soul core.

• A Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake burst from the magma, sensed the group’s strength, and tried to flee.
• Shen Wen seized the snake by its tail and dragged it out of the magma.
• Shen Wen told Qing Lin to use her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to sense and control the snake, but her first attempts failed.
• Shen Wen said he would kill the snake and find Qing Lin another one to practice on.
• Fearing for its life, the Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake lowered its heads and offered Qing Lin its spiritual power.
• Shen Wen calmed Qing Lin and explained how to gather her Soul Power, follow the snake’s spiritual connection, and leave a mark on its soul core.

Qing Lin awakened her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and used them to guide the group through the magma to the Green Lotus Core Flame. Shen Wen sent Cao Ying to refine it and told Medusa that, with her clan's fate in his hands, she had little choice but to accept his plans.

• Qing Lin followed Shen Wen's guidance, formed a connection with the Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake, and revealed her awakened Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Shen Wen asked Cao Ying to help Medusa purify her bloodline in return for the Heavenly Flame, and Cao Ying agreed despite her jealousy.
• Qing Lin commanded the Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake to lead Shen Wen, Medusa, Cao Ying, and the others deeper into the magma.
• Shen Wen gave Cao Ying Rank Six Blood Lotus Pills and instructions before sending her toward the Green Lotus Core Flame to refine it.
• Medusa questioned why Cao Ying, rather than Shen Wen, was refining the flame and doubted Shen Wen's promises to help her.
• Shen Wen warned Medusa that her clan's fate depended on his arrangements, and Medusa suppressed her anger and turned away.

Cao Ying attempted to refine the Green Lotus Core Flame with Shen Wen’s support, but the Heavenly Flame overwhelmed her defenses and ran wild inside her body. The chapter left her badly weakened and facing imminent danger as she called out to Shen Wen.

• Cao Ying hesitated before the Green Lotus Core Flame until Shen Wen reassured her and promised to handle everything else.
• Cao Ying used her Soul Power to separate the flame from the Green Lotus Seat, unleashing its destructive heat, which Shen Wen contained around himself.
• Cao Ying swallowed the improved Blood Lotus Pill and used her Dou Qi to seize the Fire Seed and force it into her Qi Sea.
• The Green Lotus Core Flame erupted inside Cao Ying, destroying the blood crust and burning away her clothes.
• Cao Ying panicked as the flame rampaged through her meridians, leaving her trembling, bleeding, and close to despair as she called Shen Wen’s name.

After Medusa invited Shen Wen and his companions to the Snake People Holy City, Shen Wen teased Cao Ying aboard the Flying Boat and tricked her into kissing him. As they reached the city, Cao Ying used the Green Lotus Core Flame to repel the Four Peak Dou Huang Elders’ intimidating aura and challenged the Snake People Clan over its treatment of guests.

• Medusa reluctantly invited Shen Wen and his companions to the Holy City, and Shen Wen ordered Xiao Ding to keep the Heavenly Flame and Snake People Clan matters secret.
• On the Flying Boat, Shen Wen teased Cao Ying about their underground encounter and asked for a reward, then turned her cheek kiss into a kiss on the lips.
• Cao Ying fled the cabin in embarrassment while Medusa, Dan Chen, and Qing Lin witnessed the exchange.
• Medusa guided the Flying Boat to the Snake People Holy City, where the Four Peak Dou Huang Elders released a warning pressure toward the approaching guests.
• Cao Ying manifested the Green Lotus Core Flame, dispersed the elders’ pressure, and demanded to know whether this was how the Snake People Clan treated its guests.

After Shen Wen brought Medusa and the others out of the underground world, he persuaded her to invite them to the Snake People Holy City. Their flying boat reached the city, where Cao Ying confronted four elders who tried to deter them with their power.

• Shen Wen asked Medusa to host them in the Snake People Holy City, and she reluctantly agreed; he ordered Xiao Ding to keep the Heavenly Flame and Snake People matters secret.
• On the flight to the Holy City, Shen Wen teased Cao Ying about the underground incident and tricked her into kissing him on the lips.
• Medusa coached Qing Lin in controlling her power while Dan Chen and Qing Lin witnessed Cao Ying flee the cabin in embarrassment.
• As the flying boat approached the Holy City, four peak Dou Huang elders released their auras to warn the newcomers.
• Cao Ying met the elders’ pressure with the Green Lotus Core Flame and demanded to know whether this was the Snake People Clan’s hospitality.

Medusa prevented the Snake People elders from attacking Shen Wen and his companions, then brought them to the Queen’s Great Hall to discuss the promised bloodline purification. Shen Wen demanded that Medusa submit to him in exchange for his help and the Pill Pagoda’s protection, leaving her weighing her pride against her clan’s future.

• Medusa stopped the Great Elder and three other elders from confronting Shen Wen’s group, explaining that they had come to help her purify her bloodline and advance to Dou Zong.
• The elders withdrew their auras, and Medusa escorted Shen Wen, Cao Ying, and Dan Chen into the Holy City and then to the Queen’s Great Hall.
• Medusa asked Shen Wen what price he expected for fulfilling his promise, and Shen Wen answered that she must submit to him.
• Shen Wen argued that he could help Medusa advance, secure the Snake People Clan’s protection through the Pill Pagoda, and offer it a future beyond the desert.
• Cao Ying and Dan Chen supported Shen Wen’s proposal, and Medusa asked how he would keep his promise and arrange matters for her clan.
• Shen Wen pressed Medusa to say whether she would represent the Snake People Clan and submit to him.

Medusa agreed to lead the Snake People Clan in submitting to Shen Wen if Cao Ying successfully purified her bloodline, and they bound the agreement with a Soul Contract. Cao Ying began the purification with the Green Lotus Core Flame, but even after Shen Wen strengthened it with her Red Emperor Fire Sovereign Qi, the flames could not reach Medusa’s bloodline core, leaving her at risk of dying and the contract’s consequences uncertain.

• Medusa asked Shen Wen to let her convince the Snake People Clan’s elders after reaching Dou Zong, but he refused and accepted her offer to establish a Soul Contract instead.
• Cao Ying and Medusa established a contract requiring Medusa to lead the entire Snake People Clan in submitting to Shen Wen if Cao Ying successfully purified her bloodline.
• Medusa led Shen Wen and the others to the Queens’ cultivation ground, transformed into a Purple Nether Flame Snake, and let Cao Ying engulf her in the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• When the flames failed to reach her bloodline core, Shen Wen told Cao Ying to fuel them with the Red Emperor Fire Sovereign Qi.
• Medusa still cried that the flames were insufficient, while Cao Ying reached her limit and Shen Wen feared the purification’s failure could kill Medusa and bring unpredictable consequences under the contract.

Shen Wen and Cao Ying intensified the flames to help Medusa break through her bloodline barrier, while Shen Wen defeated the Snake People Clan's Four Great Elders when they attacked. Medusa's charred body began to split open as her seven-colored light and Dou Zong aura awakened.

• Shen Wen gave Cao Ying rare fire-enhancing pills, and she swallowed them to strengthen her Green Lotus Core Flame against Medusa's bloodline barrier.
• Shen Wen enhanced Cao Ying's flames with the Flame Ancestral Talisman and the Azure Emperor Wood Emperor Technique, using the Bamboo Forest's life essence as fuel.
• The Four Great Elders stormed the forbidden grounds to avenge Medusa and attacked Shen Wen with a combined energy python.
• Shen Wen tore apart the elders' attack with the Azure Dragon Sky-Tearing Hand, then struck all four down with a lightning-charged punch.
• Medusa's charred shell split as seven-colored light spread and a Dou Zong-level aura awakened across the Snake People Holy City.