Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Yan left the Snake People temple after Queen Medusa gave Xiao Yi Xian a scale to contact her during her seclusion. They flew toward Mo City, where Xiao Yan returned to the familiar plot while something momentous happened to Xiao Yi Xian.

• Queen Medusa gave Xiao Yi Xian a seven-colored scale and vanished to enter seclusion.
• Medicine Elder said the Snake People leaders had left, and he returned to Xiao Yan's Storage Ring as Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Yan departed.
• Xiao Yan tried to fly on his Black Heavy Ruler, but You Su sped ahead with Xiao Yi Xian, and Medicine Elder explained that the sword had developed sentience.
• Medicine Elder sensed that Xiao Yi Xian's technique had severed the connection between a Child Flame and a Prime Flame, and he wondered about the mysterious Xuan Yuan Sect and his missing senior sister.
• Xiao Yi Xian reached the Desert Iron Mercenary Group in Mo City, while Xiao Yan entered a rundown house and resumed the familiar plot.

After learning that Qing Lin and Little Spirit had disappeared, Xiao Yi Xian suspected the Mo Family in Salt City and flew there to rescue them. She launched a sudden attack on Mo Cheng and sent the family elder crashing to the ground.

• Liu Yan and Chi Han told Xiao Yi Xian that Qing Lin and Little Spirit had gone missing, and she decided the Mo Family in Salt City was responsible.
• Xiao Yi Xian flew toward Salt City on a winged serpent while Xiao Yan and a blue-haired little brat watched her depart.
• Xiao Yi Xian arrived above the Mo Family and confronted its Great Elder, Mo Cheng.
• Mo Cheng dismissed Xiao Yi Xian as a weak opponent and attacked her with his fire-attributed Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yi Xian countered Mo Cheng's strike with her combined powers, broke his palm, and sent him flying across the ground.

Xiao Yi Xian defeated and killed Mo Cheng after he revealed a transplanted magical beast limb and attacked her in a berserk state. Liu Yan brought her Qing Lin, but reported that Little Spirit was missing.

• Xiao Yi Xian replenished her strength and drew You Su while Mo Cheng lay wounded in the ruins.
• Mo Cheng revealed his transplanted Blazing Flame Mountain Breaking Rhinoceros forelimb and charged at Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yi Xian unleashed a rain of fused purple Sword Shadows, killing Mo Cheng as his mind briefly regained clarity.
• Liu Yan brought Qing Lin to Xiao Yi Xian and told her that Little Spirit was not there.

Xiao Yi Xian rescued Qing Lin from the Mo Family and learned that people in white had taken Little Spirit away. Lu Man of the Heavenly Snake Mansion then took Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian accepted that the separation could help her grow stronger.

• Xiao Yi Xian asked where Little Spirit was, then unleashed her purple mist and killed the people throughout the Mo Family estate.
• Xiao Yi Xian reunited with Qing Lin, who told her that a group in white had taken Little Spirit and that Mo Cheng had brought her to the estate.
• Lu Man appeared with Dou Emperor pressure and took Qing Lin from Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yi Xian recognized Lu Man and decided that the Heavenly Snake Mansion could help Qing Lin develop her abilities.
• Lu Man flicked Qing Lin's forehead, making her faint, and assured her that she would not hurt her.

Lu Man and the Eight-Winged Black Snake Emperor arrived at the Mo Family, where they confirmed Qing Lin possessed the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils. As powerful experts approached, Lu Man took Qing Lin and fled while White Fang stayed behind to delay their pursuers.

• Lu Man praised Xiao Yi Xian and said she would take Qing Lin away, while Chi Han and Liu Yan struggled under the pressure of her power.
• The Eight-Winged Black Snake Emperor arrived and confirmed that Qing Lin had the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Nalan Yanran and Ge Ye decided to leave and report the events to the Misty Cloud Sect, but White Fang noticed them.
• Lu Man warned White Fang that Dou Emperor experts were approaching and urged him to leave before the Misty Cloud Sect and the Jia Ma Imperial Family caught up.
• White Fang stayed behind to hold off the pursuers as Lu Man fled with Qing Lin.

Xiao Yi Xian rode You Su into the sky, and Fu Ya arrived after sensing a Dou Emperor aura. Fu Ya recognized Xiao Yi Xian as her senior and attacked the Eight-Winged Black Snake Emperor, whose slippery defense deflected most of her strike as Fu Ya began to dance amid her sea of flowers.

• Xiao Yi Xian used Imperial Sword Technique to rise on You Su and escape the pressure of the Eight-Winged Black Snake Emperor’s aura.
• Fu Ya arrived, recognized Xiao Yi Xian, and greeted her as a senior.
• Fu Ya offered to handle the Eight-Winged Black Snake Emperor and formed a sea of flowers in the sky.
• The Eight-Winged Black Snake Emperor attacked with black flames, but its serpent was stopped by the flower petals.
• Fu Ya struck the snake with a ribbon, which slid off its slick body but still damaged some scales.
• The Eight-Winged Black Snake Emperor swung its tail into the sea of flowers as Fu Ya began to dance.

Fu Ya defeated the Eight-Winged Black Snake Emperor with her Dance of Slaughter and helped Xiao Yi Xian’s group escape Salt City. After they left, Yun Yun issued an imperial wanted order for Xiao Yi Xian, and notices spread throughout the Jia Ma Empire.

• Fu Ya’s silk ribbons wounded the Eight-Winged Black Snake Emperor, destroyed several of its wings, and pierced its head, killing it.
• Fu Ya returned to Xiao Yi Xian, who praised her dance and thanked her for protecting her avatar.
• Fu Ya urged the group to take the dead Eight-Winged Black Snake Emperor and leave before trouble arrived from the Jia Ma Empire.
• A white-haired man heard Ge Ye and Nalan Yanran’s account of the Mo Family’s destruction and ordered Yun Yun to issue an imperial wanted notice for the Poison Master.
• Yun Yun recognized Xiao Yi Xian in Ge Ye’s portrait but passed down the order, and wanted notices appeared across the Jia Ma Empire.

Fu Ya began preparing snake soup from the Eight-Winged Black Snake Emperor while Xiao Yi Xian was drawn into a vision by the ancient cauldron. The vision convinced Xiao Yi Xian that the cauldron was a treasure, and the chapter ended with Fu Ya’s Dou Emperor flames simmering the meal as Xiao Yi Xian stirred and seasoned it.

• Fu Ya asked Xiao Yi Xian for permission to stew the Eight-Winged Black Snake Emperor, and Xiao Yi Xian agreed.
• Fu Ya summoned an ancient black cauldron, whose aura drew Xiao Yi Xian into a vision of a glorious Women's Kingdom Temple and kneeling Elves.
• Xiao Yi Xian connected the vision to her Sword Box and decided that the cauldron was a treasure she would claim later.
• Fu Ya filled the cauldron with spiritual liquid, cut the snake corpse into chunks, and added medicinal herbs and its sixth-tier magical core.
• Xiao Yi Xian took the beast core, called for seasoning, and told Fu Ya to light the fire.
• Fu Ya used her Dou Emperor power to heat the cauldron while Xiao Yi Xian stirred and seasoned the soup.

Xiao Yi Xian served nourishing snake soup made with rare ancient herbs, and she, Fu Ya, Liu Yan, and Chi Han enjoyed the meal. As they ate, a concealed presence approached, drawing Xiao Yi Xian and Fu Ya’s attention.

• Xiao Yi Xian tasted the golden snake soup and invited Fu Ya, Liu Yan, and Chi Han to eat.
• Fu Ya served herself a bowl and joined the meal at a dining table she summoned.
• Liu Yan took a bowl of soup beneath a tree, while Xiao Yi Xian gave Chi Han a basin-sized serving of meat.
• Xiao Yi Xian ate with Fu Ya and thought about reuniting with Little Spirit.
• A black shadow approached the group while concealing its aura, and Xiao Yi Xian and Fu Ya sensed it coming from the northwest.

Xiao Yi Xian and her companions traveled toward Mo City after eating a meal of Sixth-rank Magical Beast meat, while Fu Ya mistook Xiao Yi Xian for a powerful expert and offered her a Beast Core. They arrived above the city as Xiao Yan and Hai Bodong noticed the powerful Magical Beast, and Xiao Yi Xian finished cultivating at Ninth-star Da Dou Shi.

• Fu Ya stopped a Sixth-rank Magical Beast from approaching and gave Xiao Yi Xian its Beast Core, believing her to be a powerful expert.
• Xiao Yi Xian, Fu Ya, and Liu Yan rode Chi Han toward Mo City and refined the energy from their meal as they flew.
• Xiao Yan and Hai Bodong saw Chi Han descend over Mo City, and Medicine Elder warned Xiao Yan that a Peak Dou Emperor was with it.
• Xiao Yi Xian finished cultivating and reached Ninth-star Da Dou Shi.

Hai Bodong flew toward the group to show off his restored strength, but Fu Ya swiftly overwhelmed him with her Silk Sash. He escaped after Fu Ya was briefly distracted, then recognized her fearsome power and awkwardly admitted his attack had been an accident.

• Hai Bodong took to the sky and released his Dou Emperor pressure, interrupting Fu Ya and Liu Yan as they cultivated.
• Fu Ya sent her Silk Sash against Hai Bodong, whose spear could not withstand its force and was driven toward the ground.
• Fu Ya's attention wavered under a powerful soul force, allowing Hai Bodong to break free as the sash struck the ground near Xiao Yan.
• Hai Bodong apologized awkwardly to Fu Ya, while Xiao Yi Xian watched and Xiao Yan narrowly recovered from the near miss.
• Hai Bodong sensed Fu Ya's strength and recognized the resemblance to Queen Medusa, realizing Fu Ya was a peak nine-star Dou Emperor.

Fu Ya struck Hai Bodong, while Xiao Yi Xian received three scrolls from Medicine Elder and left for the Jia Ma Empire’s capital. Meanwhile, a white figure arrived at the Snake People Race to confront Queen Medusa and discovered that its four veteran Dou Wangs had become Dou Emperors.

• Fu Ya and Hai Bodong clashed, and their attacks sent a shockwave through Mo City that injured Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yi Xian showed Xiao Yan and Medicine Elder her life-infused green flame and asked for a Medicine Master's handbook so she could learn alchemy.
• Medicine Elder gave Xiao Yi Xian three scrolls: an alchemy handbook, a Pill Control Method, and information about a former Calamity Poison Body's remains.
• Xiao Yi Xian gave Xiao Yan snake soup for Medicine Elder, then rode Chi Han toward the capital of the Jia Ma Empire.
• A white figure arrived at the Snake People Race and called for Queen Medusa, while Yun Yun noticed that four veteran Dou Wangs had become Peak Dou Emperors.

Yun Shan descended upon the Snake People Race and crushed the four elders who tried to defend it while Queen Medusa was in seclusion. Just as his Sword Shadows threatened the Snake People, Medusa appeared to confront him.

• Yun Shan’s Dou Zong aura suppressed the Snake People and the Seven Great Leaders, while the four elders used a forbidden art to reach Dou Emperor strength.
• The four elders confronted Yun Shan and warned him that Queen Medusa had also become a Dou Zong, but he struck them down with a sweep of his sleeve.
• Yun Shan taunted the wounded elders and demanded that Queen Medusa come out, threatening to wipe out the Snake People if she stayed hidden.
• Yun Shan summoned Sword Shadows and sent them toward the helpless Snake People, but an unseen power halted and withdrew the attack.
• Queen Medusa appeared opposite Yun Shan and rebuked him for bullying her people.

Queen Medusa confronted Yun Shan, who recognized her after mistaking her for her daughter, and their exchange brought back the story of their first meeting. The flashback ended with Yun Shan vowing to defeat Medusa and win her heart after she spared him.

• Yun Shan mistook the transformed Queen Medusa for her daughter before recognizing her and challenging her to fight.
• The Snake People’s leaders realized Medusa was a Dou Zong and rallied around their Queen as Yun Shan approached her.
• Years earlier, Yun Shan broke into the Snake People Sacred Hall and defeated the Eight Great Leaders with his sword technique.
• Queen Medusa shattered Yun Shan’s strongest attack, bound him with purple Dou Qi, and revealed herself.
• Queen Medusa spared Yun Shan after he vowed to reach Dou Zong, defeat her, and win her heart.

Queen Medusa confronted Yun Shan as powerful auras shook the Tagor Desert, while Xiao Yan and Hai Bodong fled toward the Imperial Capital. In the desert, Xiao Yi Xian consumed deadly poison and broke through to Dou Ling, leaving her closer to the danger of the poison reaching her heart.

• Queen Medusa flashed away from Yun Shan and challenged him, confident she could defeat him again.
• Medicine Elder sensed the two powerful auras and urged Xiao Yan to leave Mo City; Xiao Yan set off with Hai Bodong after saying farewell to his sworn brothers.
• Fu Ya sensed the auras and a trace of Xiao Yi Xian, reflecting on her fears about the Saintess gaining power before returning to cultivation.
• Xiao Yi Xian drank poisonous river water and circulated the Nameless Sword Canon, spreading a lethal violet mist that Fu Ya blocked from Liu Yan.
• Xiao Yi Xian broke through to Dou Ling and the initial stage of the Mortal Realm, while her Seven-Colored Poison Line advanced below her navel.

Queen Medusa defeated Yun Shan in their battle above the Snake People temple, forcing him to flee. She reflected on her limited power and the soul within her, then ordered a grand burial for the four dead elders and care for the Snake People.

• Queen Medusa and Yun Shan fought to a standstill, with both badly wounded and their clans watching.
• Yun Shan unleashed the Great Sorrow Tear Wind Hand, but Queen Medusa exploited the clash to attack him from behind.
• Queen Medusa's snake-shadow strike hit Yun Shan, and an azure light carried him away before the Snake People could react.
• Queen Medusa considered her inability to use her full cultivation, her Seven-Colored Swallowing Heaven Python bloodline, and the other soul's dependence on Xiao Yi Xian.
• Queen Medusa ordered the four elders given a grand burial and instructed her people to care for their clansmen.

Xiao Yi Xian tried to refine Qi Increasing Powder under Liu Yan’s guidance, but her first attempt ended in an exploded furnace. After learning from the failure, she prepared to practice again with a prized beginner’s Medicine Cauldron.

• Xiao Yi Xian’s first attempt to refine Qi Increasing Powder caused the furnace to explode, covering Liu Yan in soot.
• Liu Yan explained that alchemy required control of Dou Qi and soul power, and that Xiao Yi Xian had mishandled the heat and Wood Attribute.
• Xiao Yi Xian listened to Liu Yan’s advice and regained confidence in her next attempt.
• Fu Ya watched Xiao Yi Xian humbly seek guidance and reflected on how differently she treated people who knew more than her.
• Xiao Yi Xian chose Liu Yan’s Two-Mouthed Cauldron for practice and thought about using his six-opening cauldron for alchemy once her skills improved.

Xiao Yi Xian used the Green Lotus Core Flame and Wood Attribute life aura to refine the ingredients for Qi Increasing Powder. After the black granules initially resisted mixing into the dark red paste, she kept refining them, and a faint medicinal fragrance finally emerged from the cauldron.

• Xiao Yi Xian summoned the Green Lotus Core Flame and infused it with Wood Attribute life aura, making the flames steadier and easier to control.
• Xiao Yi Xian refined three Spirit Returning Red Fruits, eight Spirit Gathering Grasses, and ten Poppy Flowers into their medicinal essences.
• Xiao Yi Xian added first-tier Wood Attribute beast cores that Chi Han had gathered, then combined the ingredients into a dark red paste.
• Xiao Yi Xian added the Clear Origin Fruit's black granules, which refused to merge with the paste, so she continued refining them with Heavenly Flame and life aura.
• Chi Han woke and watched as a faint medicinal fragrance drifted from the Medicine Cauldron.

Xiao Yi Xian became a Third-grade Medicine Master and reached Three-star Dou Ling while Liu Yan and Chi Han also grew stronger. As Xiao Yan suffered a calamity and Yun Shan prepared to recover in seclusion, Xiao Yi Xian and her companions arrived near an unfamiliar city.

• Xiao Yi Xian refined Qi Increasing Powder and, over the next month, advanced to Third-grade Medicine Master and Three-star Dou Ling by consuming useful pills and pill poison.
• Liu Yan became a Fifth-grade Medicine Master and reached Dou Ling Peak, while Chi Han advanced to six-star Dou Wang; Fu Ya spent the month tending her surroundings.
• Xiao Yan knelt in a pit, grieving over Medicine Elder's slumber, while he and Hai Bodong continued toward the Jia Ma Imperial Capital.
• Yun Yun saw a wanted notice accusing Xiao Yi Xian of being a Poison Master and questioned whether her former friend had poisoned the Mo Family.
• Yun Shan dismissed Wu Protector, who secretly planned to destroy the Misty Cloud Sect, then went to the Life and Death Gate to inspect his body and recover.
• Xiao Yi Xian and her companions arrived ten li outside a vast, unfamiliar city.

Disguised as a young man, Xiao Yi Xian arrived in Luokong City with Liu Yan and Fu Ya to take the Medicine Master assessment and await the Alchemist Grand Meeting. After entering through the special gate, the group set out to find an inn for the night, unaware that three hidden observers had already noticed them.

• Xiao Yi Xian told Liu Yan that she had come to Luokong City for the Medicine Master assessment and to enjoy a change of scenery.
• The group approached Luokong City, where Liu Yan used his status as a Fifth-grade Medicine Master to lead Xiao Yi Xian and Fu Ya through the special gate.
• The crowd reacted with awe and curiosity as the three entered the city, while three hidden observers watched them and then split up.
• As evening fell, Liu Yan suggested finding an inn before visiting the Alchemist Guild the next morning, and Xiao Yi Xian agreed.