Chapter Summaries

Yan Lin revealed his Snake Person identity to Hai Bodong and used the Unsealing Method to remove the first stage of his curse, restoring him to the Dou Wang realm. Hai Bodong agreed to serve Yan Lin for a year, and they planned to travel to Desert City.

• Hai Bodong asked whether Yan Lin was truly Medusa's fiancé, and Yan Lin said she had forced him to accept before revealing his Snake Person form.
• Hai Bodong realized Yan Lin was a Snake Person and asked why he had not used his full magical beast form in their fight; Yan Lin replied that he had not needed it.
• Yan Lin used the Unsealing Method and Extreme Flame to remove the first stage of Hai Bodong's Snake Seal Curse, restoring his Dou Qi and youth.
• Hai Bodong regained the Dou Wang realm and challenged Yan Lin to another fight, but Yan Lin declined until his Dou Qi recovered.
• Hai Bodong promised to follow Yan Lin for a year, and Yan Lin said he would continue unsealing the curse until Hai Bodong regained his Dou Huang cultivation.
• Yan Lin said he planned to go to Desert City, and Hai Bodong decided to accompany him.

Yan Lin killed Zhang Xiaofan at Desert City’s gate and left with Hai Bodong, then discovered Zhang Xiaofan possessed a copyable Beast Fire. The discovery made Yan Lin reconsider his plans for the Green Lotus Core Flame as he wondered whether Heavenly Flames could also be copied.

• Zhang Xiaofan threatened Yan Lin with his father’s status, but Yan Lin killed him with a Flame Claw.
• Yan Lin took Zhang Xiaofan’s Ring and asked Hai Bodong to fly him to Desert City.
• The witnesses debated the killing and spread news of it throughout Desert City.
• Yan Lin inspected Zhang Xiaofan’s traits and found his alchemy talent and Fourth-Order Dry Blue Ice Flame could be copied.
• Yan Lin decided to copy the Beast Fire somewhere safe and reconsidered using the Green Lotus Core Flame to break through to Dou Wang.

Yan Lin and Hai Bodong searched the desert for the Green Lotus Core Flame, with Hai Bodong using his ice Dou Qi to locate it. They found an underground passage leading toward the Heavenly Flame, and Yan Lin hinted that Hai Bodong might eventually join the Snake People Clan despite his refusal.

• Yan Lin convinced Hai Bodong to search the desert for the Heavenly Flame, and Hai Bodong sent ice dragons through the sand.
• Hai Bodong asked why Yan Lin had kept Queen Medusa away, and Yan Lin claimed he wanted to protect her from the danger of taming the flame.
• Hai Bodong discovered an underground passage beneath a sunken patch of sand, and Yan Lin recognized it as the route to the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Yan Lin offered to secure Hai Bodong a guest elder position with the Snake People Clan, but Hai Bodong vowed he would never betray humanity.
• Yan Lin privately predicted that Hai Bodong would eventually change his mind.

Yan Lin and Hai Bodong entered an underground magma world to search for the Green Lotus Core Flame. As they prepared to enter the magma, Yan Lin sensed a creature lurking beneath its violently bubbling eastern surface.

• Yan Lin used a flaming serpent to open a passage underground and scattered Moonlight Stones through it to light the way.
• Yan Lin revealed that he was a Fourth-Grade Alchemist, and he and Hai Bodong agreed to be friends.
• Yan Lin and Hai Bodong followed the winding underground passage until Hai Bodong’s sense for Heavenly Flame energy led them to the magma world.
• Hai Bodong concluded that the Heavenly Flame lay within the magma, while Yan Lin noticed a problem beneath the bubbling magma in the east.

Yan Lin and Hai Bodong discovered a Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake in the magma while searching for a Heavenly Flame. After Hai Bodong descended to investigate, Yan Lin used his Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to subdue the snake, leaving him with a powerful new creature under his control.

• Yan Lin detected a living creature in the magma, and Hai Bodong attacked it with ice spikes, drawing out a Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake.
• Hai Bodong identified the snake and explained that it could evolve into a Sixth Order Magical Beast; Yan Lin told him to scout the magma while he handled the creature.
• Hai Bodong plunged into the magma lake, and Yan Lin widened his distance from the snake so he could use his Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils unseen.
• Yan Lin unleashed the pupils' jade-green light and placed a flower mark on the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, replacing its hostility with obedience.

Yan Lin tested the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, stored the Fire Spirit Snake, and copied Zhang Xiaofan’s Dry Blue Ice Flame. After the Beast Fire fused into his Dou Qi, Yan Lin began planning to use his Golden Finger to acquire Heavenly Flames, including the Green Lotus Core Flame.

• Yan Lin confirmed that the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils could control snake-type magical beasts, though using them consumed his Soul Power.
• Yan Lin shrank the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake into a bracelet-sized form and stored it around his wrist.
• Yan Lin copied Zhang Xiaofan’s Dry Blue Ice Flame, which fused automatically into his Dou Qi.
• Yan Lin tested the Dry Blue Ice Flame and found it stronger than his condensed Dou Qi flames, though its boost was modest.
• Yan Lin decided to delay refining the Green Lotus Core Flame and considered using his Golden Finger to take Heavenly Flames from Xiao Huohuo.

Yan Lin and Hai Bodong subdued the Green Lotus Core Flame, then parted ways after Yan Lin accidentally gave Hai Bodong potent Qiao Qiao Wine. Hai Bodong rushed to Desert City to deal with its effects while Yan Lin headed for the Snake People Clan.

• Yan Lin and Hai Bodong emerged from the magma lake injured after subduing the Green Lotus Core Flame, then used Restoration Pills to recover.
• Yan Lin invited Hai Bodong to return with him to the Snake People Clan, but Hai Bodong refused and said he would retrieve things from Desert City.
• Yan Lin gave Hai Bodong wine, and Hai Bodong began feeling its effects before learning it was Qiao Qiao Wine.
• Yan Lin fled toward the surface and told Hai Bodong to go to Desert City, promising to cover the cost and meet him there in a few days.
• Hai Bodong suppressed the wine's effects with Dou Qi and flew toward Desert City as Yan Lin wondered how potent the wine was.

Hua She'er told Medusa that Yan Lin had left her the Green Lotus Core Flame and urged her to wait for his return before using it to transform her bloodline. Medusa wondered about Yan Lin’s intentions and, after Hua She'er’s teasing claims about his desire for her, left the temple seeking answers.

• Hua She'er told Medusa that Yan Lin had returned briefly, left her the Green Lotus Core Flame, and hoped she would wait for him before using it to transform her bloodline.
• Medusa asked where Yan Lin had gone, but Hua She'er said she did not know.
• Hua She'er claimed Yan Lin wanted to sleep with Medusa, and Medusa questioned whether he had really said that.
• Medusa asked Hua She'er what “big waves” meant, and Hua She'er recalled Yan Lin saying that he liked them.
• Hua She'er suggested Medusa ask Cauliflower Snake for an explanation, and Medusa left Medusa Temple.

After a brutal rematch with Hai Bodong, Yan Lin tested his Golden Finger and concluded that defeating a stronger opponent gave him a one-half chance to obtain a special attribute. He then discovered Hai Bodong had kept the red thong from his fling and laughed at the Ice Emperor’s hidden wild side.

• Yan Lin and Hai Bodong called their first battle a draw, recovered, and Yan Lin inspected Hai Bodong’s attribute panel.
• Yan Lin suspected an opponent’s higher realm affected his chance to obtain a special attribute, so he provoked Hai Bodong into fighting again.
• Yan Lin and Hai Bodong fought from morning until dusk, until Hai Bodong called for a truce and returned to Homeward Inn.
• Yan Lin concluded that defeating a stronger opponent gave him a one-half chance to obtain a special attribute, and considered suppressing his realm to exploit the odds.
• Yan Lin noticed the sexy red thong in Hai Bodong’s collection and mocked the Ice Emperor for keeping it as a souvenir.

Yan Lin traveled to Qingshan Town and approached Xiao Yi Xian at Myriad Medicine Hall, offering to take her as his disciple. After proving his strength and presenting pills and cultivation scrolls, he persuaded her to accept, leaving her newly bound to him as his student.

• Yan Lin told Hai Bodong he planned to visit the Monster Mountain Range to seek beautiful women and obtain Companion Purple Crystal Source from the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King.
• Yan Lin arrived at Myriad Medicine Hall in Qingshan Town and introduced himself to Xiao Yi Xian, claiming he had come to take her as his disciple.
• When mercenaries mocked Yan Lin’s intentions, he suppressed them with his Dou Qi pressure, stunning Xiao Yi Xian and everyone in the hall.
• Yan Lin revealed that he was a Nine-star Peak Dou Spirit and claimed to be a Fifth-Grade Alchemist, then displayed pills he had refined.
• Yan Lin offered Xiao Yi Xian the pills and high-grade cultivation methods and Dou Techniques, and Xiao Yi Xian knelt and accepted him as her master.

Yan Lin welcomed Xiao Yi Xian as his disciple and tried to establish a close master-disciple relationship, despite being younger than her. When Xiao Yi Xian asked about sect rules, Yan Lin invented rules that placed himself first, leaving her dismayed.

• Yan Lin helped Xiao Yi Xian up, asked to call her Xian'er, and reassured her that he would protect her as her master.
• Xiao Yi Xian recovered her smile and asked Yan Lin how old he was; he dodged the question and insisted that their seniority remain unchanged.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked whether their sect had rules, prompting Yan Lin to devise rules requiring her to respect, trust, obey, and put him first.
• Yan Lin told Xiao Yi Xian he would recite the rules for her to write down and said he might add more, leaving her regretting that she had asked.

Yan Lin intimidated the people in Myriad Medicine Hall, then spared its owner at Xiao Yi Xian’s request. After learning of a secluded valley where they could cultivate, Yan Lin found Blood Lotus Essence and discovered that Xiao Yan had arrived at the shop.

• Xiao Yi Xian pleaded for Yan Lin to release the people in Myriad Medicine Hall, and Yan Lin dismissed them after Mr. Yao also begged for mercy.
• Yan Lin asked Xiao Yi Xian about secluded places to cultivate, and she told him about a valley in the Monster Mountain Range.
• Yan Lin and Xiao Yi Xian agreed to travel to the valley the next day, while Xiao Yi Xian went to prepare a room for him.
• Yan Lin found Blood Lotus Essence in the shop and realized Xiao Yan had likely just left Wutan City.
• Yan Lin identified the young man approaching Myriad Medicine Hall as Xiao Yan after checking his attribute panel.

Yan Lin used the Blood Lotus Essence to draw Xiao Yan into Myriad Medicine House and considered how to copy his traits. After Yao Chen identified Yan Lin as a powerful young alchemist, Xiao Yan was stunned by the gap between them, but Yao Chen advised him to try trading for the ingredient first.

• Yan Lin displayed the Blood Lotus Essence while studying Xiao Yan’s traits and planning to copy his talent.
• Xiao Yan noticed the Blood Lotus Essence at Myriad Medicine House, and Yao Chen confirmed what it was.
• Yao Chen sensed that Yan Lin was comparable to a Dou Wang and might be an alchemist above the fourth grade, shocking Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan asked whether they should give up on the Blood Lotus Essence, and Yao Chen said to try trading with Yan Lin before considering other methods.

Xiao Yan visited Myriad Medicine Hall to trade for the Blood Lotus Essence, but Yan Lin challenged him to a fight after offering it as a wager. Their battle left them both knocked back after their fists collided, with the contest still unresolved.

• Xiao Yan asked Yan Lin to trade the Blood Lotus Essence and learned Yan Lin wanted an Earth-grade cultivation method or Dou Technique.
• Yan Lin offered to give Xiao Yan the Blood Lotus Essence if Xiao Yan defeated him, and promised to suppress his realm to Xiao Yan’s level.
• Xiao Yi Xian led Yan Lin and Xiao Yan to the courtyard behind Myriad Medicine Hall for their fight.
• Xiao Yan attacked with his Black Heavy Ruler, but Yan Lin’s physical strength overwhelmed him despite suppressing his realm.
• After several exchanges, Xiao Yan used Eight Extremes Collapse against Yan Lin’s incoming punch, and the collision sent them both flying backward.

Xiao Yan lost his fight with Yan Lin but accepted defeat, and Yao Chen refused to intervene. Yan Lin traded the Blood Lotus Essence and two fourth-grade Restoration Pills for Xiao Yan’s Eight Extremes Collapse, leaving Xiao Yan with the item he came for.

• Xiao Yan asked Yao Chen for help against Yan Lin, but Yao Chen told him to fight fairly and accept the outcome.
• Xiao Yan charged Yan Lin with his Black Heavy Ruler, and Yan Lin defeated him with a punch before lowering his sword from Xiao Yan’s neck.
• Xiao Yan conceded defeat, and Yan Lin asked how he had seen through his strength; Xiao Yan attributed it to his strong perception.
• Yan Lin offered the Blood Lotus Essence and two fourth-grade Restoration Pills for Xiao Yan’s Eight Extremes Collapse, and Yao Chen told Xiao Yan to agree.
• Xiao Yan exchanged the Dou Technique scroll for Yan Lin’s items and then left Myriad Medicine House.

Yan Lin prepared to enter the Monster Mountain Range with Xiao Yi Xian, while Hai Bodong questioned his interest in her and Xiao Yi Xian secretly overheard their conversation. At the mountain’s foot, they encountered Mu Li and the Wolf Head Mercenary Team, whose members were angered to see Xiao Yi Xian with Yan Lin.

• Yan Lin decided to keep Xiao Yan’s unused trait-copying chance and took the Eight Extremes Collapse scroll instead.
• Xiao Yi Xian finished packing for their journey, fell asleep, and Yan Lin carried her to bed.
• Hai Bodong visited Yan Lin, who claimed Xiao Yi Xian was exactly his type; Xiao Yi Xian overheard them while pretending to sleep.
• Yan Lin and Xiao Yi Xian left Myriad Medicine House the next morning, and Yan Lin pulled her aside when she nearly walked into a passerby.
• At the foot of the Monster Mountain Range, Yan Lin and Xiao Yi Xian met Mu Li and the returning Wolf Head Mercenary Team, whose members questioned their closeness.

Yan Lin killed Mu Li and the Wolf Head Mercenary Group members after protecting Xiao Yi Xian and exposing their plot to seize a Poison Master's Ruins. After Xiao Yi Xian invited Yan Lin to explore the ruins, he instead decided they should first visit the Wolf Head Mercenary Group.

• Mu Li confronted Xiao Yi Xian and Yan Lin, and Yan Lin subdued the group with his Dou Qi pressure.
• Yan Lin burned two mercenaries alive with the Dry Blue Ice Flame after they insulted him and Xiao Yi Xian.
• A scar-faced mercenary revealed that Mu Li and Li Fei had plotted to follow Xiao Yi Xian and seize the Poison Master's Ruins.
• Yan Lin killed the scar-faced mercenary, Mu Li, and the remaining Wolf Head Mercenary Group members.
• Xiao Yi Xian thanked Yan Lin and invited him to the ruins, but Yan Lin stopped her and proposed visiting the Wolf Head Mercenary Group first.

Yan Lin attacked the Wolf Head Mercenary Group with Xiao Yi Xian and used the fleeing mercenaries’ souls to complete his soul banner. He left with the newly refined Hundred Soul Banner, whose terrifying aura frightened Xiao Yi Xian.

• Yan Lin arrived at Wolf Head Mercenary Group headquarters with Xiao Yi Xian atop the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, terrifying Mu She and the mercenaries.
• Yan Lin threw his unrefined banner into the air and began refining it, prompting the Wolf Head mercenaries to flee.
• Yan Lin’s banner absorbed the souls of several hundred mercenaries, including Mu She, as its vortex pulled them in.
• Yan Lin offered his blood essence and completed the refinement, creating what he recognized as a Hundred Soul Banner.
• Yan Lin drew the banner into his hand, and Xiao Yi Xian recoiled when its chilling resentment and wails made her soul tremble.

Yan Lin took Xiao Yi Xian to a Poison Master’s cave ruin in the Monster Mountain Range, where they safely reached the sealed chamber and discovered valuable herbs and treasures. Xiao Yi Xian excitedly claimed the finds after Yan Lin agreed to give them to her.

• Xiao Yi Xian noticed the sinister aura of Yan Lin’s Human Emperor Banner, but Yan Lin insisted it was righteous and she let the matter drop.
• Yan Lin and Xiao Yi Xian traveled to the Monster Mountain Range, where Xiao Yi Xian showed him a cave hidden beneath a cliff.
• Yan Lin used the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake to carry them down the cliff, and its aura drove away a Rock Snake as Yan Lin steadied Xiao Yi Xian.
• Yan Lin kept the Fire Spirit Snake scouting ahead as they crossed the dark tunnel and opened the cave’s sealed stone chamber.
• Xiao Yi Xian found rare medicinal herbs and other treasures in the chamber, and Yan Lin agreed to let her have them.

Yan Lin recovered the Poison Master's Ruins treasures and reassured Xiao Yi Xian that he could control her tribulation poison body. He helped her learn the Purple Cloud Wings, but her first uncontrolled flight sent them crashing into a wall together.

• Yan Lin retrieved the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Fragment Map and three scrolls, then gave the treasures and herbs to Xiao Yi Xian.
• After reading the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, Xiao Yi Xian despaired over her tribulation poison body, but Yan Lin promised to teach her the Poison Pill Method and control it.
• Yan Lin used the Myriad Soul Banner to absorb the Purple Cloud Eagle's remnant soul so Xiao Yi Xian could learn the Purple Cloud Wings.
• Xiao Yi Xian endured the painful technique's cultivation, recovered with Yan Lin's fourth-tier Restoration Pill, and tried to control her new wings.
• Xiao Yi Xian's wings carried her into Yan Lin and crashed them into the rocky wall, leaving her embarrassed and Yan Lin secretly pleased.