Chapter Summaries

Lu Man entered Shimo City to search for the Heavenly Snake Mansion’s successor, whose Triple Jade-Green Snake Pupils she could sense but not locate precisely. Qinglin cultivated in the City Lord Manor while Xiao Han, Medusa, and Haibodong flew toward the city.

• Lu Man left White Fang hidden beneath a sand dune and warned him to keep his aura concealed near the Jia Ma Empire border.
• A mercenary captain told Lu Man that the Mo Tie Mercenary Group had taken control of Shimo City and opened an Exchange selling pills; she gave him Two-Grade Pills and entered the city with his group.
• Lu Man sensed that the Triple Jade-Green Snake Pupils were somewhere in Shimo City, but a blockage prevented her from pinpointing them.
• Qinglin continued cultivating in Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid and increased how quickly she absorbed Dou Qi from the sand snake.
• Xiao Han, Medusa, and Haibodong flew toward Shimo City, with Haibodong marveling at Xiao Han’s speed and Medusa recalling his Heavenly Stage Technique.

Xiao Han, Haibodong, and Medusa approached Shimo City while concealing their auras, as Lu Man tracked Qinglin to the City Lord Manor and discovered her unusual eyes. Lu Man tried to recruit Qinglin for the Heavenly Snake Mansion, but Qinglin viewed the offer with disdain after remembering Xiao Han's warnings.

• Xiao Han concealed Medusa's and Haibodong's auras and told them to land outside Shimo City and walk in.
• Qinglin finished cultivating, and her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils' aura alerted Lu Man to her presence at the City Lord Manor.
• Lu Man entered Qinglin's room and questioned her about the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, but Qinglin's purple eyes confused her.
• Lu Man realized Qinglin had been cultivating an Eye Technique and revealed that she was an elder of the Heavenly Snake Mansion seeking its next Mansion Master.
• Qinglin recalled Xiao Han's contemptuous remarks about the Heavenly Snake Mansion and silently looked down on Lu Man's offer.
• White Fang rested beneath a sand dune outside Shimo City, unaware that someone had spotted his trail.

Xiao Han overwhelmed White Fang and Lu Man in Shimo City, revealing that he himself—not Old Man Yao—was the powerful Dou Emperor. He prepared to continue fighting the Heavenly Snake Mansion duo as Xiao Yan and Qinglin watched from the city wall.

• White Fang burst from the sand with a serious wound, and Lu Man shielded Qinglin before leaving to face the fighting.
• Qinglin sensed Xiao Han nearby and rode a giant sand snake to the city wall to see him.
• Xiao Han's dark blue flame attacks overpowered White Fang's black flames, and he struck back when Lu Man joined the battle.
• Lu Man appealed to Xiao Han and invoked the Heavenly Snake Mansion, but he scorned the sect and refused to back down.
• Xiao Han drew a greatsword wreathed in dark blue flames and challenged White Fang and Lu Man to fight.
• Xiao Yan and Qinglin realized that Xiao Han himself had defeated the two Dou Emperors, rather than Old Man Yao controlling his body.

Xiao Han fought Lu Man and White Fang in the desert, defeated them with a massive sword strike, and survived his near-fatal injuries through his recovery ability. He carried the wounded pair toward his rendezvous with Medusa and Haibodong while searchers from Shimo City worried he was dead.

• Xiao Han chased Lu Man and White Fang away from Shimo City, breaking through Lu Man’s wooden attacks as White Fang prepared its ultimate move.
• Xiao Han tore through Lu Man’s forest, overwhelmed her, and struck her into a dune.
• White Fang sent an Ancient Heavenly Serpent phantom at Xiao Han, who countered with a colossal sword strike that left both fighters apparently dead in a huge crater.
• Xiao Han recovered from his injuries and revealed that he had only borrowed enough power from Old Man Yao to reach One-Star Dou Emperor strength.
• Xiao Han found the injured Lu Man and White Fang, gave them pills to keep them alive, and carried them toward his meeting with Medusa and Haibodong.
• Xiao Ding reassured the worried Qinglin in Shimo City as two familiar figures arrived from the direction of the Jia Ma Empire.

After defeating the Heavenly Snake Mansion’s Lu Man and White Fang, Xiao Han hid with Medusa and Haibodong in a secluded oasis and broke through to two-star Da Dou Shi. He enslaved the weakened Lu Man and ordered her to record the Heavenly Snake Mansion’s techniques and secrets.

• Medusa told Xiao Han that the oasis was her private retreat and assured him nobody would come looking for them there.
• Xiao Han cultivated and quickly advanced to two-star Da Dou Shi while Medusa and Haibodong watched in astonishment.
• Xiao Han treated the unconscious Lu Man’s injuries, then used his Soul Power to enslave her as she awoke.
• Lu Man recognized Medusa, discovered her Dou Qi was sealed, and learned that Xiao Han was the young fighter who had defeated her.
• Xiao Han ordered Lu Man to write down the Heavenly Snake Mansion’s Cultivation Methods, Combat Skills, secret techniques, and inheritances.

Jia Xingtian and Yun Yun investigated the battle site and learned that fighters from the Heavenly Snake Mansion had clashed there, raising fears of trouble for the Jia Ma Empire. Meanwhile, Xiao Han extracted the Heavenly Snake Mansion’s techniques from White Fang and Lu Man and planned to take them to Xiao Ding before rejoining Xiao Yan and the others.

• Jia Xingtian and Yun Yun arrived at the magma-filled sinkhole and concluded that a battle between Dou Emperors had caused the destruction.
• Xiao Li told Jia Xingtian and Yun Yun what he had witnessed, including the Heavenly Snake Mansion’s involvement and the Armor Dou Emperor’s remarks about Central Province.
• Yun Yun left to warn the Misty Cloud Sect’s disciples, while Jia Xingtian helped Xiao Li break through to Da Dou Shi and then departed.
• Xiao Ding arrived, confirmed that Xiao Li was safe, and led a team into the desert to search for Xiao Han.
• Xiao Han extracted the Heavenly Snake Mansion’s cultivation methods and techniques from White Fang and Lu Man, then decided to bring the Wood Attribute techniques to Xiao Ding before heading to Shimo City.

Xiao Han sent Medusa and the others ahead to Shimo City while he diverted to investigate a disturbance. In a gorge, Vulture Protector harvested a soul and revealed his plans to turn the Misty Cloud Sect into a source of Soul Hall victims before confronting a masked stranger.

• Xiao Han warned White Fang against complaining about his enslavement and explained the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to Haibodong.
• Xiao Han sensed something, told Medusa and the others to settle in Shimo City under disguise, and flew away using his Purple Cloud Wings.
• Vulture Protector captured a soul with a black chain and complained that the Jia Ma Empire had few souls and was watched by a hidden force from the Central Plains.
• Vulture Protector revealed that he had planted a Soul Seed in Yun Shan and planned to harvest Yun Shan, Yun Yun, Gu He, and the Misty Cloud Sect disciples.
• Vulture Protector attacked someone spying on him, then faced a masked man whose Peak Dou Emperor aura matched his own.

Xiao Han lured Vulture Protector into a trap and helped Yao Chen confront the Soul Hall hunter. Yao Chen gained the upper hand with the Demonic Flame and prepared to fight as Vulture Protector launched a barrage of chains, while Xiao Han took out the Immovable King Mantra.

• Xiao Han claimed to be Tang San, a disciple of Burning Flame Valley, and showed Vulture Protector the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations.
• Xiao Han revealed that Yao Chen was waiting, and Yao Chen sealed Vulture Protector inside a spatial barrier.
• Yao Chen borrowed Xiao Han's Demonic Flame and used it with the Bone Spirit Cold Flame to break Vulture Protector's Soul Snatching Chain.
• Vulture Protector recognized Yao Chen and attacked him with black mist, but Yao Chen formed a flame-wreathed ruler and kept fighting.
• As Vulture Protector unleashed dozens of chains, Xiao Han took the Immovable King Mantra from his Storage Ring.

Xiao Han and Old Man Yao defeated Vulture Protector, and Xiao Han drained him of his power while absorbing the Soul Hall techniques in his memories. They left with a Soul Bead that could greatly strengthen Old Man Yao, while Xiao Han considered whether to save Yun Shan from a dangerous breakthrough and take control of him.

• Xiao Han stunned Vulture Protector with the Immovable King Mantra, giving Old Man Yao the chance to defeat him with Flame Splitting Wave Ruler.
• Xiao Han found a Soul Bead among Vulture Protector’s belongings, and Old Man Yao explained that absorbing its stored Soul Power could restore him to peak Nine-Star Dou Zong.
• Xiao Han drained Vulture Protector of his Dou Qi, Soul Power, and life force, then used the Mind Control Curse to take his memories and learn Soul Hall techniques.
• Xiao Han maxed out Soul Chain and Black Soul Mist, startled Old Man Yao by testing the chains, and assured him that the Demonic Flame had filtered out the impurities he absorbed.
• Xiao Han learned that Yun Shan had begun advancing toward Dou Zong and considered saving him so he could take control of him.

Xiao Han reunited with his brothers in Shimo City and gathered his allies to search for the Green Lotus Core Flame. After Meduza revealed a secret art that could sense extreme heat, Xiao Han decided to begin the search immediately.

• Xiao Han returned safely to Shimo City with Xiao Ding and told his brothers about his recent encounters.
• Haibodong, Meduza, and Lu Man arrived, and Xiao Han told the Xiao Clan Brothers and Qinglin that the three were Dou Emperors.
• Xiao Han asked Xiao Ding and Xiao Li to help search for the Green Lotus Core Flame and showed them Haibodong's detailed map.
• Meduza explained that her clan's secret art could sense intensely hot energy nearby and passed the technique to Xiao Han.
• Xiao Han decided that the group would set out at once to search for the Green Lotus Core Flame.

Xiao Han and Medusa searched for the Green Lotus Core Flame, and Medusa dug a tunnel beneath the magma after Xiao Han promised her Cooling Pills. Xiao Han and Qinglin descended with a controlled Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, and they reached the fiery underground world.

• Xiao Han spread a rumor that the Mo Tie Mercenary Group was searching for medicinal herbs to keep others away from the Heavenly Flame search.
• Medusa found the general location of the Green Lotus Core Flame and dug a tunnel through the sand and magma under Xiao Han's orders.
• Xiao Han rewarded Medusa with a Cooling Pill, and she revealed that the Green Lotus Core Flame lay beneath the magma and that she had found a Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake.
• Qinglin used her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to control the Fire Spirit Snake, which said it knew where the Heavenly Flame was.
• Xiao Han left Medusa, Haibodong, Xiao Yan, and Xiao Ding to guard the entrance, then descended with Qinglin on the Fire Spirit Snake.
• Xiao Han and Qinglin reached the tunnel's end and looked out over the fiery underground world.

Xiao Han ventured into the Lava Sea and retrieved the Green Lotus Core Flame with the Fire Spirit Serpent’s help. He reunited with Qinglin and the others, and Medusa agreed to return with him to arrange her evolution, but an accident interrupted Xiao Han’s attempt to absorb the flame.

• Xiao Han left Qinglin waiting above the Lava Sea and descended with the Fire Spirit Serpent to search for the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Xiao Han found the Green Lotus Seat after more than two hours, cut it free with a jade knife, and suppressed the flame with the Demonic Flame.
• Xiao Han returned to the surface, where Qinglin and the others welcomed him and saw the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Xiao Han thanked the group and told Medusa he would return to the Serpent-Human Clan with her after absorbing the flame, and she agreed to find a place for him to do so.
• An accident interrupted Xiao Han as he began absorbing the Green Lotus Core Flame.

Xiao Han tried to absorb the Blue Lotus Core Flame, but the Demonic Flame sabotaged the fusion and left him gravely injured. He recovered enough to discover that both the Demonic Flame and the Swallowing Spirit Technique were self-aware, while the Blue Lotus Core Flame remained battered and unfused.

• Xiao Han used the Swallowing Spirit Technique to suppress the Blue Lotus Core Flame and draw its core toward his body while Old Man Yao watched.
• The Demonic Flame suddenly pulled the Blue Lotus Core Flame's core out of Xiao Han, and the energy clash badly injured him.
• Old Man Yao gave Xiao Han a restorative pill, and Xiao Han quickly regained consciousness.
• The Demonic Flame tormented the Blue Lotus Core Flame, kicked it back onto the Green Lotus Seat, and told it to get lost.
• Xiao Han realized the Swallowing Spirit Technique was also self-aware and angrily confronted the Demonic Flame.

Xiao Han’s Demonic Flame forcibly absorbed the weakened Green Lotus Core Flame and fused its power into a new teal flame. After completing the fusion, it asked Xiao Han for the Dou Ancestor energy orb, then began using it to break through and refine a spirit body.

• The Demonic Flame drained the Green Lotus Core Flame’s Origin Fire Seed, leaving it weak, and Xiao Han removed its fire seed and collected the Green Lotus Seeds.
• The Demonic Flame assimilated the Green Lotus Core Flame’s energy with help from the Flame Mantra and Xiao Han’s devouring force.
• The Demonic Flame fused the blue and green flames into a teal Heavenly Flame and formed a figure resembling Xiao Han.
• The Demonic Flame asked for the Dou Ancestor energy orb, and Xiao Han gave it the energy from his Dantian.
• The Demonic Flame absorbed the orb and drew in Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi to break through and refine a spirit body.

Xiao Han emerged from the cave after fusing his Heavenly Flame, revealing that the beautiful girl everyone mistook for him was the flame’s prankish transformation. After demonstrating the fused flame’s power, he told Medusa he was now ninety percent certain he could help her evolve, and she agreed to return with him to the Serpent-Human Clan.

• Qinglin and the others mistook the beautiful blue-green-haired girl who emerged from the cave for Xiao Han, until Xiao Han struck her apart and revealed she was his newly intelligent Demonic Flame.
• Xiao Han explained that the Demonic Flame had taken a female form to tease everyone, then changed it into a husky that tried to burrow under Qinglin’s skirt before he kicked it back into flame form.
• Xiao Han tested the fused Demonic Flame on Haibodong’s Mysterious Ice Shield, and the flame pierced through it with ease.
• Xiao Han showed that the blue-green Demonic Flame could separate into the Green Lotus Core Flame and its original deep-blue form, then fuse together again.
• Xiao Han told Medusa that he was now ninety percent certain he could help her evolve, and Medusa agreed to return to the Serpent-Human Clan.

Xiao Han prepared to help Medusa evolve, while the Serpent-Human Clan watched him and his companions with suspicion. On the Night of the Full Moon, Medusa began the dangerous transformation inside Xiao Han’s Demonic Flame, leaving its outcome undecided.

• The Serpent-Human Clan’s elders reluctantly let Lu Man and White Fang stay under watch, while Xiao Han and Xiao Yan settled in with the clan.
• Xiao Han refined pills and prepared for Medusa’s evolution, confirming that he had enough Energy Value to separate Xiao Cai from her.
• A week later, Serpent-Human Clan Dou Kings gathered to watch Medusa evolve in the desert, joined by Xiao Han, Xiao Yan, Qinglin, Haibodong, Lu Man, and White Fang.
• Medusa told Xiao Han she had once killed a Dou Emperor who tried to claim her, then asked him not to attack her clan if her evolution failed; Xiao Han promised failure was not an option.
• Medusa formed seals and transformed into a giant purple serpent, then plunged into the net of Demonic Flame as her evolution began.

Xiao Han burned Medusa and Xiao Cai with the Heavenly Flames to force Medusa's evolution, then faced her Heavenly Tribulation head-on. After the storm passed, a talking Seven-Colored Little Snake named Bai Suzhen appeared, and an angry voice accused her of stealing half its body and all its memories.

• Xiao Han used Old Man Yao's Soul Power to control the Heavenly Flames and burn Medusa's body and soul while urging her to endure the pain.
• Xiao Cai also endured the flames as Medusa's body shrank and the watching Snake-People and Haibodong's group feared she had died.
• Xiao Han stopped the Snake-People from approaching when dark clouds gathered and a Thunder Dragon formed above Medusa's remains.
• Xiao Han activated the Undying Demon Body and struck the Thunder Dragon with the Flame Splitting Wave Ruler, then used the Separation Program as the Heavenly Tribulation ended.
• A Seven-Colored Little Snake named Bai Suzhen crashed into Xiao Han and called him Master, before an angry voice accused her of stealing half its body and all its memories.

After Medusa’s evolution, the system split her body and soul, leaving her in a younger human form while the Colorful Swallowing Python became Xiao Cai and gained a human form resembling Medusa’s little sister. The Serpent-Human Clan celebrated Medusa’s success and thanked Xiao Han, who then prepared to return to her palace with Qinglin.

• Xiao Han learned from the system that Medusa’s body and soul had been split to let both her and the Colorful Swallowing Python reach their potential.
• Xiao Han named the Colorful Swallowing Python Xiao Cai, and she transformed into a young girl who looked like Medusa’s younger sister.
• Medusa accepted Xiao Cai as her sister and embraced her after Xiao Cai called her Big Sister.
• The Serpent-Human Clan’s Dou Wangs arrived to celebrate Medusa’s evolution, while Xiao Cai hid in Xiao Han’s sleeve.
• Several Dou Wangs apologized to and thanked Xiao Han for protecting Medusa from the Heavenly Thunder, and Qinglin checked that he was unharmed.
• Xiao Han agreed to return to Queen Meduza’s palace with Qinglin.

Xiao Han rested with Medusa and Xiao Cai after settling matters in the Tagor Desert, then learned that Xiao Yan planned to travel to the Central Continent after cultivating in Shimo City. With Xiao Yan and Old Man Yao departing, Xiao Han prepared to return to Wutan City.

• Xiao Han learned that Xiao Cai was a One-Star Dou Wang and Medusa was a One-Star Dou Zong, then spent the night sleeping beside them in Medusa's palace.
• Xiao Han reflected on his plans for the Black Corner Region and sent Lu Man and White Fang back to the Heaven Snake Mansion under his control.
• Old Man Yao told Xiao Han that he would train Xiao Yan in the Tagor Desert until he reached the Dou Zhe level, and Xiao Yan said he intended to travel to the Central Continent afterward.
• Xiao Han gave Xiao Yan the Green Lotus Core Flame and a Wood Attribute cultivation method with Dou Techniques for Xiao Ding.
• Xiao Yan and Old Man Yao left for Shimo City, while Xiao Han returned to the palace and concluded that his gains in the Tagor Desert made it time to head back to Wutan City.

Xiao Han returned home to find Xiao Jiana dressed as a maid and made her promise to treat Medusa, whom he renamed Cai Lin, as a companion. He approved Xiao Jiana’s plan to promote modern clothing in Wutan City, then ordered her to take Cai Lin’s measurements for outfits from her designs, leaving Cai Lin humiliated and resentful.

• Xiao Han found Xiao Jiana’s room in disarray and punished her for neglecting her maid duties while Medusa watched with satisfaction.
• Xiao Han ordered Xiao Jiana not to bully Medusa and declared that Medusa would be called Cai Lin from then on.
• Xiao Jiana explained that she had designed a maid outfit and showed Xiao Han a scroll of modern clothing designs, inspiring him to support a clothing shop in Wutan City.
• Xiao Han gave Xiao Jiana his Identity Token and instructed her to use the designs to promote modern fashions across the Jia Ma Empire.
• Xiao Han had Xiao Jiana take Cai Lin’s measurements for several outfits, and Cai Lin was distressed as Xiao Jiana touched her while fitting her.