Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ling and Zi Yan left the cave mansion after Zhu Kun gave Zi Yan a blood essence to help her refine the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, and Xiao Ling promised to help gather the Tou She Ancient God Jade. They returned to Jia Nan Academy and reunited with Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Medusa, while keeping Zhu Kun and the cave mansion secret.

• Zhu Kun gave Zi Yan a violet-gold drop of his blood, explaining that it contained Dragon Emperor inheritance and would help her absorb the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Zi Yan accepted Zhu Kun as her father and vowed to settle the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s conflicts and find the ancient jade to free him.
• Xiao Ling escorted Zi Yan out and secretly told Zhu Kun that he possessed one piece of ancient jade and would seek the others.
• Xiao Ling and Zi Yan emerged from the magma, told Su Qian about defeating the Flame Lizardmen, and concealed their encounter with Zhu Kun.
• Xiao Ling and Zi Yan returned to their courtyard, where Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Medusa welcomed them and asked how their trip went.

Xiao Ling told Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Medusa about his and Zi Yan’s discoveries in the Underground Magma World, including her reunion with Zhu Kun, and reassured Zi Yan that she could delay returning to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan. Later, Medusa pressed Xiao Ling to state his feelings, and he confessed that he wanted her to stay with him and asked her to become his woman; she began to answer.

• Xiao Ling recounted how he and Zi Yan found Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion and met Zi Yan’s father, Zhu Kun.
• Qing Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Medusa congratulated Zi Yan on finding her father, and Medusa raised the urgency of absorbing the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Xiao Ling suggested that Zi Yan wait until he had settled other matters before returning to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, and Zi Yan agreed.
• Xiao Ling and Medusa spoke alone in the courtyard about her plans to return to the Snake People Race and whether she would accompany him to the Central Plains.
• Medusa challenged Xiao Ling to explain what she meant to him, and Xiao Ling confessed that he wanted her by his side and asked her to become his woman.
• Medusa blushed and began to respond while trying to maintain her proud demeanor.

Xiao Ling and Medusa confessed their feelings, exchanged vows, and shared a kiss after he gave her the Seven-Colored Raw Stone. The next morning, he flirted with Qing Lin, then resumed cultivation and sensed that he was close to reaching eight-star Dou Venerate.

• Medusa accepted Xiao Ling as her partner, and the two promised to stay together and never betray one another.
• Xiao Ling gave Medusa the Seven-Colored Raw Stone, which stirred a response in her Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python bloodline, and they kissed.
• Qing Lin teased Xiao Ling when he woke, and the two shared a kiss while Xiao Yi Xian remarked on their behavior from another room.
• Xiao Ling cultivated and sensed that his Dou Qi had grown abundant enough for his bottleneck to loosen, bringing him close to an eight-star Dou Venerate breakthrough.

After refining three drops of Dou Saint Bone Marrow, Xiao Ling broke through to the eight-star Dou Venerate realm and reunited with Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian. He decided to return to the Xiao Family, then used Space Power to take the two women away from Jia Nan Academy; the chapter ends with Misty Cloud Mountain in view.

• Xiao Ling refined three drops of Dou Saint Bone Marrow over several days and advanced to the peak of the middle stage of the eight-star Dou Venerate realm.
• Xiao Ling found Qing Lin feeding her Snake Pets and Xiao Yi Xian reading in the courtyard, and they congratulated one another on their cultivation progress.
• Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Ling that Zi Yan had gone to the Snake People Race several days earlier.
• Xiao Ling decided to visit the Xiao Family before bringing Zi Yan and Medusa back to the Central Plains.
• Xiao Ling notified First Elder Su Qian and used Space Power to take Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian away from Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Ling, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian arrived near Misty Cloud Mountain.

Yun Yun confided in Nalan Yanran about her reluctance to marry Gu He, then reassured her disciple that she would always support her choices. Nalan Yanran reported that Xiao Ling had returned to the Xiao Family, and Yun Yun decided they could visit him, giving her a reason to avoid Gu He and leaving her curious about the meeting.

• Yun Yun lamented that her master wanted her to marry Gu He, and Nalan Yanran arrived to tell her that Gu He had come with pills and a request to meet.
• Yun Yun agreed to receive Gu He out of respect for her master's instruction and her duties as Sect Master.
• Yun Yun reassured Nalan Yanran that she would support her choice of partner, just as she had supported dissolving her marriage agreement with the Xiao Family.
• Nalan Yanran said she had never regretted ending the agreement with Xiao Yan because they had no feelings for each other.
• Nalan Yanran reported that Xiao Ling had returned to the Xiao Family and that Hai Bodong had visited him.
• Yun Yun decided to visit Xiao Ling and began to look forward to meeting him, seeing the visit as an excuse to avoid Gu He.

Xiao Ling returned to the Jia Ma Imperial Capital, where he agreed to receive the Misty Cloud Sect and other factions before leaving the next day. At the Medusa Temple, Medusa suddenly felt a tightness in her chest while talking with Zi Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin.

• The Jia Ma Empire prospered after Xiao Ling weakened the neighboring empires, and it later conquered the Falling Goose Empire and Chu Yun Empire.
• Xiao Ling praised Xiao Zhan's cultivation and the Xiao Family's growth, while Xiao Zhan credited Xiao Ling's past support.
• Pei En reported that the Misty Cloud Sect had arrived to visit, and Xiao Ling decided to meet it and any other factions that came to lend the Xiao Family his prestige.
• Xiao Ling told Xiao Zhan he would leave the next day to resume his affairs in the Central Plains, then vanished using Space Power.
• Medusa suddenly felt a tightness in her chest during a conversation with Zi Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin, but dismissed it as fatigue.

Xiao Yi Xian examined Medusa after she felt unwell and discovered that she was pregnant with Xiao Ling’s child, stunning Medusa, Zi Yan, and the others. The chapter ended with an extravagant banquet prepared at the Xiao Family Residence in Jia Ma Holy City.

• The Snake People Race celebrated Medusa’s return as she distributed precious cultivation resources to her people.
• Medusa grew concerned about her recent discomfort, so Xiao Yi Xian examined her while Zi Yan and Qing Lin watched.
• Xiao Yi Xian determined that Medusa was pregnant, and Medusa accepted that Xiao Ling was the father.
• Zi Yan reacted in disbelief and protested that she had been there first.
• The Xiao Family Residence prepared a lavish banquet in Jia Ma Holy City.

Xiao Ling’s banquet brought the Jia Ma Empire’s leading factions together, all waiting for the renowned cultivator to appear. He entered through a Space Rift with a dazzling display of power, leaving the guests stunned and reverent.

• Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran arrived at the Xiao Family residence and exchanged greetings with Hai Bodong before entering the banquet hall.
• Influential guests from across the Jia Ma Empire gathered at the banquet, where Xiao Zhan welcomed them and thanked them for supporting the Xiao Family.
• The guests left the seat of honor and the banquet dishes untouched as they waited for Xiao Ling.
• Xiao Ling emerged from a Space Rift above the seat of honor, accompanied by a magnificent wheel of flame, and drew every guest’s attention.
• Hai Bodong praised Xiao Ling’s dramatic entrance and his effortless display of Dou Venerate power.

Xiao Ling’s display of Dou Venerate strength secured the Xiao Family’s standing at a banquet, but he abruptly left after sensing Zi Yan approaching. Zi Yan met him at the Jia Ma Royal Family’s palace and angrily ordered him to come with her, leaving the cause of her anger unexplained.

• Xiao Ling accepted the guests’ praise, and Xiao Zhan began the banquet’s entertainment after realizing Xiao Ling’s strength would protect the Xiao Family.
• The guests watched Xiao Ling while he relaxed beside Hai Bodong, then Xiao Ling sensed Zi Yan approaching from the Magical Beast Mountain Range and left the banquet using Space Power.
• Zi Yan arrived at the Jia Ma Royal Family’s tallest pavilion, where Xiao Ling appeared and asked why she had returned in such a hurry.
• Zi Yan defended her help to Medusa and scolded Xiao Ling, then told him to stop asking questions and come with her.

Xiao Ling followed an angry Zi Yan to the Medusa Temple, where Medusa revealed that she was pregnant with his child. After Xiao Ling’s startled question angered her, he explained himself and comforted her, leaving the others watching their reconciliation.

• Zi Yan hurried toward the Magical Beast Mountain Range without explaining her anger, and Xiao Ling followed her.
• Xiao Ling and Zi Yan reached the prosperous Snake People Race settlement and went to the Medusa Temple, where Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin were waiting.
• Medusa told Xiao Ling that she was pregnant and that the child was his, leaving him stunned.
• When Xiao Ling questioned whether Medusa was joking, she accused him of trying to avoid responsibility and hurled a sword at him, which he stopped with Spiritual Power.
• Xiao Ling reassured Medusa that his disbelief came from shock, then embraced her until her anger eased while Zi Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin watched.

Xiao Ling learned that Medusa was pregnant and agreed to marry her, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin in a wedding held in Snake People Race territory. That night, he used his remaining Extraction System opportunity and obtained a pill that could nourish Medusa and improve their unborn child's talent.

• Medusa told Xiao Ling she had been pregnant for more than a month and worried about traveling while carrying the child.
• Xiao Ling proposed marriage to Medusa, and she accepted; the group then discussed her pregnancy and Zi Yan jokingly suggested names for the baby.
• Xiao Ling promised to marry Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin as well, and both women agreed, while he told Zi Yan they would discuss marriage later.
• Xiao Ling and the women decided to hold the wedding in Snake People Race territory and keep the celebration modest.
• After Medusa fell asleep, Xiao Ling used his remaining extraction opportunity and obtained the Nine Revolutions Spirit Nurturing Pill, which could support the pregnancy and enhance the unborn child's cultivation talent.

Xiao Ling and Medusa enjoyed a quiet period together as she carried their child, and he promised to refine the highest-quality Heaven Soul Blood Melting Pill for their baby. At the Misty Cloud Sect, Yun Shan insisted Yun Yun marry Gu He for the sect’s sake, while news of Xiao Ling and Medusa’s coming wedding left Yun Shan regretful and Yun Yun more aware of her own lack of choice.

• Xiao Ling stayed in the Jia Ma Empire to care for pregnant Medusa, and Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin understood why he gave her extra attention.
• Medusa told Xiao Ling that the Snake People Race used a Heaven Soul Blood Melting Pill to improve a child’s cultivation talent, and Xiao Ling promised to refine the highest-quality pill and other nourishing pills.
• Yun Shan ordered Yun Yun to marry Gu He, arguing that the marriage would benefit the Misty Cloud Sect, and Yun Yun reluctantly considered surrendering her personal feelings for the sect.
• Yun Leng arrived with a message from the Xiao Family that Xiao Ling and Queen Medusa would marry in a ceremony among the Snake People Race.
• Yun Yun recalled Xiao Ling’s abrupt departure from the Xiao Family banquet and felt bitter about being forced to marry Gu He, while Yun Shan lamented that she had never formed a deep relationship with Xiao Ling.

Yun Yun accepted Yun Shan’s decision to postpone her arranged wedding to Gu He, while refusing to receive Gu He during his visit. Meanwhile, Xiao Ling completed an eighth-tier pill and sensed Yao Chen and Little Diao visiting Zi Yan, then left to meet them.

• Yun Shan postponed Yun Yun and Gu He’s wedding to avoid overlapping with Xiao Ling’s wedding and urged Yun Yun to cultivate feelings for Gu He; Yun Yun calmly said she understood.
• Yun Yun declined to receive Gu He and left the hall, leaving Yun Leng behind.
• Xiao Ling refined a Heaven Soul Blood Melting Pill on a peak in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, devoured its Pill Lightning with a Black Hole, and stored the finished pill.
• Yao Chen and Little Diao arrived at the Medusa Temple, where a guard mistook them for tourists until Zi Yan recognized and welcomed them.
• Xiao Ling sensed Yao Chen and Little Diao, stored his Spirit Jade Cauldron, and traveled through a Space Rift toward the Snake People Race.
• Yao Chen and Little Diao followed Zi Yan into the temple as she said Xiao Ling had been refining pills and should be nearly finished.

Xiao Ling reunited with Yao Chen and Little Diao in the Medusa Temple, where Little Diao gave him the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame as a wedding gift. Xiao Ling later began refining the flame in the Cultivation Room, suppressing its resistance with his other Heavenly Flames.

• Yao Chen teased Medusa about Xiao Ling, and Medusa playfully brought up Yao Chen's romantic past.
• Xiao Ling arrived through a Space Rift, and Yao Chen urged him to protect Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Medusa after their wedding.
• Little Diao presented Xiao Ling with the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, which he had discovered in the Valley of the Dead Soul Demon Den, and Xiao Ling accepted it.
• Zi Yan joked that Xiao Ling would be marrying into the Ancient Void Dragon Clan because she was its next Dragon Emperor.
• Xiao Ling entered the Cultivation Room and used his refined Heavenly Flames to suppress and begin refining the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame.

After refining the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, Xiao Ling advanced to the ninth star of the Dou Venerate realm and began unlocking the Great Creation Palm hidden in three ribs from the Dou Saint Relic. He absorbed the Golden Spirit Saliva and entered a strange space, where the Creation Saint’s projection began revealing the Heaven Grade Fighting Skill.

• Xiao Ling absorbed the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame over three days, reaching the ninth star of the Dou Venerate realm and slightly improving Fen Jue.
• Xiao Ling used the Heavenly Flames and his Destiny Talisman to burn the three ribs, turning them into dark golden liquid.
• Xiao Ling let the Golden Spirit Saliva engulf and crush his hand until it entered his palm, then healed his injuries with his life force.
• Xiao Ling’s soul was drawn into a strange space, where he encountered the Creation Saint’s projection.
• The Creation Saint explained the Great Creation Palm and warned Xiao Ling that it required a palm tempered by Golden Spirit Saliva.

Xiao Ling learned the Heaven Grade Fighting Skill Great Creation Palm from the projection of Creation Saint and cautiously tested it in his room, discovering its enormous Dou Qi consumption and the need for Golden Spirit Liquid. He decided to consult Old Yao about a substitute, while the Snake People Sacred City prepared for Queen Medusa’s wedding and guests arrived hoping to meet him.

• Xiao Ling memorized the Great Creation Palm’s meridian route as Creation Saint demonstrated the skill and revealed his name.
• Xiao Ling awoke in his room, found that the skill had opened concealed meridians in his right palm, and practiced guiding his Dou Qi through them.
• Xiao Ling formed a walnut-sized black light with the Great Creation Palm, then canceled the attack to avoid causing a disturbance among the Snake People Race.
• Xiao Ling resolved to discuss a Golden Spirit Liquid substitute with Old Yao so he could cultivate the skill and teach it to Xian'er and the others.
• The Snake People Sacred City prepared for Queen Medusa’s wedding as visitors arrived from across the Jia Ma Empire hoping to befriend Xiao Ling.

Jia Xing Tian, Hai Bodong, and Yun Shan attended Xiao Ling and Medusa’s wedding at the Medusa Temple, where Jia Xing Tian recognized the Snake People Race’s growing strength. Xiao Ling and Medusa completed their wedding ceremony and offered tea to Yao Chen, who blessed them.

• Jia Xing Tian, Hai Bodong, and Yun Shan arrived at the Medusa Temple and exchanged greetings with Yue Mei, whose Human Form and Dou Emperor Peak strength surprised Jia Xing Tian.
• Jia Xing Tian’s group entered the temple, and Yue Mei ordered the guards to secure the grounds before joining the wedding.
• Xiao Ling and Medusa entered the main hall together as the guests watched and offered their blessings.
• Xiao Ling lifted Medusa’s bridal veil, and the couple exchanged an affectionate gaze before presenting tea to Yao Chen.
• Yao Chen drank both cups of tea and wished Xiao Ling and Medusa a safe, long life with their wishes fulfilled.

Xiao Ling and Medusa celebrated their wedding before spending a tender wedding night apart because Medusa was pregnant. Xiao Ling then joined Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin for their wedding celebration, and the chapter ended with him practicing alchemy at home.

• Xiao Ling and Medusa received the guests’ blessings at their wedding, then left the hall to begin their new life together.
• Medusa told Xiao Ling to spend the night with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, and he left her to rest in the bridal chamber.
• Xiao Ling met Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin in the decorated courtyard, where they pledged to stay by his side as Yao Chen, Little Diao, and Zi Yan watched.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin invited Xiao Ling to share their bridal night, and Xiao Yi Xian pulled him onto the bed.
• After the wedding celebrations, Xiao Ling lived peacefully with Medusa, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin, then focused on refining medicine with a Medicine Cauldron.

Xiao Ling completed an Eighth-grade spiritual liquid for tempering the hands and planned to test it before letting others use it. After Zi Yan told him Yun Yun was waiting, he went to meet the Misty Cloud Sect leader.

• Xiao Ling refined ten portions of golden spiritual liquid using Ancient Void Dragon scales, while Yao Chen dispersed the forming Pill Lightning to prevent a disturbance.
• Xiao Ling stored the medicinal liquid in Jade Bottles and told Zi Yan he would test it before preparing a portion for her.
• Zi Yan teased Yao Chen about one day surpassing him, while Xiao Ling privately recalled that she possessed the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Zi Yan told Xiao Ling that Yun Yun had come to visit and was waiting at the Xiao Family residence, so Xiao Ling decided to meet her.
• Yun Yun politely declined refreshments in the Reception Hall and gave the Xiao Family maids Porcelain Bottles containing Third-grade Pills.

Yun Yun visited Xiao Ling and asked him to take her to the Central Plains, revealing that she wanted his influence to help her escape pressure from her master to marry Gu He. Xiao Ling saw through her real purpose, and Yun Yun earnestly promised to repay his help as she awaited his answer.

• Yun Yun questioned the Xiao Family maids about Xiao Ling's weddings and learned that he had married Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin as well as Queen Medusa.
• Xiao Ling arrived with Yao Chen and Zi Yan, introduced Yao Chen as his cultivation and alchemy mentor, and asked Yun Yun why she had come.
• Yun Yun asked Xiao Ling to take her to the Central Plains and offered to pay any price for his help.
• Yun Yun explained that her duties as leader of the Misty Cloud Sect made it difficult to leave, and that her master wanted her to marry Gu He to secure his support for the sect.
• Xiao Ling recognized that Yun Yun hoped to use his influence to break free of her master's demands, and Yun Yun admitted it and promised to repay him.