Recaps

After leaving Yun Yun, Yan Lin returned to Xiao Yi Xian and found that her cultivation had risen to four-star Dou Zhe. He prepared for an upcoming seclusion by having her cook a poisonous chicken dish that would boost their cultivation.

• Yun Yun read Yan Lin's teasing farewell letter, cursed his sudden departure, and flew toward the Imperial Capital.
• Yan Lin returned to the hut in the Monster Mountain Range, where Xiao Yi Xian happily welcomed him.
• Yan Lin examined Xiao Yi Xian's progress and praised her rise to four-star Dou Zhe in less than half a month.
• Yan Lin told Xiao Yi Xian he planned to enter seclusion for a breakthrough that could take one to six months, and promised to train her before then.
• Yan Lin gave Xiao Yi Xian toxic medicinal ingredients and a Red-Bellied Golden Pheasant, explaining that the ingredients would complement each other and help their cultivation.
• Xiao Yi Xian began preparing poisoned chicken soup, while Yan Lin joked that he preferred braised chicken wings.

Yan Lin entered seclusion in a cave to use prepared treasures and pills to break through to Dou Wang, while Yun Yun rejected Gu He's advances at the Misty Cloud Sect. Two months later, Yan Lin successfully broke through and discovered that absorbing the Companion Purple Crystal Source had given him Purple Fire.

• Yan Lin swallowed a Spirit Breaking Pill and began cultivating with the materials he had prepared for his breakthrough.
• Yun Yun gave Gu He Purple Spirit Crystal to refine a pill for Yanran, then declined his gift of a Blue Enchantress and left the hall.
• Xiao Yi Xian checked on Yan Lin's cave daily for two months, and shortly after she left, heaven and earth energy surged into it.
• Yan Lin absorbed the energy, transformed as his Dou Qi Vortex vanished and his Dou Crystal shattered, then broke through to Dou Wang.
• Yan Lin spread his seven-colored Dou Qi wings and discovered that he had gained Purple Fire by refining the Companion Purple Crystal Source.

Yan Lin discovered that the Myriad Soul Banner had raised his Soul Realm to the fifth grade, then tested the speed granted by his new strength and bloodline. After deciding to pose as a Soul Hall protector while hunting Soul Bodies, he challenged Hai Bodong to a fight.

• Yan Lin inspected the Myriad Soul Banner and realized it had absorbed Soul Bodies’ power and fed it back to him, pushing his Soul Realm to the fifth grade.
• Yan Lin decided to use the Soul Hall’s notorious reputation as cover and adopt the identity of Yan Protector when hunting Soul Bodies.
• Yan Lin met Xiao Yi Xian outside the cave, then tested his increased flight speed while Hai Bodong watched from hiding.
• Yan Lin transformed into the Seven-Colored Sky-Swallowing Python and flew so quickly that Hai Bodong could barely track him.
• Yan Lin challenged Hai Bodong to fight so he could test his newly increased strength.

Yan Lin completed his first fifth-grade Earth Spirit Pill and planned to seek the remaining ingredients needed to obtain the Green Lotus Core Flame. He then arrived in Black Rock City with Xiao Yi Xian and Hai Bodong, intent on keeping their identities hidden while he pursued his business.

• Yan Lin refined an Earth Spirit Pill, becoming a Fifth-Grade Alchemist, and planned to find another Naling and the Ice Spirit Cold Spring before Xiao Yan could claim it.
• Xiao Yan killed a Fusion Ape with Eight Extremes Collapse, and Yao Chen encouraged him to aim for greater strength before traveling to the Tagor Desert.
• Yan Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Hai Bodong reached Black Rock City and agreed to enter through the queue rather than draw attention with their identities.

Yan Lin and Xiao Yi Xian explored Black Rock City, where he insisted on giving her money to shop. After she went ahead, Yan Lin persuaded Hai Bodong to help him steal rare treasures from Gute and avoid alerting Gu He.

• Yan Lin gave Xiao Yi Xian a Five-Patterned Purple Gold Card and urged her to buy whatever she wanted.
• Xiao Yi Xian thanked Yan Lin and politely asked Hai Bodong if he wanted her to buy anything before going to browse the market.
• Yan Lin told Hai Bodong that Gute possessed an Ice Spirit Cold Spring and possibly the main ingredient for a Solid Spirit Pill, and Hai Bodong agreed to help.
• Yan Lin explained that they needed to ambush Gute quickly so he could not summon reinforcements or alert Gu He.
• Yan Lin told Hai Bodong to investigate Gute's residence and schedule while he found them a place to stay.

Yan Lin and Hai Bodong ambushed Gute outside his treasure vault and captured him. Yan Lin secretly obtained Gute's alchemy talent, and the two entered the vault with Gute frozen on Hai Bodong's shoulder.

• Yan Lin waited in disguise while Hai Bodong helped him stake out Gute's secluded residence.
• Hai Bodong froze the street and Gute's feet, then clashed with Gute as he fought back using Silver Frost Flame.
• Yan Lin struck Gute from behind with a seven-colored attack and knocked him unconscious.
• Hai Bodong questioned Yan Lin for suppressing his realm, and Yan Lin claimed he feared accidentally killing Gute.
• Yan Lin confirmed he had obtained Gute's alchemy talent, then asked Hai Bodong to freeze Gute again.
• Hai Bodong froze Gute into a statue, carried him into the treasure vault, and swaggered inside.

Yan Lin and Hai Bodong made it through Gute's traps and found his treasure chamber, where they agreed to split the collection. Yan Lin discovered a rare Spirit Absorption Ganoderma in a hidden room, but Gute had no Naling, so Yan Lin still needed to search elsewhere for the remaining ingredients.

• Yan Lin and Hai Bodong reached the top floor after safely enduring Gute's traps and broke down the door to his treasure chamber.
• Yan Lin offered Hai Bodong half of Gute's visible treasures, and Hai Bodong promised another favor if Yan Lin refined the Solid Spirit Pill.
• Yan Lin searched for the hidden chamber and found it contained the Ice Spirit Cold Spring and rarer treasures.
• Yan Lin found a Spirit Absorption Ganoderma needed for the Spirit Absorption Pill but found no Naling in Gute's collection.

Otto found Gute frozen after thieves had stolen his treasures, and melted the ice while Gute raged over the loss. Yan Lin told Hai Bodong he planned to return to the Snake People Clan to prepare to refine Heavenly Flames, then asked him to search for materials and another Naling, which Xiao Yi Xian suspected was meant for her.

• Otto entered Gute's ruined treasure room, found Gute encased in ice, and freed him with Solid Fire.
• Gute discovered his treasures were gone, vowed revenge, and admitted he could not identify the masked attackers beyond one being an ice-attributed Dou Wang.
• Otto saw Gute's grief and fury, then made an excuse about his pill cauldron and left.
• Yan Lin told Hai Bodong he would return to the Snake People Clan to prepare to refine Heavenly Flames, while Hai Bodong agreed to wait in Desert City and gather materials.
• Yan Lin asked Hai Bodong to find another Naling, and Xiao Yi Xian realized it might be for her Poison Fire Pill Condensation Method.

Yan Lin told Xiao Yi Xian that he was a Snake Person and their Saint King, reassuring her that he would protect her. The pair reached the Moon Mei Tribe, where Yue Mei recognized Yan Lin and watched him continue toward the Holy City with Xiao Yi Xian.

• Xiao Yi Xian asked whether Yan Lin was a Snake Person, and he revealed that he was also their Saint King.
• Xiao Yi Xian said she trusted Yan Lin and was not afraid of him, and he promised to keep her safe.
• Yan Lin and Xiao Yi Xian flew from Black Rock City toward the Snake People Clan while Hai Bodong went his separate way.
• Yue Mei confronted the travelers at the Moon Mei Tribe, then recognized Yan Lin and respectfully greeted him.
• Yan Lin joked with Yue Mei before continuing toward the Holy City with Xiao Yi Xian, leaving Yue Mei curious about his human companion.

Yan Lin brought his nervous disciple, Xiao Yi Xian, to meet Queen Medusa and revealed that Xiao Yi Xian possessed the Tribulation Poison Body. Medusa recognized the danger and potential of the constitution, and the chapter left her preparing to question Yan Lin about his claimed method of controlling it.

• Yan Lin reassured Xiao Yi Xian and brought her into Queen Medusa's bedchamber.
• Yan Lin and Medusa greeted each other, and Medusa noticed that Yan Lin had become more confident after reaching Dou Wang.
• Yan Lin introduced Xiao Yi Xian as his new disciple and said her potential surpassed Medusa's.
• Yan Lin privately told Medusa that Xiao Yi Xian possessed the Tribulation Poison Body and could become important to the Snake People Clan.
• Medusa sat upright when she learned of Xiao Yi Xian's constitution, and Yan Lin assured her he could control it.
• Medusa decided to question Yan Lin about his method after Xiao Yi Xian left.

Yan Lin brought Xiao Yi Xian to meet Medusa and discussed controlling her Tribulation Poison Body, then explained his plans for the Green Lotus Core Flame and his next journey. Medusa supported his decision to leave, but Yan Lin departed without understanding her hints, leaving her frustrated.

• Medusa agreed to let Xiao Yi Xian stay with the Snake People Clan and sent Hua She'er to show her around Saint King Palace.
• Yan Lin assured Medusa he could control Xiao Yi Xian's Tribulation Poison Body with the Netherworld Poison Fire and shared the Poison Fire Pill Condensation Method.
• Medusa offered Yan Lin three years of training as a reward, and he immediately withdrew his request for one.
• Yan Lin said he planned to give the Green Lotus Core Flame to Elder Deis and revealed he intended to travel again after finding a better Heavenly Flame.
• Medusa accepted Yan Lin's decision to pursue his own path, but he left without recognizing her hints, and she wondered if they had been too subtle.

Yan Lin brought Xiao Yi Xian to the Saint King Palace, where she grew close to Qing Lin and learned that Yan Lin was married to Medusa. Xiao Yi Xian realized she had fallen for Yan Lin, and he decided to find out why she was upset.

• Snake People guards mocked Yan Lin for being henpecked by Medusa as he walked through the Queen's Palace.
• Yan Lin helped Xiao Yi Xian settle into the Saint King Palace, where she quickly bonded with Qing Lin.
• Yan Lin told Deis he could refine the Green Lotus Core Flame, and Deis was overwhelmed with gratitude.
• Qing Lin told Xiao Yi Xian that Medusa was Yan Lin's wife, and Xiao Yi Xian recalled that Yan Lin had once told her the truth.
• Xiao Yi Xian realized she had fallen for Yan Lin but feared confessing and losing his affection.
• Yan Lin noticed Xiao Yi Xian was distressed and resolved to discover what was troubling her.

Yan Lin reassured Xiao Yi Xian about his feelings toward Medusa and promised that he would protect her and Qing Lin for life. After he gave Xiao Yi Xian her favorite mushroom dishes, she became more determined to stay by his side.

• Yan Lin learned from Qing Lin that Xiao Yi Xian was troubled by his relationship with Medusa and prepared her favorite food before speaking with her.
• Yan Lin told Xiao Yi Xian that he was attracted to Medusa but would not force a marriage if she did not want one.
• Yan Lin told Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin that he would never abandon them and would protect them for life.
• Yan Lin gave Xiao Yi Xian a plate of mushroom dishes, and she thanked him and resolved to follow him as long as he did not send her away.

Green Barbarian and Bai Ya searched the Tagor Desert for the Holy Maiden, whose Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils Bai Ya could sense. Bai Ya also set off for the Medusa Temple, intent on killing Yan Lin and pursuing Queen Medusa.

• Bai Ya told Green Barbarian that his senses placed the Holy Maiden somewhere in the Tagor Desert, though her search of nearby cities had found no trace of her.
• Green Barbarian suggested they investigate Desert City again, where the Holy Maiden had appeared more than three years earlier.
• Bai Ya declared his love for Queen Medusa despite Green Barbarian reminding him that she had beaten him before.
• Green Barbarian revealed that Queen Medusa had a fiancé, Yan Lin, who had been bestowed the title of Saint King.
• Bai Ya grew furious at the news and decided to go to the Medusa Temple to kill Yan Lin.

Yan Lin visited Queen Medusa in the Bath Palace, where she taunted him about his romantic advice and challenged his masculinity. After she invited him into the bath and revealed herself, he froze and asked what she meant.

• Yan Lin entered the Bath Palace after Queen Medusa summoned him and watched her bathe.
• Medusa asked Yan Lin whether he was skilled at pursuing women, then mocked him for being all talk and unable to handle his own woman.
• Yan Lin angrily told Medusa he could handle her but could not sleep with her, and she challenged him to come into the bath.
• Yan Lin lifted the curtain, saw Medusa naked in the water, and stood frozen before asking what she meant.

Yan Lin and Medusa acknowledged their feelings and began an intimate moment, but Bai Ya's arrival interrupted them. Medusa and Yan Lin left the Bath Palace to meet the Eight-Winged Black Snake Emperor, with Yan Lin insisting he could stand beside her rather than remain under her protection.

• Medusa drew Yan Lin close and told him she wanted him to help her cultivate, and Yan Lin kissed her.
• Yan Lin realized Medusa returned his feelings, but a shout announcing Bai Ya's return interrupted them.
• Yan Lin recognized the Eight-Winged Black Snake Emperor's voice and cursed him for ruining their moment.
• Medusa offered to meet Bai Ya alone to protect Yan Lin, but Yan Lin said he wanted to hold up the sky for her.
• Medusa and Yan Lin left the Bath Palace together and flew toward the meeting.

Yan Lin accompanied Queen Medusa to confront the Eight-Winged Black Snake Emperor, Bai Ya, who had come to court her again. Medusa threatened to kill Bai Ya if it continued provoking her, while Yan Lin silently resolved to take revenge on the rival who coveted her.

• The Eight-Winged Black Snake Emperor sensed Queen Medusa approaching the Bath Palace and watched her arrive with Yan Lin.
• Yan Lin examined the Eight-Winged Black Snake Emperor and restrained his urge to attack it, knowing he could not reveal his Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils among the Snake People Clan.
• Hua She'er greeted Medusa and Yan Lin, while the Snake People experts stayed in position and watched the familiar spectacle of Bai Ya courting their Queen.
• Bai Ya ignored Yan Lin and Hua She'er, approached Medusa, and praised her beauty despite her disgusted warning.
• Medusa threatened that Bai Ya would not leave if it kept looking at her that way, but Bai Ya delighted in her anger, and Yan Lin resolved that it deserved to die for coveting his woman.

Yan Lin intervened when the Eight-Winged Black Snake Emperor harassed Medusa, then provoked him into a confrontation. He revealed himself as Medusa’s fiancé and publicly showed their closeness, while Bai Ya’s jealousy and rivalry intensified.

• Medusa summoned flaming swords to silence Bai Ya, but Yan Lin stopped her from attacking him.
• Yan Lin insulted the Eight-Winged Black Snake Emperor, who responded with fury and unleashed his Dou Emperor pressure.
• Medusa shielded Yan Lin and Hua She'er, warning Bai Ya that he would not leave if Yan Lin were hurt.
• Yan Lin introduced himself as the Snake People Clan’s Saint King and Medusa’s fiancé, and Bai Ya recognized their relationship.
• Yan Lin pulled Medusa close and kissed her forehead; she accepted the gesture as the Holy City watched and cheered.

Yan Lin taunted the Eight-Winged Black Snake Emperor, Bai Ya, after it confronted Medusa, and Medusa defeated the jealous serpent in battle. After Bai Ya left the Holy City, Yan Lin secretly challenged it to meet him at the dunes north of the city.

• Bai Ya demanded that Yan Lin let Medusa go, but Medusa defended Yan Lin and threatened to kill Bai Ya if it insulted him again.
• Yan Lin refused Bai Ya's one-on-one challenge and provoked it with a string of insults.
• Bai Ya attacked Yan Lin, but Medusa intercepted it and fought it in the sky above the Holy City.
• Medusa overwhelmed Bai Ya, who remained infatuated with her even as she beat it and ordered it to leave.
• Yan Lin secretly challenged Bai Ya to meet him at the dunes a hundred li north of the city, and Bai Ya accepted before flying away.

Yan Lin told Medusa he planned to send Qing Lin to the Heavenly Snake Mansion, then pursued the Eight-Winged Black Snake Emperor alone. He lured Bai Ya into looking at his Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and began using their power.

• Medusa offered to continue their intimate moment, but Yan Lin said he had to meet the Eight-Winged Black Snake Emperor first.
• Medusa suspected Yan Lin planned to kill Bai Ya and warned him against provoking the Heavenly Snake Mansion; Yan Lin said he wanted Qing Lin to train there instead.
• Medusa gave Yan Lin a soul communication mark so she could find him if he was in danger.
• Yan Lin met the injured Eight-Winged Black Snake Emperor in the desert, where Bai Ya boasted that it could kill him easily.
• Yan Lin tricked Bai Ya into looking into his eyes, then revealed his Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.

Yan Lin used his Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to enslave the Eight-Winged Black Snake Emperor, then beat him for his earlier insults and made him his snake pet. Yan Lin headed toward Holy City with the shrunken snake hidden in his sleeve, calling him Little Black despite his protests.

• Yan Lin used his Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to overpower the Eight-Winged Black Snake Emperor and enslave his soul.
• The Eight-Winged Black Snake Emperor surrendered and offered Yan Lin a place in the Heavenly Snake Mansion, but Yan Lin demanded that he become his snake pet.
• After the snake addressed Yan Lin as Master, Yan Lin made him shrink and beat him for insulting him and speaking loudly.
• Yan Lin gave the Eight-Winged Black Snake Emperor pills, ordered him not to speak loudly, and tucked him into his sleeve as they headed toward Holy City.
• Yan Lin learned that the snake had sensed Qing Lin's Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and admitted he had deliberately lured him there.
• Yan Lin renamed Bai Ya Little Black, ignoring the snake's repeated protests.

Yan Lin entered the Queen’s bedchamber as Gu He and Yan Shi discovered that the Green Lotus Core Flame was gone. A Seven-Colored Snake Scale led Gu He to conclude that Queen Medusa had taken it, and he set out to gather allies and bargain for the flame.

• Yan Lin bathed, changed clothes, and entered the Queen’s bedchamber after receiving her permission.
• Gu He and Yan Shi arrived at the underground lava world and found the Green Lotus Core Flame missing, leaving Gu He frustrated.
• Yan Shi found a Seven-Colored Snake Scale, and Gu He recognized it as a clue that Queen Medusa had taken the flame.
• Gu He decided to offer Queen Medusa a deal for the Green Lotus Core Flame and asked Yan Shi to recruit Feng Li while he sought Sect Master Yun and other experts.
• Yan Shi agreed to support Gu He’s plan to approach the Snake People Clan.

Yan Lin spent the night with Medusa and discovered that their cultivation had advanced him from a one-star Dou Wang to a two-star Dou Wang. The next morning, a tremendous burst of energy erupted in the Queen's bedchamber, alarming the Medusa Temple.

• Yan Lin repeatedly challenged Medusa to rate his performance, while Medusa stubbornly teased him with increasingly favorable but begrudging judgments.
• At the Saint King Palace, Bai Ya made the other snake pets call it Boss Bai and insisted that only Yan Lin could call it Little Black.
• Yan Lin woke beside Medusa, noticed an unused chance to copy one of her traits, and decided to save it for later.
• Yan Lin discovered that his strength had risen to a two-star Dou Wang and realized the Bloodline Ancestral Return Method let him advance through dual cultivation with Medusa.
• A tremendous burst of energy shook the Queen's bedchamber and alarmed the entire Medusa Temple.

After Deis refined the Heavenly Flame and gained strength, Yan Lin discovered that cultivating with Medusa had helped him break through and had loosened her stagnant realm. He then checked on Xiao Yi Xian and left to find Qing Lin so he could tell her about the Heavenly Snake Mansion.

• Yan Lin sensed that Deis had successfully refined the Heavenly Flame, raising his cultivation by two stars and strengthening his Soul Power.
• Yan Lin told Medusa that their use of the Bloodline Ancestral Return Method had helped him break through, and Medusa sensed her bloodline changing and her realm loosening.
• Yan Lin invited Medusa to cultivate with him, and they spent the morning together in the Queen's Palace.
• Yan Lin returned to the Saint King Palace, found Xiao Yi Xian cultivating amid poisonous mist, and absorbed the poison before she woke.
• Yan Lin told Xiao Yi Xian he had helped Deis refine the Heavenly Flame, then learned Qing Lin was at the training grounds and went to speak with her about the Heavenly Snake Mansion.

Medusa questioned the Snake People Clan elders about her stalled bloodline transformation, and the Great Elder secretly urged her to keep trying with Yan Lin so they would have a child. Yan Lin fused with the Green Lotus Core Flame, advancing to peak Four-Star Dou Wang.

• Medusa asked the Great Elder why the Bloodline Ancestral Return Method had not transformed her bloodline or helped her break through to Dou Zong.
• The Great Elder and the other elders told Medusa to continue uniting with Yan Lin, and Medusa left determined to keep pursuing her transformation.
• After Medusa left, the Great Elder admitted she wanted Yan Lin and Medusa to have a child to secure the Snake People Clan's future and reveal which bloodline their descendant would inherit.
• Yan Lin used one-click fusion to refine the Green Lotus Core Flame, which remained docile as it strengthened his body and raised his cultivation from peak Two-Star Dou Wang to peak Four-Star Dou Wang.