Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan and his companions searched east of Stone Desert City for the source of a disturbance linked to a possible Heavenly Flame, following Qing Lin’s senses. Xiao Ding deduced the site was underground, and the Mo Tie Mercenary Group began searching for an entrance before someone reported finding a passage.

• Xiao Yan showed Xiao Ding and Xiao Li a map marking a possible Heavenly Flame, but neither brother recognized anything unusual nearby.
• Qing Lin said she sensed a strange disturbance east of Stone Desert City, and Xiao Yi Xian trusted her and led the group into the desert.
• Xiao Yan and his companions reached an ordinary-looking stretch of sand, where Qing Lin identified the place as the site of a disturbance from half a year earlier.
• Xiao Ding reasoned that the hidden location was likely underground and suggested that terrain experts search for an entrance.
• The Mo Tie Mercenary Group surveyed the area while Yao Chen asked Xiao Yi Xian about her Calamity Poison Body, and she warned its next eruption might be more violent.
• A member of the group ran to Xiao Yan and reported that they had found a passage.

Xiao Yan and the mercenaries found the buried entrance to the underground passages where the Green Lotus Core Flame was hidden. Qing Lin offered to guide them through the correct passage, but a clash of powers erupted before they could enter.

• Xiao Yan followed a mercenary to the excavated entrance and learned that Qing Lin had sensed an unusual aura beneath the sand.
• Xiao Yan declined Xiao Ding's offer to send mercenaries into the dangerous, winding passages and considered asking Xiao Yi Xian and her companions to join him.
• Qing Lin said she could follow traces of the mysterious person's aura to find the correct passage, and Xiao Yan's intense reaction frightened her.
• Little Spirit froze Xiao Yan to cool him down, and he melted the ice with the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's flame.
• Little Spirit and Xiao Yan's powers clashed, then a sword cry and purple light set off a blast that showered everyone with sand.

Xiao Yi Xian, Xiao Yan, and Qing Lin descended into the cave and used Qing Lin’s sensing ability to find the passage with the strongest traces of a visitor from half a year earlier. They reached the passage’s end and stared in shock at a fiery red world, where the Heavenly Flame and a dangerous opportunity awaited.

• Little Spirit sat on Chi Han’s head while Xiao Yi Xian led Qing Lin and Xiao Yan into the cave.
• Xiao Yi Xian carried Qing Lin down the smooth passage, and Xiao Yan followed with his Flight Fighting Skill.
• Qing Lin sensed the passages and identified the one with the strongest lingering aura, where someone had stayed longest half a year earlier.
• Xiao Yi Xian led the group into the passage, and they pressed on as heat and fire-element aura intensified.
• The three reached the passage’s end and saw a fiery red world.

Xiao Yi Xian, Xiao Yan, and Qing Lin reached an underground magma lake and discovered a powerful Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake hidden beneath it. Xiao Yan lured the awakened beast toward the shore so Qing Lin could form a contract with it.

• Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin emerged into the vast underground magma cavern, where Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils protected her from the heat.
• Qing Lin sensed a powerful creature beneath the magma and warned Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian that it was stronger than Rob.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Medicine Elder identified the hidden creature as a peak fourth-tier Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, and Xiao Yi Xian wondered how events had diverged from what she remembered.
• Xiao Yi Xian reasoned that the Fire Spirit Snake had likely once been weakened by a battle with Queen Medusa, but it appeared healthy now.
• Xiao Yi Xian flew over the magma lake and awakened the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, which fixed its four eyes on her.
• At Medicine Elder’s urging, Xiao Yan flew toward Xiao Yi Xian to draw the Fire Spirit Snake to shore, while Xiao Yi Xian waited with You Su.

Xiao Yi Xian pinned the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake with her inherited Sword Two technique so Qing Lin could subdue it using her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils. The chapter ended with Xiao Yi Xian repeatedly lifting and dropping the sword shadow to keep the snake trapped.

• Medicine Elder explained to Xiao Yan that Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils could create illusions and form a compulsory connection with snake-type magical beasts.
• Xiao Yan lured the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake out of the magma and retreated with Qing Lin as it pursued them.
• Xiao Yi Xian used Sword Two to crush the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake to the ground and called Qing Lin over to subdue it.
• Xiao Yi Xian repeatedly made the sword shadow vanish and reappear, pinning the snake down whenever it tried to escape.

Qing Lin awakened the strange power in her eyes and formed a contract with the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, then collapsed from exhaustion. Xiao Yan received Xiao Yi Xian’s Dou Technique scroll and began studying its ability to suppress opponents.

• Xiao Yi Xian repeatedly used her Sword Shadow to slam the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake into the ground when it lunged at Qing Lin.
• The Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake attacked Qing Lin, and her piercing scream awakened three green flower-shaped marks in her eyes.
• Qing Lin’s eerie light imprinted flowers on both of the snake’s heads, forming a contract that left the creature gentle toward her.
• Xiao Yi Xian caught the exhausted Qing Lin, gave her a Qi Nourishing Pill, and helped her fall asleep while Xiao Yan failed to hurt the contracted snake.
• Xiao Yi Xian gave Xiao Yan a scroll containing her Dou Technique, and Medicine Elder praised its power to suppress opponents.

Qing Lin woke after gaining control of the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, which led Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Yan into the magma to search for the Heavenly Flame. After a dangerous descent protected by Medicine Elder and Xiao Yan’s Bone Spirit Cold Flame, they spotted a cyan lotus and identified it as the Green Lotus Core Flame.

• Qing Lin woke in Xiao Yi Xian’s arms, and Xiao Yi Xian praised her for subduing the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake.
• Qing Lin revealed that the Fire Spirit Snake knew where the Heavenly Flame was, and Xiao Yi Xian asked it to guide them.
• The Fire Spirit Snake plunged into the magma, and Xiao Yan followed before Xiao Yi Xian descended with Medicine Elder’s help.
• The Fire Spirit Snake guided Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian through dangerous magma currents as they dove deeper.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian saw a cyan lotus glowing in the magma, and Medicine Elder identified it as the Green Lotus Core Flame.

Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Medicine Elder discovered a mature Green Lotus but found its core flame missing. A Seven-Colored Snake Scale suggested that someone had taken the flame before them, leaving Xiao Yan to search for clues.

• Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Yan approached the Green Lotus while Medicine Elder warned them to avoid its energy-draining tendrils.
• Xiao Yan found the lotus platform’s central hole empty and despaired over the missing Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Xiao Yi Xian urged Medicine Elder to look for signs that someone had arrived before them.
• Medicine Elder discovered a Seven-Colored Snake Scale on the lotus platform and concluded that someone had taken the flame.

Xiao Yan and Medicine Elder discovered that Queen Medusa had taken the Green Lotus Core Flame and decided to seek her in the Tagor Desert. After Xiao Yi Xian cut the Green Lotus free, a hidden green flame burned away her Dou Qi and sent her falling into a dark abyss, leaving her fate unknown.

• Xiao Yan, Medicine Elder, and Xiao Yi Xian examined the Seven-Colored Snake Scales and concluded that Queen Medusa had taken the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Medicine Elder reasoned that Queen Medusa could not absorb a Heavenly Flame and suggested they search for her in the Tagor Desert.
• Medicine Elder explained the value of the Green Lotus Platform and its Earth Fire Lotus Seeds, while Xiao Yi Xian claimed the lotus and divided the seeds with Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yi Xian used You Su to cut the green lotus free, triggering a hidden green flame that burned away her Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yi Xian fell into the abyss beneath the lotus, and Medicine Elder admitted he could not descend to search for her.

Xiao Yi Xian suffered devastating injuries from the Green Lotus Core Flame and drifted downstream while healing. Xiao Yan left the cave with her dimmed You Su, prompting the others to turn against him, while a woman flying toward them sensed that something might have happened.

• Xiao Yi Xian swallowed a fifth-tier recovery pill and fainted as the Sword Box’s green energy began restoring her body.
• Xiao Yan asked Medicine Elder whether fate controlled people, and Medicine Elder urged him to become strong enough to control his own destiny.
• Xiao Yan flew from the cave carrying Xiao Yi Xian’s dim, lifeless You Su, and snow began falling as Little Spirit reacted to the sword.
• Qing Lin, Little Spirit, Liu Yan, Xiao Ding, and Xiao Li confronted Xiao Yan in silence, each grieving or uncertain about Xiao Yi Xian.
• A woman in black flying toward the group felt a bad premonition and wondered whether something had happened.

Medicine Elder took control of Xiao Yan and fought Little Spirit and Chi Han after Little Spirit demanded to know where her sister was. He defeated them while sparing their lives, then carried Xiao Ding and Xiao Li away, believing the injured girl would return.

• Medicine Elder took over Xiao Yan's body and burned Little Spirit's ice swords with silver-white flames.
• Little Spirit questioned Medicine Elder about her sister, then revealed her Dou Wang-level power and attacked him.
• Medicine Elder blocked Little Spirit's punch and knocked her into a crater, where Liu Yan gave her a medicinal pill.
• Chi Han charged at Medicine Elder, who struck it with the Earth-tier Fight Skill Flame Swallows Waves Ruler and wounded it.
• Medicine Elder spared Chi Han, swept Xiao Ding and Xiao Li away, and said the injured girl would return.

Xiao Yi Xian recovered from her injuries after drifting through an underground waterway and emerged from a lake in Snake People territory. She encountered a lustful snake person and fled, leaving her without You Su and still in danger.

• Xiao Yi Xian healed in the underground pool, while Little Spirit and the others waited for her in Mo City and Xiao Ding and Xiao Yan grieved her disappearance.
• Queen Medusa sensed the Heavenly Flame and prepared to attempt controlling it the next day.
• Xiao Yi Xian drifted through an underground current until she reached a lake and recovered to her peak condition, but You Su remained behind in the Sword Box.
• A snake person spotted Xiao Yi Xian beside the lake and tried to approach her.
• Xiao Yi Xian spread her wings and fled, deciding she could not risk fighting a Dou Wang in Snake People territory.

Xiao Yi Xian fought Mo Bass, a powerful Dou Wang of the Snake People Race, after he pursued her across the desert. She wounded one of his eyes, but his counterattack overwhelmed her, and her trembling Sword Box hinted at an uncertain turn as two figures raced from the oasis.

• Mo Bass pursued Xiao Yi Xian across the desert until her Fighting Energy ran low and she stopped to absorb poison.
• Xiao Yi Xian recognized Mo Bass and restored herself with Poisonous Gas while he threatened to take her with him.
• Xiao Yi Xian transformed and pierced Mo Bass's eye with extended Sword Qi, but his Fighting Energy blast sent her flying and injured her.
• Mo Bass attacked Xiao Yi Xian with twin swords, breaking through her Sword One strikes as the Sword Box on her back began to tremble.
• Two figures rushed out of the oasis where Xiao Yi Xian had appeared earlier.

Xiao Yan fled from Yue Mei after she caught him spying on her, but she defeated him and prepared to take him captive. Their confrontation was interrupted by the arrival of a powerful caravan, whose mysterious Black Robe left Xiao Yan wondering if he was a Dou Emperor.

• Xiao Yan tried to outrun Yue Mei, but Medicine Elder did not answer his call, leaving him to rely on a Qi Recovery Pill and his wings.
• Yue Mei sent five energy snakes after Xiao Yan, knocked his Purple Cloud Wings away, and brought him down in the desert.
• Xiao Yan launched a counterattack but was quickly defeated, and Yue Mei moved to capture him as her servant.
• Two Dou Wang experts arrived from the east and spotted Yue Mei, while a large emerald-green Monster Beast carrying more people approached behind them.
• Six figures descended from the Monster Beast, including five Dou Ling experts, a Dou Wang leader, and a mysterious Black Robe whom Xiao Yan suspected might be a Dou Emperor.

Yue Mei escaped the desert battle by scattering into energy serpents, but one serpent nearly killed Xiao Yan before Black Robe saved him. After recognizing the You Su sword, Black Robe crushed Xiao Yan with her Dou Emperor pressure and asked whether he knew the sword.

• Yue Mei used her energy serpents to escape the experts, and several serpents burrowed into the sand.
• An energy serpent ambushed Xiao Yan, but the nearby experts hesitated to rescue him.
• Black Robe rushed in, destroyed the serpent, and injured the person controlling it beneath the sand.
• After Xiao Yan thanked her, Black Robe pulled the You Su from his back and recognized it.
• Black Robe released her Dou Emperor pressure on Xiao Yan, then asked whether he knew the sword.

Xiao Yi Xian fought Mo Bass and was badly wounded, but summoned You Su back to her hand and began unleashing the Great Desolate Starfall Sword. Xiao Yan, Black Robe, and the others rushed toward her as Mo Bass realized her final attack could threaten him.

• Xiao Yi Xian unleashed Myriad Swords Returning to Origin, but Mo Bass cut through her Sword Shadows and overpowered her Sword Three strike, leaving her severely wounded.
• Xiao Yi Xian summoned You Su, and the sword flew from Xiao Yan’s side to return to her.
• Medicine Elder warned Xiao Yan that Xiao Yi Xian was in danger, and Black Robe, Gu He, and Xiao Yan followed the sword toward her.
• With You Su restored, Xiao Yi Xian gathered immense Sword Intent and Fighting Energy, then began the Great Desolate Starfall Sword, draining her life force.
• Mo Bass sensed danger from the enormous Sword Shadow forming above Xiao Yi Xian.

Xiao Yi Xian exhausted herself defeating Mo Bass with Sword Thirteen, but Yun Yun arrived in time to save her and revive her with a healing pill. Mo Bass tried to escape after Yun Yun struck him, but Xiao Yan alerted everyone to his retreat.

• Xiao Yi Xian used Sword Thirteen to wound Mo Bass, sacrificing her vitality before falling unconscious.
• Mo Bass approached the helpless Xiao Yi Xian, but Yun Yun arrived and knocked him away with a single sword strike.
• Gu He gave Yun Yun a fifth-tier healing pill, which Yun Yun passed to Xiao Yi Xian mouth-to-mouth when she could not swallow it.
• Mo Bass tried to slip away while everyone watched Yun Yun and Xiao Yi Xian, but Xiao Yan pointed him out.

Yun Yun killed the gravely wounded Mo Bass after Gu He and the others captured him, while Xiao Yi Xian recovered but lost some of her life essence. Queen Medusa learned that Mo Bass had died and ordered the Snake People Race to full alert, vowing to kill the intruders.

• Yan Shi and another Dou Wang beat the injured Mo Bass while Gu He considered whether he could trade him to Queen Medusa for a Heavenly Flame.
• Yun Yun placed the recovering Xiao Yi Xian on the sand and approached Mo Bass with her sword drawn.
• Yun Yun killed Mo Bass, and his Soul Flame went out in the Snake People Race's Forbidden Ground.
• Queen Medusa sensed that Yue Mei was near death and Mo Bass had died, then ordered the Snake People Race to its highest alert.

After Yun Yun and her companions left Xiao Yi Xian in Xiao Yan’s care, Xiao Yan and Medicine Elder realized that Pill King Gu He’s group was searching the Tagor Desert for Queen Medusa and might also be pursuing the Heavenly Flames. Xiao Yan resolved to regard anyone who interfered with his pursuit of the Green Lotus Core Flame as an enemy.

• Yun Yun stayed beside the unconscious Xiao Yi Xian until she stirred, then left Xiao Yan to care for her and flew away with Gu He and the others.
• After the group departed, Xiao Yan summoned Medicine Elder and asked why they had come to the desert.
• Medicine Elder said the group appeared to be searching for Queen Medusa, and Xiao Yan warned that the Snake People Race’s tribes could make their mission dangerous.
• Medicine Elder identified Gu He as a likely member of the group, prompting Xiao Yan to recognize the famous Sixth-grade Alchemist.
• Medicine Elder suspected Gu He was also seeking the Heavenly Flames, and Xiao Yan clenched his fists, determined to oppose anyone who tried to take the Green Lotus Core Flame from him.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian flew toward the Snake People Race fortress, hoping to use the chaos caused by Gu He’s assault to reach the desert’s depths unnoticed. They slipped through a breach in the defenses but approached a more heavily guarded stretch of wall as they neared the fortress’s far side.

• Medicine Elder joked about Xiao Yi Xian’s unconscious state, but she suddenly woke and attacked him with You Su before returning the sword to its box.
• Xiao Yan decided to hurry toward the depths of the desert, and he and Xiao Yi Xian set off under cover of night while Medicine Elder concealed their auras.
• The pair found the fortress in turmoil after Gu He’s group smashed through its defenses and used the resulting passage to sneak inside.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian flew across the vast fortress, marveling at its size and the Snake People Race’s strength.
• Medicine Elder warned them that the fortress’s far side remained heavily guarded, and Xiao Yi Xian spotted armed snake people patrolling the intact wall.