Chapter Summaries

Xiao Tian welcomed Hai Bo Dong into his faction and set out with him and Xiao Yi Xian for Stone Desert City. In the Tagor Desert, Xiao Tian put Xiao Yi Xian against a Sand Jade Scorpion to train her, and their fight was still underway.

• Hai Bo Dong agreed to join Xiao Tian’s faction on the condition that Xiao Tian respected his conscience and freedom.
• Xiao Tian offered Hai Bo Dong a list of herbs for a pill that could restore his former strength, and Hai Bo Dong chose to travel with him.
• Xiao Tian, Xiao Yi Xian, Xiao Lan, and Hai Bo Dong left for Stone Desert City, with Hai Bo Dong leading the way through the desert.
• Xiao Tian checked in at the Tagor Desert and received Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python Heart Blood and Thunder Origin.
• Xiao Tian chose a Sand Jade Scorpion as an opponent for Xiao Yi Xian, who fought it while swallowing Poison Cores.

Xiao Tian, Xiao Yi Xian, and Hai Bo Dong reached Stone Desert City, where Xiao Tian sought out his brothers at the Desert Iron Mercenary Group. The chapter ended with Xiao Tian reuniting warmly with Xiao Li as Xiao Ding awaited them inside.

• Xiao Yi Xian killed the Sand Jade Scorpion and broke through to become a Seven Star Dou Master, while Hai Bo Dong sensed her mysterious aura.
• Xiao Tian, Xiao Yi Xian, and Hai Bo Dong flew to Stone Desert City, where Xiao Tian checked in and obtained the Soaring Serpent Phantom Spirit Art.
• Xiao Tian decided to visit his eldest and second brothers at the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, and Xiao Yi Xian grew nervous about meeting his family.
• A guard escorted Xiao Tian and his companions into the Desert Iron Mercenary Group after learning Xiao Tian was a Third Grade Alchemist.
• Xiao Ding learned that Xiao Tian had arrived, and Xiao Li recognized his younger brother and rushed to embrace him.

Xiao Tian reunited with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li in Desert City, introduced Xiao Yi Xian and Hai Lao, and spent the night drinking with his brothers before sharing a quiet moment with Xiao Yi Xian. The next morning, a timid young maid entered his room.

• Xiao Tian reunited with Xiao Li and Xiao Ding and introduced Xiao Yi Xian as his girlfriend and Hai Lao to his brothers and the Mercenary Group’s core members.
• Xiao Li asked about Xiao Xun'er, and Xiao Tian said she was his too; Xiao Ding and Xiao Li urged him not to let her down.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li drank with Xiao Tian and wished Xiao Yanzi could join them, while Xiao Tian said Xiao Yanzi had recovered his talent and was tempering himself.
• Xiao Tian carried the drunken Xiao Yi Xian onto the roof, where she confessed she would accept other women as long as he did not abandon her, and he promised to stay with her.
• Xiao Tian woke the next morning, and a timid young girl in a pale-green dress entered his room carrying a copper basin.

Xiao Tian comforted Qing Lin about the scales on her wrist, and she began to trust him and Xiao Yi Xian. After touring Stone Desert City and returning to the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, Xiao Tian refined the Thunder Origin, then sensed that he was about to break through.

• Xiao Tian discovered the scales on Qing Lin's wrist and reassured her that they were beautiful.
• Qing Lin accepted Xiao Tian as her master and personal charge, and Xiao Tian took her to meet Xiao Yi Xian and Hai Bo Dong.
• Xiao Yi Xian promised to protect Qing Lin, and Xiao Tian helped her face the mercenaries' disdain as they toured Stone Desert City.
• Xiao Tian and his companions returned to the Desert Iron Mercenary Group near dusk, and Xiao Yi Xian took Qing Lin away to talk privately.
• Xiao Tian refined the Thunder Origin until he had five strands of Gengjin Thunder, then sensed his Dou Qi was about to break through and summoned an old man.

Xiao Tian broke through to One-Star Dou Spirit while Wen Yan guarded his secluded cultivation, then spent several days with Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, Xiao Ding, and Xiao Li. On the sixth morning at Mo Tie, Qing Lin woke him and helped him dress after he had said he had something to tell her.

• Xiao Tian entered secluded cultivation to break through, and Wen Yan guarded his house and kept everyone from interrupting him.
• Hai Bo Dong and the others arrived after sensing the energy surge, learned Xiao Tian was breaking through, and waited outside the barrier.
• Xiao Tian completed his breakthrough to One-Star Dou Spirit, destroying the room with the energy released from his body.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li congratulated Xiao Tian, and Qing Lin led him and Xiao Yi Xian to a new room, where she and Xiao Yi Xian helped clean it.
• Xiao Tian spent the next few days with his companions, while Xiao Yi Xian bought Qing Lin clothes and noticed something seemed off about him.
• On the sixth morning at Mo Tie, Qing Lin woke Xiao Tian and helped him get dressed after he reminded her he had something to tell her.

Xiao Tian awakened Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils with the aura of the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python’s heart blood and gave her a cultivation method and a Storage Ring. He brought Qing Lin to Xiao Yi Xian, discovered she had reached Eight Star Dou Master, and handed her two boxes of Poison Cores.

• Qing Lin agreed to follow Xiao Tian as his personal maid and risked trying to awaken her hidden cultivation talent.
• Xiao Tian used the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python’s heart blood to awaken Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, and she learned to conceal their three green dots.
• Xiao Tian gave Qing Lin the Soaring Serpent Phantom Spirit Art and a Storage Ring necklace, and she happily said she would cultivate to help him.
• Xiao Tian took Qing Lin to see Xiao Yi Xian and noticed she had broken through to Eight Star Dou Master.
• Xiao Tian gave Xiao Yi Xian two boxes of Poison Cores.

Xiao Tian left Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin in Hai Bo Dong’s care and set out with Wen Yan for the Tagor Desert Depths. On the way, he encountered Yun Yun and Gu He’s group, and Yun Yun recognized him as the young man who had once tricked her into carrying him.

• Xiao Tian asked Xiao Yi Xian to teach Qing Lin cultivation and promised Qing Lin he would return after his trip to the Tagor Desert Depths.
• Xiao Tian asked Hai Bo Dong to protect Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, and Hai Bo Dong gave him a detailed map of the Tagor Desert.
• Xiao Tian told Xiao Ding and Xiao Li about his plans, then flew toward the desert with Wen Yan.
• After three days of travel, Xiao Tian learned that Yun Yun and Gu He’s group were approaching and asked Wen Yan to carry him toward the Desert Depths.
• Yun Yun recognized Xiao Tian when Gu He’s group caught up with him, and she became annoyed as she remembered that he had tricked her into carrying him while flying.

Xiao Tian reunited with Yun Yun while traveling with Gu He’s party, then continued toward the Serpent-People tribes with Old Wen. After arriving, he tried to capture Yue Mei as a gift for the Serpent-People Queen, but she split into energy snakes and ran into Old Wen’s invisible barrier.

• Gu He questioned Xiao Tian, and Yun Yun stopped Mo Yu from scolding him before warning Xiao Tian to leave the desert soon.
• Xiao Tian had Old Wen wound Mo Yu with a strand of force, then Gu He treated him and Yun Yun said the attacker’s strength was terrifying.
• Old Wen brought Xiao Tian near the Serpent-People tribes, where Xiao Tian identified Yue Mei as the leader of the Bewitching Snake Tribe.
• Xiao Tian asked Yue Mei to serve as a gift for the Queen, and she split into hundreds of energy snakes to escape.
• Yue Mei’s energy snakes struck an invisible wall as they fled.

Xiao Tian and Wen Yan brought the captured Yue Mei to Queen Medusa and offered to help her evolve safely in exchange for the Heavenly Flames. Medusa heard Xiao Tian’s proposal, but had not yet responded.

• Wen Yan sealed Yue Mei’s cultivation and carried her toward Queen Medusa’s Divine Temple while Xiao Tian checked in and obtained two rewards.
• Xiao Tian and Wen Yan entered the Divine Temple with Yue Mei, and Xiao Tian explained that he had brought her as a gift for Medusa.
• Medusa woke Yue Mei, learned that Wen Yan was a Dou Zong, and sent Yue Mei away before confronting Xiao Tian.
• Xiao Tian said he wanted the Heavenly Flames and proposed an exchange, then offered to help Medusa evolve without risking her life.

Xiao Tian and Queen Medusa agreed to cooperate on her evolution into a Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python in exchange for a Heavenly Flame. After preparing to begin, Medusa brought the gathered medicinal herbs to Xiao Tian's room.

• Xiao Tian showed Medusa the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python's heart blood and explained how his secret art and Heavenly Flame could help her evolve, and Medusa accepted his terms.
• Xiao Tian gave Medusa a list of medicinal herbs, and she arranged rooms for him and Old Wen at the palace.
• Xiao Tian checked in at Medusa Temple and received disposable teleportation portals, cultivation methods, and a realm increase.
• Three serpent leaders objected to humans staying in the sacred temple, but Medusa ordered them to leave.
• Medusa gathered the medicinal herbs and headed to Xiao Tian's room, where Xiao Tian opened the door to meet her.

Xiao Tian and Medusa struck a deal to capture Gu He’s party in exchange for the Cold Marrow Branch and a favor. After the Serpent Clan ambushed the visitors, Xiao Tian took the captives to the Snake-People Temple and seized Gu He’s Storage Ring.

• Medusa delivered most of Xiao Tian’s requested medicinal herbs, and Xiao Tian proposed capturing Gu He’s group in exchange for the Cold Marrow Branch and a favor.
• Medusa agreed to the deal, then confronted Gu He and rejected his offer for the Heavenly Flames.
• Medusa and the Serpent Clan leaders attacked Gu He’s party as they tried to leave, while Wen Yan imprisoned Yun Yun and sealed her Dou Qi.
• Medusa’s side captured and bound the group, and Xiao Tian and Wen Yan brought Yun Yun to the Snake-People Temple.
• Xiao Tian took Gu He’s Storage Ring while Gu He, unable to move or speak, glared at him.

Xiao Tian captured Yun Yun and Gu He and sent Feng Li to the Yun Lan Sect with a ransom demand. Yun Leng sought help from Yun Shan, who agreed to handle the matter while secretly coordinating with a black-mist protector.

• Xiao Tian took Gu He's Cold Marrow Branch for Medusa and stopped Hua She'er from taking Yun Yun's Storage Ring.
• Xiao Tian released Feng Li and ordered him to tell the Yun Lan Sect that Yun Yun and Gu He had been captured and could be ransomed.
• Medusa ordered the captives taken away, with Yun Yun kept separately and treated well, then questioned Xiao Tian about his interest in her and the sect.
• After flying for three days and nights, Feng Li delivered Xiao Tian's message to Yun Leng, who failed to decide how to respond and went to summon Yun Shan.
• Yun Shan told Yun Leng he would handle Yun Yun and Gu He's situation, then spoke with a black-mist protector about their secret cooperation and mission.

Yun Shan emerged as a Dou Zong and headed toward the Tagor Desert, while Xiao Tian revealed his identity and his feelings to Yun Yun. Two days later, Xiao Yan heard rumors about Gu He's failed expedition against the Serpent Clan, and Medusa continued questioning Xiao Tian about his purpose.

• Yun Shan left Misty Cloud Mountain after deciding to lead the Misty Cloud Sect to greater power, and an old man in the Gama Holy City Imperial Palace sensed his breakthrough to Dou Zong.
• Xiao Tian visited Yun Yun, revealed that he had captured her to draw Yun Shan out, and explained that Yun Shan was cooperating with Soul Hall.
• Xiao Tian and Yun Yun confessed their feelings through an embrace and kiss, and Xiao Tian told her his real name before leaving.
• Xiao Yan heard conflicting reports that Gu He and his group had been captured by Medusa, then planned with Yao Lao to investigate the Serpent Clan and the rumored Heavenly Flame.
• Medusa visited Xiao Tian at the Snake-People Temple and asked whether he would reveal his purpose if she shared a drink with him.

Xiao Tian tested his strength against Medusa, defeated her final attack, and healed her after she was injured. Two days later, Yun Shan arrived at the Serpent Clan as a Dou Zong, and Medusa appeared beside Xiao Tian to ask whether Yun Shan was his target.

• Xiao Tian and Medusa fought among the boulders as she raised her suppressed cultivation from Two Star Dou Ling to nine-star level.
• Xiao Tian's giant Thunder Halberd overcame Medusa's Serpent's Descent and shield, injuring her before he caught and healed her with a Fifth Grade Healing Pill.
• Medusa recovered, blushed after Xiao Tian held her, and flew away without asking about his goal.
• Two days later, Xiao Yan and Yao Lao hid near the passage as Yao Lao sensed Yun Shan approaching the Serpent Clan.
• Yun Shan arrived in the Desert Depths with Dou Zong strength, and Medusa sensed his aura in her palace.
• Medusa appeared beside Xiao Tian and asked if Yun Shan was his target.

Xiao Tian used his Nine Star Dou Zong strength to force Yun Shan to hear him out, then exposed the Soul Hall mark on Yun Shan’s soul and offered him a partnership. Yun Shan accepted the plan to help capture a Soul Hall Protector in exchange for freeing himself from Soul Hall and reclaiming his people.

• Medusa brought Yun Shan to the Side Hall, where Xiao Tian revealed that he had summoned him to save the Misty Cloud Sect and Yun Shan’s life.
• When Yun Shan attacked, Xiao Tian displayed his Nine Star Dou Zong strength and forced Yun Shan to agree to continue the discussion.
• Xiao Tian identified Soul Hall as the force behind Yun Shan’s breakthrough, then exposed the hidden mark on Yun Shan’s soul.
• Xiao Tian offered Yun Shan a Soul Cleansing Talisman and asked him to help keep a Soul Hall Protector unsuspecting before they captured him alive.
• Yun Shan verified the talisman could remove the mark and considered Xiao Tian’s proposal.

After helping Yun Shan rescue Gu He and the others, Xiao Tian arranged to meet Yao Lao and offered to trade the Green Lotus Core Flame for a Heaven Rank Dou Skill. Yao Lao considered the offer, leaving their negotiations unresolved.

• Xiao Tian returned the unconscious captives to Yun Shan, and Yun Yun and the others left Serpent Clan City.
• Xiao Tian evaded Medusa's teasing and learned that Xiao Yan had entered Serpent Clan City in disguise.
• Xiao Tian contacted Yao Lao through Xiao Yan's Storage Ring and met him that night.
• Xiao Tian offered Yao Lao the Green Lotus Core Flame in exchange for a Heaven Rank Dou Skill without attribute restrictions.
• Yao Lao silently weighed Xiao Tian's offer while Xiao Tian waited for his response.

Xiao Tian secured a trade with Yao Lao for a Heaven Rank Dou Skill, then helped Medusa evolve by using the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python Heart Blood and his Qilin Burning Sky Flame. Medusa survived the transformation and emerged as a tiny, horned Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python.

• Xiao Tian pressured Yao Lao into agreeing to trade the Heaven Rank Dou Skill Profound Moon Shattering Sky Finger for a Heavenly Flame the next day.
• Xiao Tian checked in at the Snake-People Temple's lake-center island and gained a realm, then helped Medusa absorb the medicinal liquid in the pool.
• Xiao Tian fed Medusa the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python Heart Blood and sent a wisp of his Qilin Burning Sky Flame into her heart to begin her evolution.
• Medusa transformed into her Violet Nether Flame Serpent form and endured the bloodline change, while a brief Thunder Tribulation struck and dispersed.
• Medusa's old body exploded, and she emerged as a tiny Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python with pale-purple pupils and two little horns.

Xiao Tian captured Queen Medusa in her Seven-Colored Little Snake form, took the Green Lotus Core Flame, and gave it to Xiao Yan as part of a deal with Yao Lao. After returning to Stone Desert City, he reunited with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, then gave Xiao Yi Xian a Youth Preservation Pill.

• Xiao Tian lured the Seven-Colored Little Snake away with Amethyst Origin, collected the Green Lotus Core Flame and Ice Spirit Cold Spring, and left a message before departing with Wen Yan.
• Xiao Tian met Xiao Yan and Yao Lao at an oasis and handed over the Green Lotus Core Flame in exchange for the Black Scroll.
• Xiao Tian returned to Stone Desert City, where Qing Lin celebrated her breakthrough to Two-Star Dou Zhe and he reunited with Xiao Yi Xian.
• Hai Bo Dong and Xiao Ding joined Xiao Tian, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin for a banquet celebrating Xiao Tian's return.
• Xiao Tian visited Xiao Yi Xian at night and gave her a Fifth Grade Youth Preservation Pill, which made her look slightly younger and more radiant.

Xiao Tian and Xiao Yi Xian grew closer before Xiao Tian led his companions into the Magma World, where Qing Lin helped him find and tame the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake. The group left Qing Lin with the snake as her bodyguard.

• Xiao Tian and Xiao Yi Xian kissed and spent the night together.
• Xiao Tian, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, Hai Bo Dong, and Wen Yan uncovered a passage beneath the desert and entered the Magma World.
• Xiao Tian checked in at the birthplace of the Green Lotus Core Flame and received a Small World and ten bottles of Amethyst Origin.
• Qing Lin sensed a living creature in the magma, and the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake emerged to attack the group.
• Wen Yan subdued the snake, and Qing Lin used her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to form a bond with it.
• Xiao Tian told Qing Lin that the now-docile Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake would serve as her bodyguard.

Xiao Tianyi retrieved the Earth Fire Lotus from the magma and shared its seeds with his allies before using one to advance his cultivation. After reaching Four-Star Dou Spirit, he began refining a pill from the remaining medicinal ingredients.

• Qing Lin bound the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake to obey Xiao Tianyi, and it guided him through the magma to the Earth Fire Lotus.
• Xiao Tianyi collected the lotus and its seeds, giving one seed to the Seven-Colored Little Snake and storing the others.
• Xiao Tianyi returned safely and gave Earth Fire Lotus Seeds to Hai Bo Dong and Wen Yan, promising to refine pills for Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Back in Stone Desert City, Xiao Tianyi consumed a seed and broke through to Four-Star Dou Spirit.
• Xiao Tianyi began refining a Purple Heart Earth Lotus Pill in the Purple Abyss Cauldron.