Chapter Summaries

Medusa evolved into a Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python, but her weakness left her facing a deadly lightning tribulation. Shen Wen swallowed the tribulation to save her, then sensed two souls within her as the newly born snake nestled against him.

• Medusa emerged as a Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python, and her evolution triggered a Dou Zong lightning tribulation.
• The Four Great Elders prepared to sacrifice themselves to shield the weakened snake, but Shen Wen rushed to intercept the lightning.
• Shen Wen swallowed the entire lightning tribulation, leaving the others stunned as the thunderclouds dispersed.
• Shen Wen sensed both Medusa's soul and the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python's soul within her and asked which one she was.
• The Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python cautiously nestled against Shen Wen.

Shen Wen confronted the Snake People elders over Medusa’s Soul Contract, while Medusa explained that the Purple Nether Flame Snake Soul was fighting her for control of her evolved body. After Cao Ying suggested a Spirit Fusion Pill could resolve the conflict, Medusa begged Shen Wen to make one, but he questioned why he should help her when the contract already bound her and her clan to him.

• The Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python clung to Shen Wen, and the Great Elder demanded that he return the Snake People Clan’s Queen.
• Shen Wen revealed that Medusa had formed a Soul Contract with him, and the Four Great Elders hesitated to challenge him when he warned of its backlash.
• Medusa briefly took control of her body and explained that the Purple Nether Flame Snake Soul was eroding her soul after her bloodline evolution.
• Cao Ying identified the Rank Six Spirit Fusion Pill as a way to fuse Medusa’s soul and body and repair her soul injuries.
• Medusa promised Shen Wen her undying loyalty and asked him to refine the pill, but he asked why he should do so when the contract already gave him control over her and the Snake People Clan.

Shen Wen promised Medusa a Spirit Fusion Pill in exchange for her loyal service, then refined it so she could fully merge with the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python’s soul. After Medusa accepted her place as his servant, Cao Ying asked to speak with her privately.

• Medusa asked Shen Wen for a Spirit Fusion Pill, arguing that it would help her control her new body and serve him willingly.
• Cao Ying rebuked Medusa, then privately encouraged Shen Wen to accept her as a potential ally and partner.
• Shen Wen agreed to refine the pill as a reward for Medusa, warning her to remain loyal, and instructed the Four Great Elders to gather its ingredients.
• While the Snake People Clan gathered the herbs, Shen Wen considered pursuing Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan as future allies and potential Wife System targets.
• After the herbs were gathered, Shen Wen refined the Spirit Fusion Pill, and Medusa used it to fully merge with the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python’s soul.
• Medusa bowed to Shen Wen as his servant, and Cao Ying asked to speak with her privately.

Cao Ying asked Medusa to become Shen Wen’s concubine and bear his children, and Medusa agreed on the condition that her first child inherit the Snake People Clan. After Medusa left, Cao Ying reflected on her feelings and told Shen Wen about the arrangement.

• Cao Ying asked Medusa to become Shen Wen’s concubine and continue his bloodline, saying she believed he might descend from an ancient Dou Di.
• Medusa considered the proposal and agreed, requiring that her first child remain with the Snake People Clan and become its next queen.
• Cao Ying accepted Medusa’s condition but said she would need to bear more than one child for Shen Wen.
• After Medusa left, Cao Ying’s composure faltered as she recalled her history with Shen Wen and wrestled with her feelings.
• Cao Ying went to the Pill Room and told Shen Wen about her conversation with Medusa and her plans.

Shen Wen and Cao Ying resolved their feelings about Medusa becoming his concubine, and Cao Ying chose to consummate their marriage with him. After their intimate night, they got up and discussed their plans for the day, with Shen Wen heading to Mo City to see Hai Bodong and Cao Ying preparing to refine the Po E Pill.

• Shen Wen thanked Cao Ying for arranging a concubine and asked why she would not bear him children herself.
• Cao Ying admitted through her reaction that she was unwilling to let Medusa be his first woman, and Shen Wen kissed her tenderly.
• Cao Ying invited Shen Wen to complete the ceremony left unfinished during their Marriage Alliance, and they spent the night together.
• The next morning, Cao Ying teased Shen Wen about being a simp before agreeing to get up and discuss pill refining with Dan Chen.
• Shen Wen said he would visit Hai Bodong in Mo City, while Cao Ying planned to use the Green Lotus Core Flame to refine the Po E Pill.

Cao Ying refined the Po E Pill with the Green Lotus Core Flame, and Shen Wen took the group to Mo City to meet Hai Bodong. Hai Bodong panicked at seeing Medusa and questioned how Shen Wen was still alive.

• Dan Chen told Cao Ying that Medusa had warned her not to interrupt Shen Wen and Cao Ying after they had been intimate, leaving Cao Ying mortified.
• Shen Wen redirected the group to Cao Ying's Po E Pill research and said they would travel to Mo City after the pill was made.
• Cao Ying used the Green Lotus Core Flame and the Sky Burning Cauldron to refine the Po E Pill, while Medusa mentioned Han Feng and his possible Heavenly Flame to Dan Chen.
• Cao Ying successfully completed the Po E Pill, and Shen Wen, Medusa, Dan Chen, and Qing Lin left for Mo City.
• Shen Wen and the others found Hai Bodong at the Ancient Map shop, where Hai Bodong tried to flee from Medusa before Shen Wen stopped him.
• Hai Bodong recognized Shen Wen and Medusa and asked in disbelief how Shen Wen was still alive.

Shen Wen freed Hai Bodong from his seal with the Po E Pill, then let Medusa intimidate him before questioning him about the map fragment. Hai Bodong revealed he had the matching piece, but Shen Wen stopped him as he tried to leave.

• Shen Wen gave Hai Bodong the Po E Pill, and Hai Bodong swallowed it and regained his strength as a one-star Dou Emperor.
• Medusa pinned Hai Bodong down with her Dou Zong pressure, while Shen Wen said their deal was finished and he would not interfere.
• Shen Wen asked about the unusual edges of Hai Bodong's map fragment, and Hai Bodong admitted he had the matching piece.
• Hai Bodong explained that Gute's thin, sharp metal sheet had been used to divide the map, and Shen Wen kept the reunited fragments.
• Hai Bodong tried to leave, but Shen Wen stopped him by asking what the rush was.

Shen Wen persuaded Hai Bodong to stay by offering help with his cultivation, then returned with his group to the Snake People Holy City, where Medusa prepared for an approaching threat. Shen Wen planned training for the group and promised Hai Bodong Spirit Recovery Purple Pills.

• Shen Wen offered Hai Bodong a chance to advance his cultivation if he stayed, and Hai Bodong pledged to obey him.
• Hai Bodong closed his map shop and followed Shen Wen's group back to the Snake People Holy City.
• Kui Xing warned Medusa that spies had been probing the Holy City and a large force might soon arrive.
• Shen Wen dismissed the threat and told Medusa to put the Holy City on alert while they waited for the attackers.
• Shen Wen assigned Medusa to spar with him, told Cao Ying to stabilize her Heavenly Flame and Dan Chen to improve her alchemy, and promised Hai Bodong pills to help restore his cultivation.

After Medusa’s breakthrough spread, Xie Biyan decided the Ten Thousand Scorpions Gate would seize her and the Heavenly Flame believed to have aided her evolution. Jia Xingtian learned of the mobilization but chose to keep the Jia Ma Empire out of the conflict, leaving the Chu Yun Empire to prepare for an attack on the Snake People Clan.

• Xie Shan and the Ten Thousand Scorpions Gate elders discussed reports that Medusa had become a Dou Zong and feared her retaliation against them.
• Xie Biyan emerged from seclusion and argued that capturing Medusa could give the gate control of a powerful combatant and a Heavenly Flame.
• Xie Biyan ordered the Ten Thousand Scorpions Gate to gather its Dou Wangs and stronger fighters and compel Chu Yun Empire factions to contribute troops.
• Jia Xingtian learned of the Ten Thousand Scorpions Gate’s plans and decided the Jia Ma Empire would remain uninvolved, sending the information to the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Jia Xingtian ordered an investigation into the family allied by marriage with the Nalan Family.

Shen Wen defeated Medusa in a sparring match, overpowering her even after she transformed into a Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python. Medusa told him that Cao Ying would hold a ceremony in two days to make her his concubine.

• Shen Wen used the Great Desolation Sky Swallowing Hand to counter Medusa's Dou Qi and Space Power, astonishing Hai Bodong.
• Shen Wen attacked with the Azure Dragon Sky-Tearing Hand and tore two scales from Medusa's Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python form.
• Shen Wen grabbed Medusa's tail and hurled her into a distant dune, shocking the Snake People Clan experts watching.
• Medusa returned to human form and sensed a strange urge to submit to Shen Wen when his azure dragon patterns appeared.
• Shen Wen told Medusa she was still weak and needed time to master her new strength.
• Medusa told Shen Wen that Cao Ying would hold a ceremony in two days to make her his concubine.

Shen Wen married Medusa, whom Cao Ying renamed Cai Lin, and received several powerful rewards from the system. After a night together, he gave Cai Lin the Soaring Serpent Inheritance and Innate Dao Body Origin, leaving her astonished by their effects.

• Shen Wen and Medusa held a simple wedding, and Cao Ying renamed her Cai Lin and welcomed her as a concubine.
• The system rewarded Shen Wen with the Past Amitabha Sutra, Soaring Serpent Inheritance, Innate Dao Body Origin, Vast Sky Hegemon Body Origin, and True Dragon Treasure Technique.
• Shen Wen promised Cai Lin he would resolve the Snake People Clan's burdens, and she embraced and kissed him before they spent the night together.
• The next morning, Shen Wen told Cai Lin she could rest instead of paying respects to Cao Ying and began giving her wedding gifts.
• Shen Wen passed Cai Lin the Soaring Serpent Inheritance and Innate Dao Body Origin, which rapidly purified her Dou Qi and strengthened her understanding of Space Power.

Cai Lin prepared to defend the Snake People Holy City from Xie Biyan and the Ten Thousand Scorpions Gate without interrupting Shen Wen’s seclusion. Meanwhile, Shen Wen received several powerful rewards and began transforming his body and cultivation as the chapter ended.

• Yue Mei warned Cai Lin that Xie Biyan and the Ten Thousand Scorpions Gate had arrived near the Holy City, prompting Cai Lin to summon the Snake People forces for battle.
• Cai Lin refused Cao Ying’s suggestion to call Shen Wen and flew to the city walls to confront Xie Biyan, who demanded her submission and the Heavenly Flame.
• Shen Wen received the Azure Heaven Hegemon Body, whose violent power transformed his palm with purple and azure dragon scales and let him affect space through physical strength.
• Shen Wen received the Past Amitabha Sutra, which began strengthening his soul, and the True Dragon Treasure Technique, which started changing the Azure Heaven Dragon Transformation Art.
• Shen Wen remained immersed in the fusion as the dragon scales spread from his palm up his wrist and arm.

Cai Lin and the Snake People Clan fought Xie Biyan’s forces as Cao Ying and her allies resisted attacks from Xie Shan and the Four-Winged Sky Demon Scorpion. As Cai Lin held her own against Xie Biyan, he summoned a sealed Blood Demon Scorpion Emperor to turn the battle in his favor.

• Cai Lin and the Snake People Clan’s experts confronted Xie Biyan, while Hai Bodong, Cao Ying, and Dan Chen joined the battle; Hai Bodong learned that Lord Shen was in seclusion and would appear if needed.
• Cai Lin attacked Xie Biyan with the Dance of the Water-Fire Soaring Serpent, and their clashes showed him that her strength was unusually balanced.
• Xie Shan attacked Cao Ying for her Heavenly Flame, but she used the Green Lotus Core Flame to drive him back.
• Xie Biyan ordered Xie Shan to summon the Four-Winged Sky Demon Scorpion, and Cao Ying fought both Dou Huang Peak opponents with her flames.
• Xie Biyan revealed a blood-red scorpion tattoo and summoned the Blood Demon Scorpion Emperor he had sealed within his body.

Cai Lin transformed into a Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python and battled Xie Biyan, but his Soul Hall ally Iron Protector arrived and trapped her with soul-attacking chains. Xie Biyan then seized the chance to attack the exhausted Cao Ying, who remained trapped in his spatial confinement as his pincers descended.

• Xie Biyan transformed his arms into enormous blood-red pincers and attacked Cai Lin, who revealed her Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python form and fought back.
• Cai Lin overwhelmed Xie Biyan, while the Four Great Elders and Hai Bodong held off the Ten Thousand Scorpions Gate elites.
• Xie Biyan called on Iron Protector, who emerged from black mist and revealed himself as a Dou Zong from the Soul Hall.
• Iron Protector attacked Cai Lin with Soul-Locking Chains that threatened to corrode her soul, and he ordered Xie Biyan to capture Cao Ying.
• Xie Biyan used his Dou Zong spatial power to trap the exhausted Cao Ying and lunged at her with his blood-red pincers.

Shen Wen rescued Cao Ying and crushed Xie Biyan with a single punch, revealing strength far beyond the Soul Hall’s intelligence. Iron Protector recognized Shen Wen and tried to flee, but Cai Lin blocked his escape as Shen Wen closed in to attack.

• Shen Wen broke the force imprisoning Cao Ying and checked that she was unharmed.
• Shen Wen shattered Xie Biyan’s Ten Thousand Scorpions Shield and knocked him into a crater with one punch.
• Iron Protector recognized Shen Wen as the Pill Pagoda’s Seventh-Grade Alchemist and realized the Soul Hall had underestimated his strength.
• Iron Protector tried to escape, but Cai Lin sealed his routes with a barrier and attacked him with soul-corroding chains.
• Shen Wen rushed Iron Protector and struck at him with his dragon-scaled arm.

Shen Wen overpowered Iron Protector, whose soul techniques failed against Shen Wen’s lightning and defenses. As Shen Wen drained Iron Protector’s Dou Qi and purified the Soul Power he consumed, he gained another reason to destroy the Soul Hall.

• Shen Wen seized Iron Protector’s Soul Chain and pulled him helplessly within reach.
• Iron Protector sacrificed the souls in his Soul Bag to boost his strength and trap Shen Wen in a vast web of chains.
• Shen Wen used Purification Lightning to destroy the Soul Chains and break through Iron Protector’s Soul Shield.
• Shen Wen seized Iron Protector by the neck and used the Devouring Ancestral Symbol to drain his Dou Qi and Soul Power.
• The Past Amitabha Sutra purified the stolen Soul Power, and Shen Wen resolved to wipe out the Soul Hall.

Shen Wen killed Iron Protector and ordered the Snake People Clan to eliminate the defeated Ten Thousand Scorpions Gate coalition. He explained that he would not stay in the Northwest Continent and planned to return to the Central Continent, where he expected his growing strength and alchemy to draw powerful followers.

• Iron Protector begged Shen Wen for his life and offered to betray Soul Hall, but Shen Wen killed him with the Devouring Ancestral Symbol and lightning.
• With Xie Biyan and Iron Protector defeated, the Ten Thousand Scorpions Gate forces lost the will to fight, while the Snake People Clan celebrated Shen Wen's victory.
• Cai Lin asked how to deal with the surviving coalition, and Shen Wen ordered the Snake People Clan to kill them all.
• Cao Ying urged Shen Wen to subdue the Dou Wangs and Dou Huangs, but he refused because he would soon leave the Northwest Continent and could not trust them to remain loyal.
• Shen Wen told Cao Ying that he expected to reach the Heavenly Realm in Soul Realm and become an Eighth-grade Alchemist, after which even Dou Zongs would serve him.

After Xie Biyan’s final attack failed to harm Shen Wen, Shen Wen killed him and Cai Lin captured the fleeing Xie Shan. The battlefield was left under their control, while Shen Wen’s companions learned that the Demonic Poisonous Spot had only strengthened him.

• Shen Wen declared confidence in the Snake People Clan’s potential, and Cai Lin reacted to his words.
• Cai Lin warned that Xie Biyan was preparing to self-destruct, but he instead launched a Demonic Poisonous Spot at Cao Ying.
• Shen Wen blocked the attack and used the Devouring Ancestral Symbol to absorb and refine its poison and Dou Qi.
• Shen Wen killed Xie Biyan with a lightning-infused Dou Qi needle, reassuring Cao Ying and Cai Lin that he was unharmed.
• Xie Shan tried to escape, but Cai Lin froze him in midair with spatial confinement.

Shen Wen's forces destroyed the Ten Thousand Scorpions Gate allied army, and he set out for the Chu Yun Empire to eliminate Soul Hall's remaining presence. He arrived at the imperial palace with Xie Biyan's severed head, leaving the Chu Yun Emperor terrified.

• Cai Lin killed Xie Shan, breaking the allied army's resolve as the Snake People Clan slaughtered the remaining forces.
• Shen Wen returned to the hall with Cao Ying, Cai Lin, and Dan Chen, then ordered Cai Lin to reorganize the Snake People Clan and prepare to travel to the Chu Yun Empire.
• Shen Wen explained that he wanted to search for Soul Hall strongholds and spies, and he promised Hai Bodong an Imperial Pill if he found the needed herbs.
• Shen Wen and his companions broke into the Chu Yun imperial palace, where Hai Bodong threw Xie Biyan's severed head at the Chu Yun Emperor's feet.
• The Chu Yun Emperor recognized Xie Biyan's head and realized that his empire's greatest support was dead.

Shen Wen forced the Chu Yun Emperor to surrender seventy percent of the royal treasury and set out with his companions for the Ten Thousand Scorpions Gate headquarters. Left amid the ruined palace, the Chu Yun Emperor sought protection from the Sky Snake Mansion and hoped it would clash with Shen Wen.

• Hai Bodong revealed himself to the Chu Yun Emperor as the Ice Emperor and demanded seventy percent of the royal treasury as compensation.
• When the Chu Yun Emperor invoked the Sky Snake Mansion, Shen Wen challenged its Mansion Lord to confront him, breaking the emperor's remaining resistance.
• The Chu Yun Emperor agreed to surrender the treasury, and Hai Bodong supervised the collection before returning with Storage Rings.
• Shen Wen gave the Storage Rings to Cao Ying and led her, Hai Bodong, and their companion toward the Ten Thousand Scorpions Gate headquarters to search for survivors and traces of the Soul Hall.
• After Shen Wen and the others left, the Chu Yun Emperor ordered the Emergency Transmission Array activated so he could seek the Sky Snake Mansion's protection and set it against Shen Wen.