Chapter Summaries

Medusa searched the Tagor Desert for the Green Lotus Core Flame, which she needed to risk her life and reach Dou Zong to save the Snake-People Clan. In Qingshan Town, Ling Yuan successfully created a clone and began testing how quickly it could cultivate.

• Medusa searched the Tagor Desert for the Green Lotus Core Flame, hoping to break through to Dou Zong and protect the Snake-People Clan from human empires.
• Ling Yuan completed his conversion to the Ten Thousand Bodies Origin Return Technique after a month and a half of secluded cultivation.
• Ling Yuan used his soul force, Dou Qi, and blood to form a flesh-and-blood clone with an ordinary appearance and the strength of a one-star Dou Zhe.
• Ling Yuan ordered the clone to absorb Dou Qi to test whether its cultivation speed matched his current speed as a one-star Dou Zong.

Ling Yuan tested his new clone technique, then traveled to the Tagor Desert to claim the Green Lotus Core Flame before Medusa could take it. He headed for the Snake-People Holy City, intending to make Medusa submit and recruit her for her future strength.

• Ling Yuan confirmed that his clone cultivated at the speed of his one-star Dou Zong strength, transferred its gathered Dou Qi to him, and then merged it away.
• Ling Yuan left Xiao Yi Xian waiting in Qingshan Town under the false claim that he was searching for her Poison Pill materials, and traveled east with Ling Yun.
• Ling Yuan and Ling Yun located the Green Lotus Core Flame beneath a sand dune near Shimo City and restrained the Double-Headed Fire Spirit Snake.
• Ling Yuan collected the Green Lotus Core Flame, Cyan Lotus Platform, and Fire Lotus Seeds, then gave them to Ling Yun to keep.
• Ling Yuan set out for the Snake-People Holy City, planning to make Medusa submit and take advantage of her potential to become a powerful ally.

Medusa returned to the Snake-People Temple without finding the Green Lotus Core Flame and ordered her chieftains to strengthen patrols and search for cultivation materials. Ling Yuan and Ling Yun arrived through a spatial rift, and Ling Yuan used Ling Yun’s strength and history to overwhelm Medusa with their power and background.

• Medusa returned from searching the southern Tagor Desert and ordered the tribal chieftains to guard against humans and gather Ice Spirit Cold Spring and Purple Crystal Jade Marrow.
• Ling Yun created a dramatic spatial disturbance at Ling Yuan’s direction, and the two emerged above the temple.
• Medusa sensed Ling Yun’s overwhelming aura and respectfully welcomed Ling Yuan and the Venerable One, fearing for her clan’s safety.
• Ling Yuan prompted Ling Yun to reveal that he had reached the Nine-Revolution Dou Venerate realm two hundred years earlier, leaving Medusa to suspect he was a Saint Realm expert.
• Ling Yuan landed before Medusa, admired her beauty, and told her that the rumors about her had not exaggerated.

Ling Yuan demanded that Medusa become his personal maid, using his power and promises of security and advancement to tempt her. Medusa hesitated between her pride and the benefits he offered, leaving her decision unresolved.

• Ling Yun forced Medusa to give up the throne for Ling Yuan, and Medusa apologized and submitted to avoid endangering the Snake-People Clan.
• Mo Basi nearly confronted Ling Yuan, but the tribal chiefs restrained him; after learning Ling Yun was a Saint Realm expert, the chiefs were terrified.
• Ling Yuan asked Medusa to become his personal maid, and she declined, citing her duties as queen and the Snake-People Clan’s danger from neighboring empires.
• Ling Yuan offered to destroy the empires, provide the Snake-People Clan with a suitable territory, and help Medusa reach Dou Zong, Dou Zun, or even Dou Saint.
• Medusa was tempted by Ling Yuan’s promises but hesitated at the thought of surrendering her pride and submitting to him.

Medusa consulted the Snake-People Clan’s elders about Ling Yuan’s offer, then agreed to follow him so her people could leave the Tagor Desert. After losing a spar to Ling Yuan, she was left in his arms as he pressed her to offer her loyalty that day.

• Medusa summoned the four elders and told them about Ling Yuan’s strength, his Saint Realm guard, and his offer to the Snake-People Clan.
• The elders urged Medusa to accept Ling Yuan’s terms, arguing that following him could help the clan leave the Tagor Desert and overcome its hardships.
• The next day, Medusa visited Ling Yuan and agreed to his terms, but asked to spar with him first.
• Ling Yuan suppressed his strength to Nine-Star Dou Emperor, defeated Medusa with a soul attack, and made her admit he was stronger.
• Ling Yuan carried Medusa into his room and urged her to offer her loyalty, while she said she was not ready.

After spending the night with Medusa, Ling Yuan reassured her that he would relocate the Snake-People Clan and set out for Shimo City to find Qing Lin. Medusa insisted on staying by his side, while Ling Yuan planned to arrange her evolution later.

• Ling Yuan woke beside Medusa and stopped teasing her when she said she was hurting.
• Medusa clumsily helped Ling Yuan get dressed, and he lightly patted her rear as punishment.
• Ling Yuan decided to go to Shimo City to bring Qing Lin, whose talent he wanted to cultivate.
• Medusa asked whether Ling Yuan still intended to secure territory for the Snake-People Clan, and he promised to send people to move her clansmen in a few days.
• Medusa asked to stay by Ling Yuan's side and serve him, and he let her come along while planning to arrange her evolution later.

Ling Yuan visited Hai Bodong’s map shop in Shimo City and obtained the second half of the map fragment without a fight. He then headed toward the Desert Iron Mercenary Group and found Qing Lin being harassed by other children.

• Ling Yuan entered Hai Bodong’s shop, and Hai Bodong recognized the overwhelming aura of a Dou Zong and hurried to serve him.
• Hai Bodong sensed Medusa’s aura on Ling Yuan and wondered whether she had been defeated or killed.
• Ling Yuan found a map fragment among the old maps, and Hai Bodong willingly gave him the matching half.
• Ling Yuan bought two desert maps and left the shop, planning to disguise his intentions while searching for Qing Lin.
• Ling Yuan spotted Qing Lin near the Desert Iron Mercenary Group as several children surrounded her and called her a snake-person monster.

Ling Yuan found Qing Lin being tormented by children and recognized her rare Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils. He offered to protect and train her, and she agreed to leave with him; the bullies were killed after he took her away.

• Children mocked Qing Lin and forcibly exposed the snake scales on her arm.
• Ling Yuan recognized Qing Lin's Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, and Ling Yun urged him to recruit her.
• Ling Yuan restrained the children and offered Qing Lin protection and cultivation training.
• Qing Lin accepted Ling Yuan's offer and left with him by treading upon the void.
• After Ling Yuan and Qing Lin departed, the restrained children were crushed into bloody mist.

Ling Yuan brought Qing Lin to the Snake-People Temple and arranged for her care before telling Medusa to evolve with the Green Lotus Core Flame rather than rely on pills. Medusa chose to risk her life for the chance to become a Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python, but Ling Yuan tricked her into bed under the pretense of preparing treasures to aid her evolution.

• Ling Yuan brought Qing Lin and Medusa back to the Snake-People Temple, where Medusa arranged a room and maids for Qing Lin.
• Ling Yuan showed Medusa the Green Lotus Core Flame and urged her to use it to evolve her bloodline before breaking through to Dou Zong.
• Ling Yuan offered Medusa a choice between risking Heavenly Flame evolution for a chance at reaching Dou Saint and safely advancing to Dou Zun as his decorative vase.
• Medusa chose to evolve with the Heavenly Flame, determined to risk her life for greater strength and potential.
• Ling Yuan claimed he had treasures to improve Medusa's chances, then tricked her into bed.

Ling Yuan prepared Medusa for her evolution, cultivated with his clone, and gave Yao Chen Soul Origin while promising to help restore his soul. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan worried about failing the coming-of-age test, and Gu Xun'er gave him a Foundation Establishment Pill to help him reach the required level.

• Ling Yuan told Medusa that her evolution would begin in three days, then went to cultivate in a secret chamber.
• Ling Yuan sent his clone to cultivate with pills and gave Yao Chen half of his remaining Soul Origin to refine.
• Yao Chen thanked Ling Yuan and pledged his loyalty after Ling Yuan promised to help restore his soul and prepare for his resurrection.
• Ling Yuan put away the remaining Soul Origin and focused on stabilizing his Dou Qi while his clone helped him cultivate faster.
• Xiao Yan worried that he could not rise from the third stage to the eighth stage of Dou Qi before the coming-of-age ceremony and feared bringing shame on Xiao Zhan.
• Gu Xun'er offered Xiao Yan a Foundation Establishment Pill, and he accepted it despite his concerns about using pills at the Dou Qi stage.

Ling Yuan reached two-star Dou Zong by reclaiming the Dou Qi his clone had accumulated, then helped Medusa undergo her dangerous evolution. Medusa survived and became a Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python, and Ling Yuan prepared to leave the Jia Ma Empire after telling the Snake-People Clan’s elders to wait for his people to arrange their relocation.

• Ling Yuan absorbed his clone’s accumulated Dou Qi, broke through to two-star Dou Zong, and sent the clone back to cultivating.
• Medusa asked Ling Yuan to let Yue Mei replace her as his maid if she died, but he refused and urged her to focus on evolving.
• Medusa entered the Ice Spirit Cold Spring, transformed into a purple python, and endured the Green Lotus Core Flame until lightning struck her.
• A seven-colored little snake emerged from Medusa’s shed skin, and Ling Yuan coaxed it into eating an Ice Spirit Fruit and falling asleep on his hand.
• Ling Yuan decided to leave the Jia Ma Empire with Qing Lin and Zi Yan, then told the Snake-People Clan’s elders that Medusa had succeeded and they should await his people before relocating.

Ling Yuan helped Qing Lin use her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to control a powerful magical beast, then brought her back to Qingshan Town and introduced her to Zi Yan. Zi Yan agreed to protect Qing Lin, while Ling Yuan remembered that Yao Chen could help assess Zi Yan.

• Ling Yuan had Qing Lin form a connection with the Double-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, and she successfully controlled it and made it obey her commands.
• Ling Yuan considered how Qing Lin could use snake-type magical beasts to grow stronger, including members of the Nine Serene Deep Earth Python Clan.
• Ling Yuan returned to Qingshan Town with Qing Lin and found Zi Yan tormenting a rat-type magical beast outside his room.
• Zi Yan grew jealous of Qing Lin, but Ling Yuan explained Qing Lin's troubled past, and Zi Yan agreed to protect her.
• Ling Yuan remembered that Yao Chen was an eighth-tier alchemist and told him to come out and examine Zi Yan.

Ling Yuan helped Zi Yan learn how she might overcome her stunted growth and arranged for a Source-Replenishing Pill to be made. On the journey back to his clan, he killed Han Feng and let Yao Chen take revenge, then turned his attention to Han Feng’s Sea Heart Flame.

• Yao Chen explained that Zi Yan’s growth had stalled because her childhood foundations were insufficient and suggested a Source-Replenishing Pill.
• Ling Yuan promised to arrange the pill, and Zi Yan eagerly urged him to return to the clan.
• Ling Yuan’s group traveled through the Black-Corner Region, where Ling Yuan ambushed Han Feng during pill refinement and destroyed his body.
• Ling Yuan summoned Yao Chen, who confronted Han Feng over his betrayal and scattered his soul.
• Yao Chen thanked Ling Yuan for helping him avenge himself, and Ling Yuan looked toward Han Feng’s Sea Heart Flame.

After leaving Feng City, Ling Yuan stopped at Heavenly Snake Mansion to collect research on Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and recruited Qing Xia to help train her. He then traveled with his companions toward the Ling Realm, arriving at Lingyuan City outside the Ling Clan’s small world.

• Ling Yuan and his companions reached Heavenly Snake Mansion, where its Mansion Lord, Qing Xia, deferred to Ling Yun’s overwhelming strength.
• Qing Xia gave Ling Yuan Heavenly Snake Mansion’s accumulated research materials on the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and offered to teach Qing Lin.
• Ling Yuan gave Qing Xia a jade slip and told her to join him in the Central Plains after settling her affairs, promising help with her injuries if she proved useful.
• Ling Yuan ordered Ling Yun to take the group directly to the Ling Realm, and Ling Yun carried them across the Central Plains at high speed.
• After several days of travel, Ling Yuan and his companions arrived at Lingyuan City, outside the entrance to the Ling Clan’s small world.

Ling Yuan returned to the Ling Realm with Zi Yan, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian, then told his father, Ling Mie, about the Ten Thousand Bodies Origin Return Technique. The chapter ended with Ling Yuan urging Ling Mie to switch techniques and break through to the Seven-Star Dou Sheng realm.

• Ling Yuan brought Zi Yan, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian into the Ling Realm, where Zi Yan was awed by the clan's strength and felt insecure about her own cultivation.
• Ling Yuan settled the three women in accommodations, then went with Ling Yun to meet Ling Mie.
• Ling Yuan told Ling Mie that he had obtained the Ten Thousand Bodies Origin Return Technique and heard that its inheritor knew the location of Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion.
• Ling Mie dismissed Ling Yun and pressed Ling Yuan for the cave mansion's location, but Ling Yuan said he had not learned it and handed over the cultivation technique instead.
• Ling Mie examined the technique and was shocked by its power, and Ling Yuan urged him to cultivate it and break through to the Seven-Star Dou Sheng realm.

Ling Yuan told Ling Mie that the Ten Thousand Bodies Origin Return Technique could help him break through from Six-Star to Seven-Star Dou Sheng, and Ling Mie agreed to cultivate it. Ling Mie also approved resources for Ling Yuan’s four companions and stabilized Ling Yuan’s soul after inspecting the Soul Origin he had refined.

• Ling Yuan explained that Ling Mie could condense eight avatars that would cultivate at the speed of his current realm and return their cultivation to him.
• Ling Mie, encouraged by the prospect of breaking through to Seven-Star Dou Sheng, decided to switch techniques and said it would take one or two years.
• Ling Yuan asked for cultivation resources for Qing Lin, Zi Yan, and his other two companions, and Ling Mie agreed to provide them if they showed sufficient talent.
• Ling Yuan showed Ling Mie the Soul Origin he had refined and asked whether it had harmed him.
• Ling Mie used soul pressure to stabilize Ling Yuan’s soul, then advised him to gain experience in soul-related battles to learn to control it.

Ling Yuan followed Ling Mie’s advice by tempering his soul through battles at the Soul Refining Arena and carefully nurturing it afterward. After several days of training, he remembered Zi Yan’s Source-Replenishing Pill and took her to find an Eighth-Rank Alchemist.

• Ling Mie returned the Soul Origin to Ling Yuan, advised him to refine it gradually, and told him to train at the Soul Refining Arena; Ling Yuan cautioned his father to keep the cultivation method secret.
• Ling Yuan entered the Soul Refining Arena, where Ling Ren arranged a Spirit Realm Early Phase opponent for him.
• Ling Yuan overcame his initial lack of experience, defeated a Seven-Star Dou Zun and a five-star Dou Zun, then narrowly beat a Spirit Realm Middle Phase opponent before exhausting his soul power.
• Ling Yuan spent the following days battling to improve his soul control, nourishing his soul afterward, and refining only tiny amounts of Soul Origin.
• When Zi Yan visited and indirectly raised the matter of growing up, Ling Yuan remembered the Source-Replenishing Pill and took her to find an Eighth-Rank Alchemist.

Ling Yuan asked Elder Chen to refine a Source-Replenishing Pill, then took Zi Yan on a walk through the Ling Realm and warned her about the forbidden Ancestral Hall. Ling Yuan suspected its guard, Ling Niu, was a Soul Clan spy, while Zi Yan enjoyed being seen holding Ling Yuan’s hand.

• Ling Yuan gave Elder Chen the Source-Replenishing Pill formula, and Elder Chen agreed to refine it and deliver the pill in a few days.
• Ling Yuan considered helping Elder Chen advance to Dou Sheng and planned to recruit Cao Ying and Dan Chen to cultivate the Burning Mantra.
• Zi Yan asked Ling Yuan to take her around the Ling Realm, and he told her she could treat the place as home and rely on his protection.
• Ling Yuan showed Zi Yan the Combat Arena and warned her not to enter the Ling Clan Ancestral Hall, where Ling Niu guarded the Tuoshe Ancient Jade.
• Ling Yuan suspected Ling Niu was a Soul Clan spy, while Ling Clan members saw Ling Yuan and Zi Yan together and speculated about their relationship.

Ling Yuan balanced soul and Dou Qi cultivation while overseeing Zi Yan, Medusa, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin in the Ling Realm. Ling Mie urged him to prepare for marriage before entering seclusion, and Ling Yuan received the Tier 8 Source-Replenishing Pill he hoped would help Zi Yan grow up.

• Ling Yuan sent Zi Yan to cultivate after giving her more pills, then resumed his own training alongside his One-Star Dou Ling clone.
• Ling Yuan fed the sleeping Medusa, gave Xiao Yi Xian measured poison and Qi Gathering Powder, and arranged for Lv Xia to guide Qing Lin.
• Ling Mie praised Ling Yuan's soul and announced that he would enter seclusion to convert his technique, leaving clan affairs to Ling Xiao.
• Ling Mie urged Ling Yuan to choose several women and marry after his mother emerged from seclusion; Ling Yuan asked whether he could choose women from outside the clan.
• An Alchemy Pavilion disciple delivered the completed Tier 8 Source-Replenishing Pill, which Ling Yuan hoped would help Zi Yan grow up.

Zi Yan swallowed the Source-Replenishing Pill and entered a prolonged transformation inside a purple cocoon while Ling Yuan broke through to three-star Dou Zong. Medusa returned to human form, and Ling Yuan promised to bring the Snake-People Clan out of the Tagor Desert, then secretly sent a subordinate to retrieve them so he could keep Medusa under his control.

• Zi Yan swallowed the Source-Replenishing Pill, which replenished her foundation and enveloped her in a purple cocoon as she began to evolve.
• While guarding Zi Yan, Ling Yuan used Source Return to absorb his clone’s cultivation and break through to three-star Dou Zong.
• Medusa emerged from her evolution in human form, and Ling Yuan left Zi Yan’s residence with her before they spent time together in his room.
• Medusa asked about the Snake-People Clan, and Ling Yuan told her they could live outside the small world with the affiliated clans.
• Ling Yuan warned Medusa that her people would need protection, then secretly ordered a Dou Zun subordinate to bring the Snake-People Clan from the Northwest Continent so he could keep Medusa under his control.