Chapter Summaries

As the Tri-Empire Alliance prepared to assault Black Mountain Fortress, Xiao Yi Xian revealed that she had reached Four-star Dou Ancestor and volunteered to fight Xie Biyan. The enemy forces assembled before the fortress, where Xie Biyan declared that he would deal with the Jia Ma Empire in one blow.

• Hai Bodong warned that Yan Luotian, the Mu Lan Three Elders, and Xie Biyan had joined the allied army for a full-scale attack.
• Xiao Yi Xian arrived with Queen Medusa, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan, then offered to face Xie Biyan herself.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Hai Bodong and Jia Xing Tian that she had stabilized at Four-star Dou Ancestor and could handle Xie Biyan.
• The allied army advanced toward Black Mountain Fortress, and Jia Xing Tian ordered the Dou Wang experts to defend the lines.
• Yan Luotian and the Mu Lan Three Elders taunted the defenders, while Queen Medusa challenged the elders over their earlier escape.
• Xie Biyan appeared before the armies and announced that he would deal with the Jia Ma Empire all at once.

Yan Luotian launched a devastating attack on Black Mountain Fortress, but Jia Xing Tian, Yun Shan, and Hai Bodong joined forces to block it and engaged him in battle. As Xie Biyan sent the Mu Lan Three Elders after Medusa, she left Zi Yan to protect the Snake People Race and charged the elders herself.

• Jia Xing Tian tried to divide the Tri-Empire Alliance, but Xie Biyan defended the alliance and Yan Luotian prepared to attack the Jia Ma Empire.
• Yan Luotian unleashed a massive sword aura, and Jia Xing Tian, Yun Shan, and Hai Bodong combined their techniques to stop it.
• Yan Luotian summoned golden Sword Feathers and fought Jia Xing Tian, Yun Shan, and Hai Bodong in a fierce aerial battle.
• Xie Biyan ordered the Mu Lan Three Elders to fight Medusa, and they used the Three Beast Savage Art to merge their power.
• Medusa asked Zi Yan to protect the Snake People Race, then attacked the Mu Lan Three Elders with her Purple Serpent Longsword.

The Jia Ma Empire’s defenders battled the Tri-Empire Allied Forces at Black Mountain Fortress, and Xiao Zi’s arrival turned the aerial fighting against the alliance. As Xiao Yi Xian fought Xie Biyan, a powerful presence emerged behind the allied forces, forcing the battlefield to pause.

• Queen Medusa and the three Mu Lan Valley elders clashed while both sides sent their Dou Emperors and Dou Kings into battle above Black Mountain Fortress.
• Zi Yan was surrounded by five Dou Emperors, but Qing Lin summoned Xiao Zi, who killed four attackers and helped Zi Yan finish the last one.
• Xiao Zi attacked the Tri-Empire Allied Forces’ fighters, turning the tide as Xie Biyan moved to stop her and Xiao Yi Xian blocked his path.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Xie Biyan fought evenly, while the Jia Ma Empire gained ground and the alliance suffered heavy losses, including Wu Ya’s death.
• Xie Biyan released a strange soundwave, and a powerful aura spread over Black Mountain Fortress; Yao Chen recognized it as evidence of the alliance’s collusion with the Soul Hall.
• The combatants paused and looked toward the new presence as Qing Lin, Zi Yan, and Xiao Zi stopped pursuing the surviving allied fighters.

Xiao Yi Xian and her allies fought Xie Biyan and Iron Protector as the Soul Hall Guardian targeted Qing Lin for her powerful soul. Xiao Ling arrived atop a massive black dragon and charged at Iron Protector, leaving the battle poised for their clash.

• Yao Chen warned Xiao Yi Xian that a Three-star Dou Ancestor from the Soul Hall had arrived, and Iron Protector agreed to help Xie Biyan fight her.
• Iron Protector collected the souls of fallen fighters and recognized Qing Lin's Spirit Realm soul, then attacked her and her companions with Black Chains.
• Xiao Zi shielded Qing Lin and Zi Yan, broke Iron Protector's first chains, and then carried them through repeated attacks as he pursued them.
• Xiao Yi Xian tried to reach the girls, but Xie Biyan stopped her and forced her to continue their fight; Yao Chen prepared to intervene before sensing Xiao Ling's approach.
• Xiao Ling appeared atop a gigantic black dragon, dispelled Iron Protector's encircling chain net with his arrival, and rushed toward the Soul Hall Guardian.

Xiao Ling defeated and captured Iron Protector, then joined the defenders of Black Mountain Fortress as the Jia Ma Empire celebrated his arrival. After greeting his allies, he faced the leaders of the Tri-Empire Alliance, whose confidence in their invasion faltered before his strength.

• Xiao Ling struck Iron Protector with the Mountain Splitting Seal, overwhelming his defenses and leaving him severely injured.
• Xiao Ling subdued Iron Protector with Fallen Heart Flame, sealed his Soul Body in a jade bottle, and collected the souls Iron Protector had gathered.
• The defenders recognized Xiao Ling, and Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan gathered around him as he returned to the battlefield.
• Jia Xing Tian, Hai Bodong, and Yun Shan thanked Xiao Ling, who cautioned Yun Shan against returning to the wrong path.
• Xiao Ling turned toward the Tri-Empire Alliance leaders, and Xie Biyan realized their forces were outmatched and wished to retreat.

Xiao Ling stopped Xie Biyan’s retreat and helped Xiao Yi Xian turn the battle against the Tri-Empire Alliance. After Xiao Ling captured Yan Luotian and defeated the Mu Lan Three Elders, he struck Xie Biyan with a Two-colored Fire Lotus, leaving him gravely wounded but still alive.

• Xie Biyan ordered the Tri-Empire Alliance to retreat, but Xiao Ling blocked him and refused to let the leaders escape.
• Xiao Yi Xian attacked Xie Biyan with her Calamity Poison Body while Xiao Ling destroyed the Mu Lan Three Elders’ formation and killed two of them.
• Yan Luotian tried to flee, but Xiao Ling intercepted him, extracted his soul, and took his body and Ring.
• Xiao Yi Xian gained the advantage over Xie Biyan as her poison weakened him, while Xiao Ling watched for his hidden Blood Soul Art.
• Xiao Ling hurled a Two-colored Fire Lotus at Xie Biyan, breaking through his shield and leaving him badly wounded after the explosion.

Xiao Ling allowed Xie Biyan’s Demonic Poisonous Spot to strike him, believing he could refine its poison and absorb the Dou Qi within it. After Xie Biyan was killed, Xiao Ling spared the fleeing allied soldiers, and the Tri-Empire Allied Forces routed while the Jia Ma Empire celebrated its victory.

• Xie Biyan unleashed the Demonic Poisonous Spot at Xiao Ling, who let it hit him while Xiao Yi Xian defended herself.
• Xiao Yi Xian killed Xie Biyan, and Xiao Ling took his Ring, extracted his soul, and stored both the soul and corpse.
• Xiao Ling explained to Xiao Yi Xian and Yao Chen that he planned to use Heavenly Flames to neutralize the poison and absorb Xie Biyan’s accumulated Dou Qi.
• Hai Bodong, Yun Shan, and Jia Xing Tian arrived and checked on Xiao Ling, while Zi Yan returned with Xiao Zi and Qing Lin after helping defeat enemy experts.
• Xiao Ling ordered the Tri-Empire Allied Forces to withdraw, and their panicked retreat caused a deadly stampede; Jia Xing Tian did not pursue them.
• The soldiers at Black Mountain Fortress cheered Xiao Ling’s name, and Xiao Ling descended onto the walls with Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan.

After the Jia Ma Empire’s victory, Xiao Ling reassured the gathered experts that Xie Biyan’s Demonic Poisonous Spot posed no threat and agreed to help Medusa purify her bloodline with his Heavenly Flame. He entered seclusion to handle the poison before planning raids on the weakened enemy sects, and the chapter ended as he began treating the black mark on his chest.

• Xiao Ling returned to Black Mountain Fortress, where Jia Xing Tian and other experts praised him and worried about the Demonic Poisonous Spot; he assured them he was unharmed.
• Zi Yan gave Xiao Ling the Rings containing the fallen Dou Wang and Dou Huang corpses, which he planned to use to strengthen Iron Protector and refine a Sky Demon Puppet.
• Medusa asked Xiao Ling to lend her his Heavenly Flame so she could use the Snake People Race’s Secret Art to purify her bloodline, and he agreed to help after handling other matters.
• Xiao Ling told Xiao Yi Xian and the others he would cultivate, then make a solo trip to loot the weakened Mul an Valley, Golden Goose Sect, and Myriad Scorpion Sect.
• Xiao Ling entered the Cultivation Room, removed his upper garment, and began dealing with the Demonic Poisonous Spot left by Xie Biyan.

Xiao Ling refined Xie Biyan’s Demonic Poisonous Spot, then examined his spoils and strengthened the Myriad Soul Banner with captured souls. After collecting the remaining souls and disposing of the corpses, he left for the Chu Yun Empire on Void Dragon.

• Xiao Ling used his Heavenly Flames to refine the Demonic Poisonous Spot into pure energy and sealed it for gradual absorption.
• Xiao Ling found the Three Beast Savage Art and Heavenly Goose Nine-Line Wings among the fallen elders’ and Yan Luotian’s Rings, and planned to seek the Sky Demon Phoenix corpse in the Black Emperor Sect’s treasure vault.
• Xiao Ling separated the stronger Soul Bodies from Iron Protector’s captured souls and used the rest to refine the Myriad Soul Banner, increasing its capacity from ten to three hundred souls.
• Xiao Ling collected the Soul Bodies from the Dou Wang and Dou Emperor corpses, then added Xie Biyan, Yan Luotian, and Iron Protector to the Myriad Soul Banner.
• Xiao Ling burned the corpses with Heavenly Flames, stored the Myriad Soul Banner in the System Space, and rode Void Dragon toward the Chu Yun Empire.

After plundering the treasuries of the three defeated sects, Xiao Ling returned to the Snake People Race’s new home and reunited with Xiao Yi Xian and the others. He agreed to help Medusa evolve her bloodline the next day, then settled into a courtyard to rest.

• Xiao Ling secretly emptied the treasuries of the Myriad Scorpion Sect, Mu Lan Valley, and the Golden Goose Sect, collecting rare resources and Dou Zong-level corpses.
• Xiao Ling flew back to the Magical Beast Mountain Range and reunited with Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, Qing Lin, Medusa, and the others at Medusa’s palace.
• Xiao Ling gave Xiao Yi Xian Rings filled with rare poisons and described the treasures he had taken from the three sects.
• Medusa asked Xiao Ling to use his Heavenly Flame to help her evolve her bloodline, and he agreed to help her the next day.
• Medusa ordered Hua She’er to prepare a courtyard for Xiao Ling, who went there and settled down to sleep.

Xiao Ling and Xiao Yi Xian reunited in a warm bath, where they discussed finding a way to cure her Calamity Poison Body. The next day, Xiao Ling joined Queen Medusa and the Snake People Race’s elders to begin her bloodline evolution, and Medusa led him into an underground cavern.

• Xiao Yi Xian joined Xiao Ling in the bath, and the two shared an intimate reunion after half a year apart.
• Xiao Ling promised Xiao Yi Xian that he would seek Bodhi Body Saliva and a seventh-tier Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast’s Monster Core to refine a Poison Pill for her.
• Xiao Ling and Xiao Yi Xian arrived at the Medusa Temple, where Queen Medusa and the Snake People Race’s elders awaited them.
• The elders asked Xiao Ling to protect Medusa during her bloodline evolution, and Xiao Ling promised to do everything he could to keep her safe.
• Queen Medusa led Xiao Ling through the Divine Temple and down a staircase into a vast underground cavern prepared for her evolution.

Xiao Ling used Fallen Heart Flame to help Queen Medusa undergo her bloodline evolution, while the Snake People Race waited anxiously outside. After Medusa's cries faded and a mournful hiss suggested failure, Xiao Yi Xian reminded everyone that the ritual was not over as long as Xiao Ling remained inside.

• Queen Medusa prepared the cave for her evolution, and Xiao Ling chose Fallen Heart Flame to temper her body while supplying the ritual's energy.
• Medusa transformed into her Purple Nether Flame Snake form and plunged into Fallen Heart Flame, where the fire scorched her scales and caused her body to shrink as she endured severe pain.
• Xiao Ling replenished Fallen Heart Flame with his Dou Qi, while Medusa's evolution stirred nearby Magical Beasts and left the Snake People Race and their allies anxiously awaiting news.
• After Medusa's screams stopped, her charred serpent form remained nearly motionless, and a sorrowful hiss led those outside to fear that her evolution had failed.
• Zi Yan started toward the cave, but Xiao Yi Xian stopped her and urged everyone to wait because Xiao Ling had not yet emerged.

Xiao Ling witnessed Queen Medusa’s evolution succeed after heavenly lightning struck the cavern, and she emerged as the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python. After bonding with Xiao Ling and tasting Companion Purple Crystal Source, the little snake transformed back into the naked Queen Medusa in his arms.

• Xiao Ling sensed Queen Medusa’s life fading but realized the changing sky suggested her evolution had succeeded.
• Heavenly lightning struck the cavern and the Fallen Heart Flame, while purple mist concealed Medusa from Xiao Ling.
• The giant snake’s charred body burst apart, releasing a powerful aura before a tiny seven-colored snake emerged from the mist.
• The Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python approached Xiao Ling, curled on his shoulder, and licked Companion Purple Crystal Source from his jade bottle.
• The little snake transformed into the naked Queen Medusa in Xiao Ling’s arms.

After Queen Medusa successfully evolved into a Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python, Xiao Ling proposed that she travel with him to the Central Plains while seeking a way to unite her and Little Sky Swallowing Python’s souls. Medusa agreed on the condition that she could return whenever she wished, and the chapter ended with Xiao Ling caring for the newly born little snake.

• Queen Medusa woke in Xiao Ling’s arms after her bloodline evolution and learned that Little Sky Swallowing Python’s soul had formed within her body.
• Xiao Ling explained that Medusa could eventually fuse her soul with Little Sky Swallowing Python’s, while Medusa said she needed time to recover and regain control.
• Xiao Ling invited Medusa to travel with him to the Central Plains, offering resources and two Dou Zong-level puppets to help protect the Snake People Race.
• Medusa agreed to go with Xiao Ling after he promised to respect her freedom and let her return whenever she chose.
• Medusa transformed into a Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python and left the little one in Xiao Ling’s care.
• Little Sky Swallowing Python eagerly drank about a third of the Companion Purple Crystal Source, and Xiao Ling affectionately looked after it.

Xiao Ling revealed that Medusa had evolved into a Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python, and Medusa decided to travel with him to the Central Plains to find a way to fuse their souls. After Xiao Ling promised to forge two Dou Zong-level Sky Demon Puppets to protect the Snake People Race, he prepared to leave and suggested Qing Lin visit the Desert Iron Mercenary Group.

• Xiao Ling emerged from the evolution cave with the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python, and the First Elder explained that her small form could be part of her evolution.
• Xiao Ling told Zi Yan and the Snake People Race that the Python's soul controlled the body while Medusa's soul slept, but Medusa soon appeared and spoke to them.
• Medusa announced that she would follow Xiao Ling to the Central Plains to seek a way to fuse the souls and entrusted the Snake People Race to its elders.
• Medusa promised to return and proposed that Xiao Ling forge two Dou Zong-level Sky Demon Puppets to protect the Snake People Race during her absence.
• Xiao Ling agreed to forge the puppets before departing with Medusa, then returned to the courtyard and encouraged Qing Lin to visit the Desert Iron Mercenary Group and Xue Lan.

Xiao Ling spent nearly a week refining three puppets, including a powerful Dou Venerate-level puppet, and emerged satisfied with the results. Medusa awakened as the others gathered to see the puppets, while Zi Yan was thanked for caring for the Little Sky Swallowing Python.

• Xiao Ling sealed the Cultivation Room and began refining two Dou Zong bodies and Turtle Spirit Venerate's body with three Soul Bodies and Monster Cores.
• Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan waited in the pavilion, where Zi Yan fed the Little Sky Swallowing Python pills Xiao Ling had made from an eighth-rank Fragrant Holy Fruit.
• Yao Tianhuo checked on Xiao Ling and told the others that his refinement was nearly complete.
• Xiao Ling emerged after almost a week and displayed two bronze Sky Demon Puppets and a superior golden puppet.
• The Little Sky Swallowing Python transformed into Queen Medusa, who thanked Zi Yan for caring for it.

Xiao Ling gave Medusa two bronze Sky Demon Puppets for the Snake People Race and revealed that his golden Heaven Grade puppet could contend with a Dou Venerate. After reassuring Zi Yan about her cultivation and preparing to leave, Xiao Ling and his companions set out with Medusa; as they flew toward their next destination, Xiao Yi Xian asked whether they would return to Jia Nan Academy the next day.

• Medusa accepted Xiao Ling's two Two-Star Dou Ancestor bronze puppets, learned they could absorb lightning, and arranged for the Snake People Race elders to receive them.
• Xiao Ling showed Zi Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin his golden Heaven Grade Sky Demon Puppet and explained that it could battle a Dou Venerate and grow stronger by absorbing Pill Lightning.
• Zi Yan worried that her companions were surpassing her, but Xiao Ling, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin reassured her, and Xiao Ling gave her pills to help her cultivate.
• Medusa finished her arrangements and prepared to travel with Xiao Ling's group; after returning to her Seven-colored Small Snake form, Little Sky Swallowing Python chose to curl up with Xiao Ling.
• Xiao Ling summoned Void Dragon and led the group away from the Snake People Race settlement.
• As they flew, Xiao Yi Xian asked Xiao Ling whether they would return to Jia Nan Academy the next day.

Xiao Ling returned to the Xiao Family, arranged to travel back to Jia Nan Academy with Xiao Yan, and prepared to head for the Black Corner Region before eventually traveling to the Central Plains. On the journey to the academy, he reunited with Vice Dean Hu Gan’s convoy escorting new students, where students excitedly recognized him and Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Ling promised Xiao Yi Xian that they would seek the Bodhi Body Saliva in the Black Corner Region before going to the Central Plains, and he assured Zi Yan he would accompany her if they found her clan.
• Xiao Ling returned to the Xiao Family, asked Xiao Yan to join him on the trip back to Jia Nan Academy, and harvested medicinal ingredients with Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yan agreed to return to the academy for the approaching Inner Academy competition, hoping to earn a chance to temper his body with the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Xiao Ling, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yan traveled on Void Dragon toward Jia Nan Academy and encountered Vice Dean Hu Gan escorting a convoy of new students.
• The students recognized Xiao Ling and Xiao Yan, and Hu Gan welcomed them back while teasing Xiao Yan about his teacher’s impatience.

After returning to Jia Nan Academy, Xiao Ling learned that the Black Emperor Sect would auction Bodhi Body Saliva early and began preparing for the event. He spent the following weeks refining pills, strengthening Xiao Yi Xian and several academy elders, and improving his Sky Demon Puppet before setting his sights on higher-level alchemy.

• Xiao Ling reunited with Vice Dean Hu Gan, learned Hu Jia had entered the Inner Academy at the top of her class, and returned to his courtyard with his companions.
• Xiao Ling visited First Elder Su Qian, who told him the Black Emperor Sect would auction Bodhi Body Saliva after negotiations with Old Ghost Di Mo failed; Xiao Ling decided the auction could offer a chance to collect Dou Zong bodies and Soul Bodies.
• Xiao Ling refined a Sovereign Grade Pill, and his Sky Demon Puppet endured the Pill Lightning and gained strength; he then refined another pill for himself while Xiao Yi Xian advanced to the Five-star Dou Ancestor level.
• Xiao Ling agreed to provide Sovereign Grade Pills to Su Qian, Elder Huo, and Hu Gan, and over half a month he refined five Sovereign Grade Pills and two Purple Spirit Soul Pills.
• Xiao Ling gave one Purple Spirit Soul Pill each to Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian, whose Soul Realms had reached the peak of the Mortal Realm through their cultivation.

Xiao Ling and his companions traveled to Black Emperor City for the Black Emperor Sect's auction, where he punished men who harassed his group and displayed his Dou Zong strength at the distinguished gate. The chapter left them poised to enter the city after Xiao Ling introduced himself under the false name Tang San.

• Xiao Ling, Medusa, and Xiao Yi Xian traveled with Zi Yan toward Black Emperor City, while Qing Lin stayed at Jia Nan Academy.
• Medusa killed men who leered at the women along the road, and Xiao Ling burned a group of harassers at the city gate with Fallen Heart Flame.
• Xiao Ling led his companions toward the purple entrance reserved for Dou Emperor experts and released his Dou Zong aura to prove their standing.
• The gatekeeping elder learned about Xiao Ling's group's earlier violence, asked for their names, and Xiao Ling introduced himself as Tang San.