Chapter Summaries

Shen Wen planned to use his display of strength to negotiate with the Sky Snake Mansion and considered the Jia Ma Empire as a future home for the Snake People Clan. After discovering an ancient clue to the Nether Poisonous Flame, he prepared to seek Xiao Yi Xian’s help, while Qing Lin demonstrated the growing power of her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.

• Shen Wen explained that he wanted to meet the Sky Snake Mansion’s true decision-maker and promised Hai Bodong an Imperial Pill for his service.
• Dan Chen found an ancient record suggesting the Nether Poisonous Flame had appeared in a poisonous marsh, and Shen Wen thought Xiao Yi Xian might be able to locate it.
• Cai Lin reported that the Ten Thousand Scorpions Gate’s leaders had been killed and that the sect’s records contained traces of contact with the Soul Hall.
• Cai Lin told Shen Wen that Qing Lin had absorbed the two-headed fire spirit snake’s soul and advanced to Dou Master.
• Qing Lin controlled the Six-winged Black Snake King, a Dou Wang demonic beast, and told Shen Wen she was content to remain by his side.

Shen Wen and the Snake People Clan celebrated their victory while Cao Ying attempted to refine a Rank Seven pill. Elder Huang Ling arrived from Sky Snake Mansion, witnessed Shen Wen swallow Pill Lightning, and challenged him over his violent actions in the Northwest.

• Shen Wen reassured Cai Lin and Cao Ying that conceiving his child might be difficult because of their powerful constitutions.
• Shen Wen refined three Imperial Pills for Hai Bodong, deepening Hai Bodong's gratitude and loyalty.
• Cao Ying attempted to refine a Rank Seven Instant Qi Pill as Dan Chen and Qing Lin watched.
• Elder Huang Ling, Lü Man, and Bai Ya arrived from Sky Snake Mansion and sensed the Pill Lightning gathering above the Holy City.
• Shen Wen swallowed the Pill Lightning unharmed, then invited the visitors inside.
• Huang Ling questioned Shen Wen's destructive actions in the Northwest, and Shen Wen defended his protection of the Snake People Clan.

Shen Wen persuaded Huang Ling to reconsider Sky Snake Mansion’s refusal to protect the Snake People Clan by revealing his Seventh-Grade Alchemist status and offering a pill and personal favor. Huang Ling agreed to treat Cai Lin as a friend and help the clan, leaving the relocation plan supported by Sky Snake Mansion.

• Cai Lin confronted Huang Ling, and Shen Wen revealed that he had refined the Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill and was a Seventh-Grade Alchemist.
• Huang Ling suspected Shen Wen was connected to the Pill Pagoda and began treating him with respect before joining his group in the main hall.
• Shen Wen asked Sky Snake Mansion to warn the Luoyan, Mulan, and remaining Chu Yun forces while he traveled to move the Snake People Clan to the Jia Ma Empire.
• Huang Ling initially refused, citing Sky Snake Mansion’s rule against interfering in the Four Great Empires’ disputes.
• Shen Wen offered to refine a Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill and grant Huang Ling a favor in return for temporary protection.
• After Shen Wen said Cai Lin was his concubine, Huang Ling declared Cai Lin a friend of Sky Snake Mansion and agreed to help.

Shen Wen and Sky Snake Mansion reached a friendly agreement, then Shen Wen took his companions aboard a Flying Boat toward the Jia Ma Empire. He chose to visit the Monster Beast Mountain Range first, hinting that he planned to meet someone there.

• Huang Ling explained to Lü Man that Sky Snake Mansion would treat Shen Wen courteously because he was a core successor of the Pill Pagoda and could be dangerous to oppose.
• Shen Wen left the migration preparations to the four elders and Kui Xing, then gathered medicinal herbs, Magic Cores, and Dou Technique scrolls with Cai Lin.
• Shen Wen told his companions he had hidden Qing Lin because Sky Snake Mansion sought people with the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, and he promised he would not let them take her.
• Four days into the journey, Shen Wen rejected the suggestion to fly straight to the Imperial Capital and ordered the Flying Boat toward the Monster Beast Mountain Range.
• Cao Ying guessed Shen Wen intended to find another interesting person, and the Flying Boat changed course toward the range.

Shen Wen arrived in Qingshan Town with Hai Bodong and his companions to find Xiao Yi Xian. He found her at Wan Yao Zhai, where she suspected the powerful newcomers had come for the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture or another secret.

• Hai Bodong descended from the Flying Boat and demanded to know where Wan Yao Zhai was.
• Shen Wen asked a mercenary to guide his group to Wan Yao Zhai, while Cao Ying and Cai Lin questioned his interest in Xiao Yi Xian.
• Mr. Yao led Shen Wen to Xiao Yi Xian's room after Shen Wen asked where she was.
• Shen Wen entered the room and found Xiao Yi Xian mixing medicinal powder.
• Xiao Yi Xian saw Shen Wen's group and grew wary, wondering whether they had come for the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture or another secret.

Shen Wen confronted Xiao Yi Xian with his knowledge of her Calamity Poison Body and offered to help control it in exchange for her becoming his concubine. Before she could answer, he sensed the Amethyst Winged Lion King and left with the others, intending to negotiate a place in the Monster Beast Mountain Range for the Snake People Clan.

• Cao Ying, Cai Lin, and Qing Lin accompanied Shen Wen as he met Xiao Yi Xian and observed her poisons.
• Shen Wen revealed that he knew Xiao Yi Xian had the Calamity Poison Body and warned her that its eventual eruption could devastate the surrounding land.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked whether Shen Wen could cure her, and he showed her his Seventh-Grade Alchemist badge.
• Shen Wen said he would help only if Xiao Yi Xian became his concubine, leaving her to consider the offer.
• Shen Wen and the others sensed the Amethyst Winged Lion King, and Shen Wen proposed negotiating with it for a place for the Snake People Clan to settle.

Shen Wen waited for Yun Yun and the Amethyst Winged Lion King to weaken each other while explaining Xiao Yi Xian’s Calamity Poison Body and the Nether Poisonous Flame to his companions. Yun Yun escaped badly wounded, and Shen Wen and Cai Lin appeared before the injured lion king.

• Shen Wen left Hai Bodong to watch over Xiao Yi Xian and told Dan Chen to wait before approaching the Dou Emperor battle.
• Shen Wen explained that the Calamity Poison Body could grow stronger by consuming poison but could eventually overwhelm its owner, and he said the Nether Poisonous Flame might suppress its backlash.
• Cao Ying recognized the Nether Poisonous Flame’s potential and was pleased when Shen Wen praised her insight and ability to help refine Heavenly Flames.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King used its Amethyst Seal against Yun Yun, while Yun Yun cut through part of its horn with her ultimate attack.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King struck Yun Yun in the chest, and she fled beyond the horizon as the beast ordered its subordinates to search for her.
• Shen Wen and Cai Lin arrived, and the Amethyst Winged Lion King recognized Cai Lin as the Queen of the Snake People Clan.

Shen Wen and Cai Lin confronted the Amethyst Winged Lion King to arrange the Snake People Clan’s migration into the Monster Beast Mountain Range. After the Beast King summoned the other four Beast Kings, Shen Wen waited for them and considered his next targets: Zi Yan and the Fallen Heart Flame.

• The Amethyst Winged Lion King recognized Cai Lin as a Dou Ancestor and grew wary when Cai Lin deferred to Shen Wen.
• Shen Wen announced that he had killed Xie Biyan, warned the Luo Yan and Mu Lan Empires through the Sky Snake Mansion, and demanded a meeting with the Monster Beast Mountain Range’s decision-makers.
• Shen Wen used his pressure to silence the Amethyst Winged Lion King and threatened the Beast Kings against plotting to attack him.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King issued a Summoning Order to call the other four Beast Kings to her cave.
• Shen Wen decided to spare the five Beast Kings if they could support the Snake People Clan and identified Zi Yan and the Fallen Heart Flame as his remaining targets in the Northwest Continent.

Cao Ying, Dan Chen, and Qing Lin secretly watched a young Dou Zhe rescue an injured woman in the river, trying to understand what Shen Wen had found interesting. Their observation ended when Cao Ying exposed a hidden black-robed man and confronted him.

• Cao Ying, Dan Chen, and Qing Lin arrived outside the secluded cave and watched the unconscious woman floating in the river.
• Qing Lin sensed a young Dou Zhe approaching, and the women hid as he carefully dragged the woman ashore.
• The woman woke and allowed the youth to remove her garments and armor so he could clean and treat her chest wound.
• Cao Ying detected someone hiding nearby, attacked with her Green Lotus Core Flame, and forced a black-robed man into the open.
• Cao Ying sensed that the black-robed man was a Six-Star Dou Huang and dismissed his demand to know who they were.

Cao Ying and her companions entered the cave and exposed the secrets surrounding Xiao Yan, including the soul hidden in his ring and the Dou Emperor guarding him. When Cao Ying revealed that she possessed the Green Lotus Core Flame, Xiao Yan recognized the flame he had sought, but Old Yao warned him to flee and prepared to take control of his body.

• Ling Ying explained that he had secretly protected Xiao Yan and tried to calm the two powerful women outside the cave.
• Old Yao warned Xiao Yan that three Dou Emperors and a Da Dou Shi had arrived, including a woman with a Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Yan blamed Yun Yun for attracting the trouble and prepared to escape, but the group reached the cave before he could leave.
• Cao Ying entered with Qing Lin and Dan Chen, and Qing Lin recognized Xiao Yan as resembling Xiao Ding and Xiao Li.
• Dan Chen sensed a powerful soul inside Xiao Yan's ring, and Cao Ying challenged the hidden soul to reveal itself.
• Xiao Yan recognized Cao Ying's Green Lotus Core Flame, but Old Yao urged him to abandon thoughts of taking it and took control of his body to attempt an escape.

Old Yao possessed Xiao Yan and clashed with Cao Ying’s Green Lotus Core Flame in the cave, while Cai Lin confronted the four beast kings outside and declared Shen Wen her husband. The chapter left Cao Ying at a disadvantage and the beast kings cowed by Cai Lin’s power and threat.

• Old Yao took control of Xiao Yan’s body and attacked Cao Ying with the Bone Spirit Cold Flame.
• Cao Ying met Old Yao’s attack with the Green Lotus Core Flame, while Dan Chen protected Qing Lin and Yun Yun.
• Old Yao’s greater mastery forced Cao Ying’s Green Lotus Core Flame back and put her at a disadvantage.
• The Water Demon Scorpion Dragon Beast, Earth Shaker Dragon Beast, Sky Cloud Eagle, and Hot Iron Poison Mark Python challenged the Amethyst Winged Lion King for associating with humans.
• Cai Lin unleashed her Dou Zong pressure, shielded Shen Wen, and warned the four beast kings not to disrespect her husband.
• The four beast kings fell silent after learning that Cai Lin was Shen Wen’s wife and feeling her overwhelming power.

Shen Wen demanded that the Five Great Beast Kings let the Snake People settle throughout the Monster Beast Mountain Range, but they refused and launched a coordinated attack. As Cai Lin faced three kings, Shen Wen unleashed his Azure Dragon Chant against all five.

• Shen Wen asked the Five Great Beast Kings to coexist peacefully with the Snake People, who planned to move to the Monster Beast Mountain Range.
• Shen Wen said the Eight Great Tribes would occupy the mountain range's four directions and the Snake People Holy City would stand at its center, enraging the beast kings.
• The Five Great Beast Kings secretly planned to restrain Cai Lin and capture Shen Wen, then attacked them together.
• Shen Wen covered his arm in purple-green dragon scales and summoned a True Dragon phantom with the Azure Dragon Chant.

Shen Wen defeated the Four Great Beast Kings with one Azure Dragon strike and left Cai Lin to deal with them while he rushed toward Cao Ying and the others. There, Cao Ying used her Red Emperor Fire Sovereign Qi to strengthen the Green Lotus Core Flame and suppress Yao Chen’s Bone Spirit Cold Flame, turning the battle against Xiao Yan.

• Shen Wen’s Azure Dragon phantom blasted the Amethyst Winged Lion King, Water Demon Scorpion Dragon Beast, Earth Shaker Dragon Beast, and Hot Iron Poison Mark Python into defeat while the Sky Cloud Eagle fled.
• Shen Wen stopped the Sky Cloud Eagle with a soul attack, confronted her, and told Cai Lin to keep watch over the beast kings.
• Cai Lin faced the Sky Cloud Eagle and said they could now have a proper talk as Shen Wen hurried toward the battle involving Cao Ying and the others.
• Cao Ying sensed that Yao Chen’s Bone Spirit Cold Flame was suppressing her Green Lotus Core Flame and poured Red Emperor Fire Sovereign Qi into it.
• Cao Ying’s flame turned golden-green and pressured Yao Chen’s Bone Spirit Cold Flame, reversing her disadvantage against Xiao Yan.

Shen Wen stopped Cao Ying and Yao Chen’s clash with the Flame Ancestral Talisman, then used Old Monster Lin’s token to prove his identity and persuade Yao Chen that they were not enemies. Xiao Yan learned of Shen Wen’s extraordinary cultivation and alchemy, and ended the chapter feeling that his hope of catching up had been crushed.

• Yao Chen fought Cao Ying with the Bone Spirit Cold Flame and prepared to spend his remaining power to send Xiao Yan away before falling into slumber.
• Shen Wen invoked the Flame Ancestral Talisman, suppressing both Heavenly Flames and halting the battle.
• Cao Ying recognized Yao Chen and introduced herself, while Shen Wen argued that they could have killed him if they had been Soul Hall agents.
• Shen Wen showed Yao Chen Old Monster Lin’s Exclusive Token and revealed that Lin was his master and he was Lin’s only personal disciple.
• Cao Ying told Yao Chen that Shen Wen was eighteen, at Dou Huang Peak, and a Seventh-Grade Alchemist who had refined the Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill.
• Xiao Yan heard of Shen Wen’s achievements and despaired over his own chances of catching up or obtaining the Green Lotus Core Flame.

Shen Wen reunited with Yao Chen and Xiao Yan, revealed that Xiao Yan’s brothers had helped him find the Green Lotus Core Flame, and announced plans to relocate the Snake People Clan. As Cai Lin returned and Ling Ying tried to leave, Shen Wen stopped him with Cai Lin’s spatial restraint.

• Shen Wen invited Yao Chen and Xiao Yan aboard his Flying Boat, while Yao Chen reassured Xiao Yan that he need not compare himself with Shen Wen.
• Shen Wen recognized Xiao Yan as the younger brother of Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, then told him that his brothers had helped him find the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Shen Wen introduced Yun Yun to Yao Chen and explained that he planned to relocate the Snake People Clan to the Monster Beast Mountain Range.
• Yun Yun objected, but Shen Wen said he would secure the Jia Ma Imperial Family’s agreement and that Cai Lin could make the Misty Cloud Sect comply.
• Cai Lin returned and reported that the matter had been settled; when Ling Ying tried to leave, Shen Wen stopped him with Cai Lin’s Space Power.

Shen Wen arranged support for Cai Lin’s Snake People Clan and gained the Kunpeng Treasure Technique, while Yao Chen explained why he had fled rather than seek refuge with the Pill Pagoda. The chapter left Shen Wen questioning whether Yao Chen had truly chosen Xiao Yan for his talent and suitability as an inheritor.

• Shen Wen refused to release Ling Ying and invited Yao Chen and Xiao Yan aboard his Sky Boat, where Cao Ying welcomed them.
• Cai Lin told Shen Wen that the five had agreed to let the Snake People Clan settle in the Monster Beast Mountain Range under limits on hunting Demonic Beasts.
• Shen Wen and Cai Lin confirmed their agreement, raising his favorability to 46% and awarding him the Kunpeng Treasure Technique.
• Cao Ying questioned Yao Chen about why he had not sought protection from the Pill Pagoda after Han Feng betrayed him and joined Soul Hall.
• Yao Chen said shame over his defeat and fear of implicating old friends had kept him from returning, then claimed he chose Xiao Yan for his character and fire-wood attribute.

Shen Wen revealed that he planned to return to Qingshan Town to take Xiao Yi Xian as a concubine and help her control her Calamity Poison Body. He intended for her to master the Nether Poisonous Flame herself, a plan Old Yao warned would almost certainly kill her.

• Shen Wen invited Xiao Yan, Yao Chen, and Yun Yun to remain aboard his Flying Boat while Yun Yun recovered and Xiao Yan healed.
• The Flying Boat turned back toward Qingshan Town, and Cai Lin revealed that Shen Wen planned to take a woman as a concubine.
• Shen Wen named Xiao Yi Xian, shocking Xiao Yan, who had formed a close bond with her during their time in the Monster Beast Mountain Range.
• Yao Chen explained that the Calamity Poison Body rapidly converts poison into Dou Qi but eventually loses control and devastates its surroundings.
• Shen Wen said Xiao Yi Xian would master the Nether Poisonous Flame herself, and Yao Chen protested that refining a Heavenly Flame would be fatal for her.

Shen Wen received Old Yao’s Poison Pill Method and considered adapting it to treat Xiao Yi Xian’s Calamity Poison Body. He returned to Qingshan Town with Xiao Yan, where Xiao Yi Xian asked for more time to decide whether to accept his help.

• Shen Wen asked Old Yao about the Poison Pill Method, and Old Yao gave him the scroll and explained its difficult requirements.
• Cao Ying noted that the method required three Heavenly Flames and Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva, while Shen Wen considered developing a less demanding version.
• Shen Wen and Xiao Yan arrived at Qingshan Town, and Hai Bodong returned to the Flying Boat at Shen Wen’s request.
• Shen Wen entered Xiao Yi Xian’s room, where she nervously asked for more time to think about his offer.
• Xiao Yi Xian recognized Xiao Yan and asked whether he was all right.

Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Yi Xian, who learned how difficult the Poison Pill Method was. Shen Wen offered to help her control the Nether Poisonous Flame and manage her Calamity Poison Body, and she agreed to travel with him.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian caught up and discussed the Wolf Head Mercenary Group and Xiao Yan's encounter with Yun Zhi.
• Shen Wen considered keeping Xiao Yan's Fragmented Map of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame rather than trading it to Xiao Xun'er or Yao Chen.
• Xiao Yi Xian learned the Poison Pill Method required three Heavenly Flames, a Seventh-Order Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast's magic core, and Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva.
• Shen Wen offered to help Xiao Yi Xian control the Nether Poisonous Flame and develop a weakened Poison Pill Method, and she accepted his help.
• Shen Wen, Xiao Yi Xian, and Xiao Yan left the courtyard for the Sky Boat, with Shen Wen carrying Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Yan flying alongside them.

Xiao Yan decided to leave for the Tagor Desert to visit his brothers after the Green Lotus Core Flame plan fell through. Xiao Xun'er arrived to meet Shen Wen, who warned her that Xiao Yan’s Fen Jue would make winning the Three-Year Agreement difficult.

• Xiao Yan chose to travel to the Tagor Desert, and Shen Wen arranged for Hai Bodong to escort him down from the Flying Boat.
• Xiao Yi Xian recognized the scent of blood on Hai Bodong and learned that Shen Wen had sent him to wipe out the Wolf Head Mercenary Group for her sake.
• Ling Ying announced that Xiao Xun'er wished to meet Shen Wen, and Xiao Xun'er arrived on the Flying Boat and apologized for Ling Ying’s earlier offense.
• Xiao Xun'er asked Shen Wen to help Xiao Yan avoid conflict, and Shen Wen warned her that Xiao Yan’s Fen Jue required flames to advance.
• Shen Wen explained that the Green Lotus Core Flame belonged to his wife and that taking the Fallen Heart Flame from Jia Nan Academy would risk conflict with the Lei Clan, leaving Xiao Xun'er shaken.