Chapter Summaries

Xiao Long and Xiao Xun'er raced to Mo City, where Xiao Long sought Hai Bodong for a remnant map of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. After Xiao Xun'er won the race by only a minute, Xiao Long brought her to Hai Bodong's shop, and she released her Dou Zong pressure to teach him a lesson.

• Xiao Long bought one of each level-one mecha and invited Xiao Xun'er to choose one for a race, while he chose the Green Leopard Beast.
• Xiao Long and Xiao Xun'er raced across the Monster Forest and into the Tagor Desert, arriving in Mo City with Xiao Long ahead by one minute.
• Xiao Long explained that he had come to fulfill his promise to Ya Fei and obtain Hai Bodong's remnant map, which could help him summon the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint.
• Xiao Long went to Hai Bodong's sundry shop the next morning and called him out, then ordered Xiao Xun'er to teach the arriving Three-star Dou Spirit a lesson.
• Xiao Xun'er released the pressure of her Dou Zong strength in response to Xiao Long's command.

Xiao Long and Xiao Xun'er met Hai Bodong, who recognized Xiao Long as a Dou Zun, and Xiao Xun'er removed Medusa's seal from him. Xiao Long then traveled to the Desert Iron Mercenary Group to meet Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, carrying guilt over Xiao Yan's possible death.

• Hai Bodong realized Xiao Long was a Dou Zun and knelt before him.
• Xiao Xun'er used the Golden Emperor Heavenly Flame to remove Medusa's seal, restoring Hai Bodong to the two-star Dou Emperor realm.
• Hai Bodong gave Xiao Long a fragment map of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and offered information about the Green Lotus Core Flame; Xiao Long asked him to look after Ya Fei.
• Xiao Long and Xiao Xun'er left Hai Bodong, who set off for the Jia Ma Empire's Imperial Capital to visit Ya Fei.
• Xiao Long met Xiao Ding and Xiao Li at the Desert Iron Mercenary Group and felt guilty about Xiao Yan's fate.
• Xiao Ding asked Xiao Long how his third brother was doing.

Xiao Long and Xiao Xun'er told Xiao Ding and Xiao Li that Xiao Yan had recovered, then learned from Yao Chen that Xiao Yan was alive and had reached Dou Zhe. Their intimate moment was interrupted by Qing Lin’s arrival, and Xiao Long recognized her as someone he needed to find the Green Lotus Core Flame.

• Xiao Long and Xiao Xun'er assured Xiao Ding and Xiao Li that Xiao Yan had recovered his talent and was advancing toward Dou Zhe.
• Xiao Xun'er privately regretted killing Xiao Yan, but Xiao Long comforted her and Yao Chen revealed that he had saved Xiao Yan and helped him reach Dou Zhe.
• Xiao Xun'er felt relieved that Xiao Yan was alive, and Xiao Long dismissed him as no threat.
• Qing Lin arrived with an offer to prepare a bath, and Xiao Long rushed to open the door after recognizing her as his target for finding the Green Lotus Core Flame.

Xiao Xun'er mistakenly accused Xiao Long of wanting to eat the young Qing Lin, causing Qing Lin to believe she was in danger. After Xiao Long cleared up the misunderstanding, he asked Qing Lin to lead him to the bathhouse.

• Xiao Xun'er saw Xiao Long with Qing Lin and loudly called him a pervert, drawing Xiao Ding and Xiao Li to investigate.
• Xiao Long sent Xiao Ding and Xiao Li away, then asked Xiao Xun'er to explain herself while threatening her with an electrified rod.
• Xiao Xun'er accused Xiao Long of planning to eat Qing Lin when she grew older, and Qing Lin believed the accusation.
• Xiao Long denied wanting to harm Qing Lin, and Xiao Xun'er apologized for misunderstanding him.
• Xiao Long asked Qing Lin to lead him to the bathhouse, and Xiao Xun'er said she was coming too.

Xiao Long learned from Qing Lin that Medusa was also searching for a Heavenly Flame, then set out with her and Xiao Xun'er to find it. As they traveled, Qing Lin timidly asked him not to eat her.

• Xiao Long asked Xiao Ding and Xiao Li whether the Snake People Tribe had made any unusual moves, and they said it had not.
• Xiao Long told his cousins he needed Qing Lin to help him find a Heavenly Flame, and Qing Lin confirmed that Medusa was searching for it too.
• Xiao Ding warned Xiao Long that Medusa was a powerful Dou Emperor, but Xiao Long said he was not afraid of her and left with Qing Lin and Xiao Xun'er.
• Xiao Long asked Qing Lin to point toward the Heavenly Flame, and she asked him not to eat her.

Xiao Long led Qing Lin and Xiao Xun'er to the Green Lotus Core Flame beneath the desert, where Qing Lin awakened her Green Snake Three Flower Pupils by subduing a Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake. The group reached the magma lake, but the Heavenly Flame remained to be claimed.

• Qing Lin feared Xiao Long would eat her, but he reassured her and she sensed the Heavenly Flame nearby.
• Xiao Long, Xiao Xun'er, Qing Lin, and Yao Chen searched the desert and used a burrowing machine to reach the magma lake beneath it.
• Xiao Long stirred the magma to draw out the Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake, stopping Xiao Xun'er from attacking it.
• Qing Lin stepped between the snake and Xiao Long and Xiao Xun'er, causing the snake to become docile and coil around her hand.

Xiao Long and his companions found the Green Lotus Core Flame, but Medusa appeared and captured Qing Lin. Xiao Long offered to help Medusa evolve after refining the flame, leaving her response uncertain.

• Yao Chen recognized Qing Lin's Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, and Xiao Xun'er realized Xiao Long had taken an unusual interest in Qing Lin.
• Xiao Long left Qing Lin with a Dou Ling bodyguard and entered the magma with Xiao Xun'er and Yao Chen to find the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Yao Chen identified the nineteenth-ranked Green Lotus Core Flame, and Xiao Long reached for it while protected by his Bone Spirit Cold Flame.
• Medusa appeared, revealed that she had captured Qing Lin, and demanded that Xiao Long surrender the Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Xun'er confronted Medusa, but Xiao Long rebuked her and offered to help Medusa evolve after he refined the Green Lotus Core Flame.

Xiao Long began refining the Green Lotus Core Flame while seated on the Lotus Throne, but it clashed violently with the Bone Spirit Cold Flame inside him. He had to fuse the two Heavenly Flames before they tore his body apart.

• Xiao Long sat on the Lotus Throne, and its dense fire-attributed Dou Qi surged into his body.
• Xiao Long used the Flame Mantra to draw the Green Lotus Core Flame into himself.
• The Green Lotus Core Flame and the Bone Spirit Cold Flame fought for control inside Xiao Long, with the Bone Spirit Cold Flame gaining the upper hand.
• Xiao Long realized he had to fuse the two Heavenly Flames into one to keep them from destroying him.

After spending ten days merging the Bone Spirit Cold Flame and Green Lotus Core Flame, Xiao Long reached one-star Dou Wang and evolved the Flame Mantra to Profound Tier high-grade. He celebrated with Xiao Xun'er, then planned to master his new Heavenly Flame before confronting Han Feng for the Sea Heart Orchid.

• Xiao Xun'er supported Xiao Long through the Heavenly Flame fusion by supplying her wood-attributed Dou Qi, and he completed it after ten days.
• Xiao Long reached one-star Dou Wang, evolved the Flame Mantra to Profound Tier high-grade, and created a new bluish-white Heavenly Flame from the Bone Spirit Cold Flame and Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Xiao Long pulled Xiao Xun'er into the Lotus Throne, teased her about Guanyin, and let her claim the throne as her own.
• Xiao Long tested his Dou Qi Transformation Wings and enjoyed flying for the first time.
• Xiao Long told Yao Chen he would spend a few days learning to control the Heavenly Flames before demanding the Sea Heart Orchid from Han Feng.

Xiao Long went to the Snake People Tribe to ask Medusa to look after Qing Lin, but found that Medusa’s Humanoid Transformation had taken longer than expected. After Medusa let him into her palace, he saw her lounging on the throne as a newly risen Dou Zong.

• Xiao Long decided to leave Qing Lin in Medusa’s care and traveled to the Snake People Tribe with Xiao Xun'er.
• Yue Mei stopped Xiao Long and Xiao Xun'er at the tribe’s entrance, warning them to leave.
• Xiao Long questioned why Medusa had not finished transforming and revealed that he had given her the Humanoid Pill.
• Medusa called from her palace and ordered Yue Mei to let Xiao Long and Xiao Xun'er enter.
• Xiao Long found Medusa sprawled across her throne after successfully transforming and reaching the Dou Zong realm.

Xiao Long used Xiao Xun’er’s overwhelming strength to humble Medusa, then offered to help her complete the legendary evolution into a Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python. Medusa questioned the risk after reaching Dou Zong, and Xiao Long argued that his refined Green Lotus Core Flame made the evolution safer.

• Medusa warned Xiao Long not to presume on her gratitude for the Humanoid Pill.
• At Xiao Long’s prompting, Xiao Xun’er revealed enough strength to shock Medusa, then raised it further until Medusa lost her confidence.
• Xiao Long told Medusa he had come to bestow a great fortune by helping her complete her legendary evolution.
• Medusa objected that the evolution had less than a ten percent chance of success and that she no longer needed to risk it after reaching Dou Zong.
• Xiao Long explained that he had refined the Green Lotus Core Flame and made its power gentle, improving the evolution’s chances.

Xiao Long persuaded Medusa to accept his help with her evolution by offering the Bone Spirit Cold Flame and warning her of the dangers she faced without greater strength. After Medusa agreed, she and Xiao Xun'er traded barbs before Xiao Long asked whether Medusa had truly made up her mind.

• Xiao Long argued that Medusa needed to evolve because she had little certainty of reaching Dou Zun and might attract dangerous attention as a Dou Zong.
• Xiao Long showed Medusa the Bone Spirit Cold Flame and claimed it could help her overcome the incompatibility between Heavenly Flames and the Snake People Tribe’s yin-cold nature.
• Xiao Long gave Medusa a three-second deadline and began to leave with Xiao Xun'er when she hesitated.
• Medusa agreed to Xiao Long's offer, then teased him about lasting only three seconds.
• Xiao Xun'er defended Xiao Long and traded insults with Medusa until Xiao Long interrupted and asked Medusa if she had truly thought it through.

Xiao Long began helping Medusa undergo evolution while Xiao Xun'er waited outside and worried about their closeness. Medusa gradually adapted to Xiao Long’s Heavenly Flames and asked him to increase their force.

• Xiao Long sent Xiao Xun'er outside to guard while he helped Medusa evolve.
• Medusa asked Xiao Long why he was helping her, and he confessed that he wanted her as a partner.
• Xiao Xun'er eavesdropped and grew jealous when she heard their conversation.
• Medusa told Xiao Long he would need enough strength to defeat and protect her before she would accept his pursuit.
• Xiao Long began applying his Heavenly Flames, and Medusa gradually adapted before asking him to increase their force.

Xiao Long helped Medusa complete her transformation into a Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python, raising her cultivation to Three-star Dou Ancestor. Medusa demanded that Xiao Long serve her, then tried to kill him after realizing he had seen her naked, leaving Xiao Xun'er watching from outside.

• Xiao Xun'er worried that Xiao Long might prefer Medusa after hearing sounds from inside.
• Medusa used Xiao Long's Heavenly Flames and the Evolution Codex to complete her transformation and increase her cultivation by two stars.
• Medusa declared Xiao Long her Foot Care Specialist, while Xiao Xun'er waited outside to see whether he would obey.
• When Medusa realized Xiao Long had seen her naked, she threatened to kill him, and Xiao Long pinned her down to stop her.
• Medusa cried that she wanted to perish together with Xiao Long after he restrained her on the throne.

Xiao Xun'er intervened when Medusa tried to kill Xiao Long, then learned that nothing had happened between them and helped restrain Medusa. Xiao Long refused to kill Medusa, and Xiao Xun'er suggested taking her before abandoning her, leaving Xiao Long shocked by the proposal.

• Xiao Xun'er entered and took Xiao Long's place pinning Medusa down while he rested.
• Xiao Long told Xiao Xun'er that nothing had happened between him and Medusa, and Xiao Xun'er became pleased and angry at Medusa for trying to kill him.
• Xiao Xun'er proposed killing Medusa, but Xiao Long refused and said she was merely hot-tempered.
• Xiao Long reminded Xiao Xun'er that she had once wanted to kill him too, and she admitted she had misjudged him.
• Xiao Xun'er suggested that Xiao Long take Medusa and then abandon her, shocking him.

Xiao Long spared Medusa and left with Xiao Xun'er, then decided to take Qing Lin to the Purple Gold Winged Lion King before heading to the Black Corner Region. He arrived in the region with Xiao Xun'er and dismissed its dangers.

• Xiao Long refused to take advantage of Medusa and left with Xiao Xun'er, while Medusa wondered why he had spared her.
• Xiao Long teased Xiao Xun'er, and she told him she liked him regardless of what kind of person he was.
• Xiao Long decided to send Qing Lin to the Purple Gold Winged Lion King and then travel to the Black Corner Region.
• Xiao Long flew beyond the Jia Ma Empire and arrived in the Black Corner Region with Xiao Xun'er.
• Xiao Long considered the region's powerful figures and decided they posed no threat to him.

Xiao Long learned that Han Feng had become the self-proclaimed Pill Emperor of Maple City and traveled there with Xiao Xun'er and Yao Chen to claim Sea Heart Blue. He lured Han Feng out by revealing the Green Lotus Core Flame, and Han Feng approached after mistaking Xiao Long for an easy target.

• Xiao Long learned that Han Feng was a peak Dou Emperor and Sixth-grade Alchemist who ruled Maple City.
• Xiao Long, Xiao Xun'er, and Yao Chen traveled to Maple City, where Yao Chen revealed his soul body.
• Xiao Long sent Yao Chen into his ring and released the Green Lotus Core Flame to draw Han Feng out.
• Han Feng sensed the Heavenly Flame and flew toward Xiao Long, then dismissed his concerns after sensing Xiao Long was only a one-star Dou Wang.

Han Feng confronted Xiao Long and Xiao Xun'er, demanding Xiao Long’s Heavenly Flames and claiming he would take Xiao Xun'er as well. As Han Feng threatened them, Yao Chen stepped forward, and Han Feng recognized his former teacher.

• Han Feng decided Xiao Long was weak enough to attack and approached him with a false show of friendliness.
• Han Feng asked to borrow Xiao Long’s Heavenly Flames for a lifetime, then demanded that Xiao Xun'er stay with him as a guarantee.
• Xiao Long rejected Han Feng’s demands, and Han Feng angrily challenged him to resist.
• Yao Chen stepped forward to defend Xiao Long, and Han Feng recognized his former teacher.

Yao Chen confronted his former disciple Han Feng, who coveted the Flame Mantra and Bone Spirit Cold Flame and believed his strength now surpassed his master’s. Their duel began above Maple City, and Yao Chen soon fell into a disadvantage as his soul-form power dwindled.

• Han Feng rejoiced at finding Yao Chen and planned to take the Flame Mantra and Bone Spirit Cold Flame for himself.
• Yao Chen demanded Han Feng’s Sea Heart Blue, but Han Feng refused and prepared to seize his master’s treasures by force.
• Yao Chen challenged Han Feng to fight and took to the sky with him, while sect disciples in Maple City sent messages to their leaders.
• Yao Chen and Han Feng exchanged blows, and Yao Chen praised Han Feng’s progress while Han Feng declared his master had grown weaker.
• Yao Chen began struggling as his soul-form power was gradually depleted.

Xiao Xun'er killed the two Dou Huang allies who joined Han Feng, leaving him alone and terrified. She then ordered the destruction of his physical body.

• Han Feng offered an Imperial Pill to the Blood Sect Master and the Eight Fan Gate Master in exchange for help capturing Yao Chen.
• Yao Chen asked Xiao Long for help, and Xiao Long ordered Xiao Xun'er to kill the two newcomers.
• Xiao Xun'er burned the Eight Fan Gate Master to ashes with her golden flames.
• Fan Lao fled with Blood Escape, but Xiao Xun'er tracked him down and blasted him into pulp with the Mountain Splitting Seal.
• Han Feng realized Xiao Xun'er possessed overwhelming strength and a Heavenly Flame, and Xiao Xun'er ordered his physical body shattered.