Chapter Summaries

After refining the Heavenly Flames, Yan Lin rose to peak four-star Dou Wang and tried to fuse two Beast Fires, but the attempt ended in an explosion. Hua She'er then summoned him at Queen Medusa’s request, and Yan Lin planned to use their dual cultivation to reach five-star Dou Wang before her Bloodline Ancestor Return.

• Yan Lin finished refining the Heavenly Flames, gained two stars in strength, and discovered his body and senses had grown stronger.
• Yan Lin tried to fuse Purple Fire and Dry Blue Ice Flame, but their repulsion caused them to explode and leave him disheveled.
• Yan Lin concluded that flame fusion was impossible without the Flame Mantra and wondered whether Lucky Brother could still create Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus.
• Hua She'er told Yan Lin that the Queen wanted to see him, and Yan Lin planned to use dual cultivation with Medusa to break through before her Bloodline Ancestor Return.

Yan Lin sent Qing Lin to Heavenly Snake Mansion for training, where she promised to grow stronger and wait for him. After she left, Medusa appeared, and Yan Lin agreed to help her pursue her ancestral reversion.

• Bai Ya taught the male Winged Snake a neck-rotation exercise while Yan Lin comforted Qing Lin before her departure.
• Qing Lin flew away with the Eight-Winged Black Snake Emperor, promising to become stronger and wait for Yan Lin to bring her home.
• Yan Lin reflected that Heavenly Snake Mansion could teach Qing Lin to master the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and might later serve his ambitions.
• Medusa appeared and asked why the Eight-Winged Black Snake Emperor seemed afraid of Yan Lin, but Yan Lin kept the reason secret.
• Medusa said she felt close to breaking through, and Yan Lin carried her away after she tempted him with the chance to choose their activities.

Yan Lin relaxed in Saint King Palace while waiting for Medusa’s breakthrough, then welcomed his old friend Cauliflower Snake and agreed to support Cui Hua Snake. Their peaceful gathering ended when an urgent report arrived.

• Yan Lin reflected on his cultivation goals and held a party while Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian were occupied and Qing Lin was away.
• Cauliflower Snake visited Yan Lin during a day off and asked for Cui Hua Snake to join Yan Lin’s personal guard.
• Yan Lin agreed to have Cauliflower Snake train Cui Hua Snake and share some of the resources he had received.
• Cauliflower Snake joked about bringing his extended family to Holy City, then left with fruit and wine for Cui Hua Snake.
• Yan Lin resumed the dancing, but a guard suddenly reported that something had happened.

Yan Lin learned that a powerful party led by a Dou Huang was approaching the Snake People Clan while Queen Medusa was breaking through in seclusion. He took command of the defense and prepared to meet the invaders, joined by Mebas.

• Yue Mei reported that nine intruders, including five Dou Lings, three Dou Wangs, and a black-robed Dou Huang, had defeated her and were heading toward the Holy City.
• Hua She'er told Yan Lin that the Great Elder had entrusted the response entirely to him while the elders guarded Queen Medusa's breakthrough.
• Yan Lin ordered Hua She'er and Yue Mei to gather the clan's Dou Ling-level experts and keep the invaders away from the Holy City.
• Yue Mei worried that no one could match the enemy's Dou Huang, but Yan Lin reassured her that the elders would not let him come to harm.
• Mebas arrived at the Saint King Palace and awkwardly bowed to Yan Lin as the Saint King.

Yan Lin quelled Mebas’s challenge by revealing his overwhelming strength, then prepared to defend Holy City from the approaching enemy. He left energy clones to protect Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian and led the Snake People into battle.

• Mebas objected to Yan Lin’s plan, arguing that the Snake People needed the elders to face a Dou Huang expert.
• Yan Lin suppressed Mebas with his bloodline power and revealed that he had reached the five-star Dou Wang realm, shocking Mebas, Yue Mei, and Hua She’er.
• Yue Mei and Hua She’er pleaded for Yan Lin to spare Mebas, and Yan Lin withdrew his suppression after warning Mebas against challenging him again.
• Yan Lin created two energy clones to protect Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian, then flew toward Holy City’s gates.
• Yan Lin ordered Snake People below the Dou Ling realm to retreat into Holy City and those at or above that level to follow him into battle.

Yan Lin confronted Gu He’s party after they trespassed into Snake People territory and injured his clansmen, revealing himself as the Snake People’s Saint King. Yun Yun recognized Yan Lin among the humans, and the chapter ended with Gu He admitting fault and offering compensation.

• Yan Lin and the Snake People commanders rose to meet the arriving humans and their Azure Feather Flying Kun.
• Yun Yun recognized Yan Lin and wondered why he was with the Snake People.
• Gu He introduced himself, and Yan Lin declared that he was the Snake People’s Saint King.
• Hua She'er explained that Yan Lin held a status equal to Queen Medusa, shocking Gu He’s group and Yun Yun.
• Yan Lin demanded an explanation for the trespass and injuries, and Gu He admitted the humans had been discourteous and offered compensation.

Yan Lin confronted Gu He over the Snake People Clan’s losses and learned that Gu He had come seeking the Green Lotus Core Flame. After refusing Gu He’s proposed trade and demanding compensation, Yan Lin struck down Yan Shi when he challenged him, leaving Gu He’s group wary of the Saint King.

• Yan Lin questioned Gu He about forcing his way into the Snake People Clan, and Gu He revealed that he had come for the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Gu He explained that a friend had traced the Heavenly Flame’s aura and found a Seven-Colored Snake Scale, leading him to suspect Queen Medusa had taken it; Yan Lin admitted the flame belonged to his clan.
• Gu He offered two Dou Spirit Pills and a seventh-grade Humanoid Pill for the flame, but Yan Lin refused and revealed that Deis had already refined it.
• Yan Lin demanded two Dou Spirit Pills and a Humanoid Pill as compensation for the clan’s injured and dead, rejecting Gu He’s offer of one pill and threatening to keep the group in the Tagor Desert.
• Yan Shi challenged Yan Lin, who struck him with Eight Extremes Collapse and sent him crashing into the sand; Gu He and the other experts halted their advance and guarded Yun Yun.

Yan Lin led the Snake People Clan into battle against Gu He’s group and fought the black-robed Dou Huang, who he recognized as Sect Master Yun. As their battle continued, Yun Yun’s disguise was exposed between them, leaving their fight complicated by their shared past.

• Yan Lin rejected Hua She'er’s offer to help and challenged the black-robed Dou Huang while the other Snake People chose opponents among Gu He’s group.
• Yue Mei attacked Yan Shi, Mebas engaged Feng Li, and Hua She'er and Deis teamed up against Gu He.
• Gu He tried to join the fighters on his Azure Feather Flying Kun, but Snake People Dou Ling experts arrived on Purple-Patterned Black Eagles and surrounded him.
• Yan Lin used the Myriad Snake Array against Yun Yun, who countered with the Wind Withering Stance and urged him to stop fighting.
• Yan Lin told Yun Yun he recognized her as Sect Master Yun from their time together, and she recalled their days in the Monster Mountain Range.

Yun Yun confronted Yan Lin after their staged battle, then learned he was a member of the Snake People Clan and intended to unite it with the Jia Ma Empire. The chapter ended with Yun Yun impressed by Yan Lin’s ambition, though disappointed that his reason for saving her had not been romantic.

• Yun Yun lowered her hood and reproached Yan Lin for hitting her during their battle, while he reminded her that she had helped Gu He attack him.
• Yan Lin and Yun Yun teased each other about his growth, her lack of progress, and his past departure after her seal was broken.
• Yun Yun asked Yan Lin about his identity, and he admitted he was one of the snake people who had taken a Humanoid Pill.
• Yan Lin told Yun Yun he had saved her because he wanted to end the conflict between the Snake People Clan and the Jia Ma Empire.
• Yan Lin explained that he planned to unite both nations under one empire rather than destroy the Jia Ma Empire, impressing Yun Yun.

Yan Lin forced Gu He’s group to surrender pills and leave, winning the Snake People Clan’s recognition as its true Saint King. As Yun Yun and Gu He’s party discussed the danger he posed to the Jia Ma Empire, a strange storm gathered above the Medusa Temple.

• Yun Yun warned Yan Lin that killing Gu He could trigger a war, and Yan Lin agreed to release the group if Gu He accepted his terms.
• Yan Lin and Yun Yun staged a fierce battle while Gu He agreed to the conditions and handed over two Dou Spirit Pills and one Humanoid Pill.
• Yan Lin released Gu He’s group, and the Snake People celebrated him as their true Saint King; Hua She’er, Yue Mei, Mebas, and Deis acknowledged his authority.
• Gu He’s companions worried that Yan Lin’s growing strength threatened the Jia Ma Empire, while Yun Yun prepared to caution them against acting rashly.
• Thunder sounded as dark clouds and silver lightning gathered above the Medusa Temple.

Gu He and the others realized Queen Medusa was advancing to Dou Zong, and they left the Snake People Clan wary of its growing power. Yan Lin hurried to see her Companion Soul first while the Four Great Elders watched him and joked privately.

• Yun Yun and Gu He sensed a terrifying aura above the Holy City and identified Queen Medusa as the one advancing to Dou Zong.
• Gu He understood why the Snake People Clan had been so vigilant and regretted coming to the Holy City, while Feng Li and the others resolved not to provoke the clan.
• Yan Lin flew to the island where Queen Medusa was advancing, hoping to be the first to meet her Seven-Colored Sky-Swallowing Python Companion Soul.
• The Four Great Elders watched Yan Lin arrive and exchanged teasing, lewd jokes through voice transmission.

Queen Medusa completed her transformation into a Seven-Colored Sky-Swallowing Python, whose newborn soul bonded closely with Yan Lin while Medusa remained dormant. After Yan Lin reached Six-Star Dou Wang, Medusa awakened and teased him before returning to human form, leaving him determined to head to the Imperial Capital the next day.

• Queen Medusa emerged from her cocoon as a Seven-Colored Sky-Swallowing Python after surviving the advancement lightning tribulation, while her original soul fell dormant.
• Yan Lin fed and cared for the newborn snake, which bonded with him and became wary of the Snake People Clan's Four Great Elders.
• Yan Lin cultivated with a Dou Spirit Pill for a day and advanced to Six-Star Dou Wang.
• Queen Medusa awakened inside the snake, teased Yan Lin, and transformed back into human form after biting his finger.
• Yan Lin promised to help Medusa fuse her soul and declared that he would head to the Imperial Capital the next day.

Yan Lin entered the Imperial Capital to obtain the Spirit Fusion Pill formula and pursue other plans, then spotted Nalan Yanran and Liu Ling at the Mittel Auction House. After Liu Ling collided with him and stumbled back, he accused Yan Lin of deliberately ramming him and demanded an explanation.

• Yan Lin toured the Imperial Capital in disguise while Queen Medusa warned him to be cautious, and he said he planned to visit an acquaintance.
• Yan Lin reached the Mittel Auction House, brushed off pickpockets, and considered seeking Nalan Jie’s Brand Poison and Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Dew.
• Nalan Yanran and Liu Ling entered the auction house, drawing attention as a celebrated pair of young talents.
• Liu Ling reassured Nalan Yanran that Gu He would help her grandfather remove the Brand Poison when he returned from the Tagor Desert, and Yan Lin decided to visit Nalan Residence.
• Liu Ling bumped into Yan Lin and stumbled back; after Nalan Yanran supported him, he accused Yan Lin of deliberately ramming him.

Yan Lin beat Liu Ling and overwhelmed Nalan Yanran after they invoked the Misty Cloud Sect and Gu He. As the Xuan-tier auction began, a seductive woman in red approached Yan Lin.

• Yan Lin punched Liu Ling after Liu Ling accused him of lacking manners, then knocked him down with an axe kick when Liu Ling attacked with beast fire.
• Yan Lin immobilized the Mittel Auction House guards with his Dou Qi pressure and warned Liu Ling against moving.
• Nalan Yanran asked Yan Lin to spare Liu Ling, but he forced her to her knees and briefly seized her by the throat when she defended the Misty Cloud Sect and Gu He.
• Yan Lin released Nalan Yanran, kicked Liu Ling away, and warned him that his backers would not protect him next time.
• The Xuan-tier auction began, and Yan Lin noticed a seductive woman in red approaching through the crowd.

At the Mittel Auction House, Ya Fei managed the aftermath of Yan Lin's clash with Liu Ling and Nalan Yanran, then invited Yan Lin to a VIP room. Yan Lin dismissed her warning about the Misty Cloud Sect, leaving Ya Fei curious about his identity and backing.

• Yan Lin observed Ya Fei and Leo as the Mittel Family chose to stay out of his dispute with Liu Ling and Nalan Yanran.
• Ya Fei drew the hall's attention to herself, approached Yan Lin, and invited him to the VIP room.
• Ya Fei arranged for attendants to escort Liu Ling and Nalan Yanran out while avoiding offense to either side.
• Liu Ling left with hatred for Yan Lin and planned to find people to take revenge.
• Ya Fei asked Yan Lin his name and warned him that Liu Ling might retaliate on behalf of the Misty Cloud Sect and Pill King Gu He.
• Yan Lin brushed off the warning by saying the Misty Cloud Sect was no concern, deepening Ya Fei's curiosity about him.

Yan Lin visited the Mittel Auction House to meet Hai Bodong, while Ya Fei saw an opportunity to gain the Great Elder’s support. As he waited, Yan Lin reassured Queen Medusa about his trust in Hai Bodong and declared his ambition to build a vast empire for the Snake People Clan.

• Ya Fei learned that Yan Lin had come to see Hai Bodong and escorted him to a VIP room before sending word to the Great Elder.
• Ya Fei decided to keep Yan Lin’s visit from Leo and hoped to use the connection to earn Hai Bodong’s trust and influence within her family.
• Queen Medusa bit Yan Lin after he praised Ya Fei’s appearance, and he coaxed her until she stopped being jealous.
• Yan Lin told Queen Medusa how he had met Hai Bodong, lifted part of the Snake Seal Curse, and made a one-year agreement with him.
• Queen Medusa warned Yan Lin not to trust humans or lift Hai Bodong’s final seal, but Yan Lin argued that the Ice Emperor could help him control the Jia Ma Empire.
• Yan Lin declared that he would lead the Snake People Clan to conquer neighboring empires and establish the greatest Snake People Empire in history.

Yan Lin reunited with Hai Bodong at the Mittel Auction House, revealed that he had reached Six-Star Dou Wang, and asked him to help obtain the sixth-tier Spirit Fusion Pill formula and gather ingredients for the Spirit Absorption Pill. The meeting ended when Yun Leng arrived and requested an audience with the Dou Wang.

• Medusa supported Yan Lin's ambition to build a powerful Snake People Empire, and Yan Lin told her he wanted strength to protect her and those she cared about.
• Hai Bodong met Yan Lin at the auction house, where Yan Lin removed his disguise and revealed he had advanced to Six-Star Dou Wang.
• Yan Lin asked Hai Bodong for help obtaining the Spirit Fusion Pill formula, and Ya Fei said it would be the Alchemist Conference champion's prize.
• Hai Bodong told Yan Lin that the Spirit Absorption Pill's main ingredients might be found in the Black-Corner Region, and Yan Lin decided to investigate the region after handling his other business.
• Yun Leng arrived at the Mittel Auction House and requested an audience with the Dou Wang.

Yan Lin faced Yun Leng and Yun Lei after they confronted him over his clash with Liu Ling, with Hai Bodong firmly backing him. Yan Lin defeated Yun Leng’s attack and prepared to leave, but a sudden energy ripple struck at him from behind.

• Hai Bodong chose Yan Lin’s side and joined him as they confronted Yun Leng and Yun Lei above the Mittel Auction House.
• Yan Lin gave the name Lin Yan, and Yun Leng proposed one exchange to settle the dispute over the Misty Cloud Sect’s reputation.
• Yun Leng unleashed Rock Dragon Descent, and Yan Lin’s Asura Slash cut through the rock dragon before striking Heavy Prison Peak.
• Yun Leng acknowledged the exchange was over, and Yan Lin and Hai Bodong began to leave.
• An unexpected energy ripple swept past Hai Bodong and attacked Yan Lin from behind.

Yan Lin fought Jia Shentian after the Imperial Family guardian ambushed him to test his strength and investigate his unknown origins. Hai Bodong engaged Jia Shentian’s energy clone while Yan Lin challenged Jia Shentian directly, and their fierce battle continued over the Imperial Capital.

• Jia Shentian attacked Yan Lin with earthen-yellow sand, but Yan Lin evaded the ambush and shattered a giant sand hand with Eight Extremes Collapse.
• Hai Bodong recognized Jia Shentian as the Imperial Family guardian and warned Yan Lin that the peak Dou Emperor was wary of him.
• Jia Shentian created an energy clone to fight Hai Bodong while he questioned Yan Lin about his master, but Yan Lin refused to reveal his background.
• Yan Lin transformed his wings and struck Jia Shentian with Asura Slash, but Jia Shentian blocked it with Mystic Rock Shield.
• Jia Shentian criticized Yan Lin’s strength and fought him at close range with shifting sand weapons as Hai Bodong battled the energy clone nearby.

Yan Lin fought Jia Shentian until his own strength proved insufficient, then joined powers with Queen Medusa through the Snake Enchantment secret art and rose to the Dou Zong realm. He overwhelmed Jia Shentian and left him crashing into the ground.

• Jia Shentian unleashed Sand Needle Explosion and Heaven-Shattering Earth-Splitting, breaking Yan Lin's Eight Trigrams Seal and forcing him to defend with Myriad Snake Net.
• Yan Lin admitted Jia Shentian was stronger and refused Queen Medusa's offer to take over, asking her to lend him her power instead.
• Queen Medusa entered the Seven-Colored Profound Mark and used Snake Enchantment to link her power with Yan Lin's, raising his strength to the Dou Zong realm.
• Jia Shentian and the onlookers reacted in shock as Yan Lin's aura surpassed that of a Peak Dou Emperor.
• Yan Lin crossed the space between them, scattered Jia Shentian's sand, and stomped him into the ground.