Chapter Summaries

Gu Fengchen prepared water and a map in Desert City before setting out across the Tagor Desert, where the scorching conditions tested him despite his Dou Wang strength. He killed a Sand Venom Scorpion and continued alone through the empty desert, using its abundant Fire Element to cultivate.

• Gu Fengchen bought drinking water in Desert City and relied on Hai Bodong to handle the map before departing for the Tagor Desert.
• Gu Fengchen crossed the blazing sands, protected his face with Dou Qi, and reflected on Xiao Yan's harsh training under Old Ya.
• Gu Fengchen sensed an attack and killed a Sand Venom Scorpion, but found no Magic Core on its corpse.
• Gu Fengchen walked alone through the desert for half a day and continued cultivating with the abundant Fire Element.

Gu Fengchen encountered Snake People far out on the Tagor Desert’s outskirts and killed them with the Blue Gold Emperor Flame. Two mortally wounded Jia Ma Empire soldiers warned him that the Snake People had attacked again before they died.

• Xu Zhong sensed an attacker and drew the Red Plum Sword to deflect a Snake Person’s strike.
• The leader ordered four other Snake People to surround and kill Gu Fengchen.
• Gu Fengchen killed the five Snake People with the Blue Gold Emperor Flame.
• Two wounded Jia Ma Empire soldiers fled from pursuing Snake People, and Gu Fengchen killed their pursuers.
• The soldiers told Gu Fengchen that the Snake People had attacked again, then died from their wounds.

Chen Zhong secretly sent the Snake People Tribe intelligence about Desert City's defenses before Yaoye and Nalan Su captured him and announced he would be sacrificed during their counterattack. At the city gates, Gu Fengchen arrived under the identity of Chen Fenggu, and a soldier recognized him as the man who had caused havoc in the Imperial City.

• Chen Zhong wrote a letter detailing Jia Ma Empire's defenses and sent it to the Snake People Tribe on a sparrow.
• Someone knocked Chen Zhong unconscious, and Yaoye and Nalan Su bound him and revealed they would sacrifice him during the counterattack.
• A soldier on Desert City's wall worried that the army could not withstand Queen Medusa, while the Snake People Tribe's soldiers taunted the defenders.
• Gu Fengchen, using Chen Fenggu's identity, killed the Snake People Tribe's leader at the gates.
• A soldier recognized Gu Fengchen as the man who had caused havoc in the Imperial City.

Yaoye inspected the badly damaged defenses of Desert City as the exhausted Jia Ma Empire army struggled to hold the border against the Snake People Tribe. Gu Fengchen arrived to cheers from the soldiers, and Yaoye asked him for strategic advice.

• Yaoye inspected Desert City's fortifications and saw that its defenders and supplies were nearly exhausted.
• The Jia Ma Empire and Snake People Tribe exchanged cannon fire before the enemy retreated.
• Soldiers cheered when Gu Fengchen arrived, celebrating his reputation and battle record.
• Yaoye teased Gu Fengchen for calling her Imperial Eldest Princess, and he greeted her as Big Sister Yaoye.
• Yaoye asked Gu Fengchen to answer several strategic questions.

Yaoye asked Gu Fengchen how the Jia Ma Empire could counter the Snake People Tribe’s Fire Armor Army and Flying Goose Army, and he suggested traps and fire attacks. He declined to promise a decisive victory but asked Yaoye to let him deal with the Snake People Tribe, leaving his plan unclear.

• Yaoye described the Fire Armor Army’s sturdy armor and the Flying Goose Army’s speed as major threats to the Jia Ma Empire.
• Gu Fengchen proposed placing Iron Spike Deer Obstacles and Horse Trap Pits before the city walls to stop the fast-moving Snake People.
• Gu Fengchen suggested using Fire Oil and burning logs against the Fire Armor Army to turn its heavy armor into a liability.
• Yaoye asked Gu Fengchen for a way to end the conflict in one stroke because the Border Pass soldiers were exhausted and might mutiny.
• Gu Fengchen admitted he could not guarantee a decisive victory and asked Yaoye to let him have some fun with the Snake People Tribe.

The Snake People commanders struggled to capture Desert City after Yaoye's defenses and traps inflicted heavy losses. As the Jia Ma Empire's situation worsened, Yaoye confided her burdens to Gu Fengchen, who comforted her with a head pat.

• Nan She recalled how Yaoye's concealed cannons and defensive traps had devastated the Snake People Tribe's elite soldiers.
• Nan She declared that the commanders would launch an all-out assault on Desert City that day.
• Gu Fengchen assured Yaoye that the three Snake People commanders posed no threat to him.
• Yaoye told Gu Fengchen that she had not wanted to become Imperial Eldest Princess and that others had abandoned the empire in its crisis.
• Gu Fengchen rubbed Yaoye's head and promised to stay with her, making her blush and weakly protest.

Gu Fengchen tested whether Yaoye's imperial National Destiny could boost his cultivation through the Yin-Yang Two Forms Technique, and the dual cultivation worked. Yaoye later woke in a dark room with improved cultivation and realized she was naked.

• Gu Fengchen carried Yaoye to bed and began using the Yin-Yang Two Forms Technique with her.
• Gu Fengchen felt his Dou Qi circulate and his physique strengthen as Yaoye sensed a dormant power awakening within her.
• Gu Fengchen concluded that Yaoye's National Destiny enhanced the technique's effects, comparable to dual cultivating with a Dou Wang powerhouse.
• Yaoye woke after a long sleep, felt her cultivation had improved, and discovered she was completely naked.

Yaoye woke after spending the night with Gu Fengchen and found that he had prepared her a bath before leaving for the city wall. Gu Fengchen broke through to an eight-star Dou Wang as he headed into battle, where the Jia Ma Empire’s generals faced the Snake People Tribe’s final assault.

• Yaoye recalled how Gu Fengchen’s massage had led to their first night together and suspected he had used a dual-cultivation art that improved her Dou Qi.
• Yaoye found the bath Gu Fengchen had prepared and acknowledged that he had shown some consideration.
• Gu Fengchen headed to the city wall and, inspired by new insights into time and space, broke through to an eight-star Dou Wang.
• Gu Fengchen joined the Jia Ma Empire’s generals on the wall as twenty thousand Snake People warriors assembled to attack.
• The generals feared the Snake People Tribe’s cruelty toward captured soldiers, whose accounts of torture had spread through the Jia Ma Empire’s army.

As the Snake People Tribe’s army threatened Desert City, Gu Fengchen and Nalan Zhun realized the city risked being isolated and cut off from supplies. A grain convoy was ambushed on the mountain road, and its guards took cover under a volley of arrows.

• Nalan Zhun told Gu Fengchen that the Snake People Tribe had captured siege weapons and had three Dou Wang experts, making Desert City difficult to defend.
• Gu Fengchen suggested retaking Ring City to attack the enemy from both sides, but Nalan Zhun warned that Nan She would have anticipated such a move and that their supplies were limited.
• Gu Fengchen spotted the grain road and realized the Snake People Tribe planned to isolate Desert City.
• An archer from the forest struck a horse pulling a grain wagon, overturning it and plunging the convoy into chaos.
• The guard captain shouted that the convoy was under attack and ordered the Jia Ma Empire soldiers to raise their shields as arrows rained down.
• The soldiers threw themselves to the ground beneath their shields to escape the arrows.

Gu Fengchen intervened in the Snake People ambush on the Jia Ma Empire’s grain convoy at a mountain pass, cutting through the attackers and drawing the empire’s soldiers back into the fight. The Jia Ma soldiers charged alongside him as he pressed toward the Snake People leaders.

• Mobas’s forces ambushed the Jia Ma Empire grain convoy at the mountain pass, raining arrows on the soldiers and their horses.
• Gu Fengchen drew the Red Plum Sword, killed Snake People soldiers with his sword and Blue Gold Emperor Flame, and rushed toward three Dou Spirit leaders.
• The Snake People focused their arrows on Gu Fengchen, but his Three Thousand Burning Flame Body burned them away as he advanced.
• Gu Fengchen cut down the Snake People soldiers in his path, and his arrival renewed the Jia Ma Empire soldiers’ confidence.
• The Jia Ma Empire soldiers charged from behind their shields and fought alongside Gu Fengchen.

Gu Fengchen used his Peak Dou King strength and a range of lethal techniques to overwhelm the Snake People Tribe warriors. As night fell, he continued slaughtering them without pause.

• Gu Fengchen drew the Red Plum Sword and killed three Snake People Tribe warriors with a single sword strike.
• Gu Fengchen burned three more warriors to ashes with blue-gold flames.
• Gu Fengchen used the Sound Absorption Technique to stun and injure the Snake People Tribe warriors.
• Gu Fengchen attacked the helpless Snake People, killing them with his fists and Dou Qi.
• A Snake Person tried to seize Gu Fengchen in a desperate attempt to die with him, but Gu Fengchen struck his forehead with an elbow.

Gu Fengchen fought off the Snake People attacking the grain convoy while Yaoye and Nalan Zhun discussed his dangerous nature. The chapter ended as a Peak Great Dou Master Snake Person, apparently leading the bandits, charged onto the battlefield.

• Gu Fengchen used his Indestructible Golden Body and Sword Intent to attack the Snake People surrounding him.
• Nalan Zhun told Yaoye that Gu Fengchen seemed ruthless and dangerous, warning her to use him carefully.
• Yaoye revealed that Gu Fengchen had killed Mu Chen, the Mu Clan's Dou Wang, shocking Nalan Zhun.
• A black-armored Snake Person at the Peak Great Dou Master level charged out to face Gu Fengchen.

Gu Fengchen killed the Snake People warriors, including a commander who transformed using a beast bone. Black Venom, one of the Snake People Tribe's Eight Great Commanders, then appeared in giant python form and rallied the remaining Snake People.

• A black-armored Snake Person fused with a red beast bone, transformed into a winged monster, and reached Dou Ling strength.
• The transformed commander sprayed corrosive venom, but Gu Fengchen's poison immunity protected him.
• Gu Fengchen used the Red Plum Sword and Blue Gold Emperor Flame to cut off the commander's arms and head, killing the Snake People warriors nearby.
• A Snake Person emerged from the shadows and transformed into a giant python as reinforcements arrived.
• Gu Fengchen identified the Dou Wang-level python as Black Venom, and Black Venom's arrival restored the Snake People Tribe's morale.
• Xu Zhong noticed Black Venom's icy, razor-sharp aura and narrowed his eyes.

Gu Fengchen faced Black Venom, one of the Snake People Tribe's Eight Great Commanders, in a standoff that would influence the campaign. Black Venom launched a coordinated attack with its head and tail, while Gu Fengchen remained focused on its abdomen.

• Gu Fengchen sized up Black Venom and drew the Red Plum Sword as both armies gathered behind their commanders.
• Black Venom recognized Gu Fengchen as a Peak Dou King and hesitated before deciding to fight rather than retreat.
• After probing each other, Black Venom charged at Gu Fengchen with its jaws open.
• Gu Fengchen dodged the charge without taking the opening to attack, keeping his gaze on Black Venom's abdomen.
• Black Venom swung its tail and turned its head toward Gu Fengchen, closing in from both sides to block his escape.

Gu Fengchen exploited Black Venom’s growing rage to land a barrage of Heavenly Flame-wreathed punches, badly injuring its vulnerable abdomen. As night fell, Snake People warriors joined the fight against him.

• Gu Fengchen smashed Black Venom’s tail with a Blue Gold Emperor Flame-wreathed fist, breaking its attempt to trap him.
• Black Venom grew furious and lunged at Gu Fengchen, revealing the opening he had been waiting for.
• Gu Fengchen advanced and repeatedly punched Black Venom’s upper-middle body, keeping out of reach of its coils.
• Gu Fengchen’s blows cracked Black Venom’s abdomen and drew blood as night descended.
• Several Da Dou Shi-level Snake People attacked Gu Fengchen after realizing Black Venom was losing.

Gu Fengchen faced the Snake People Tribe warriors who charged him and fought them alone to establish his authority. He killed several attackers but met a Da Dou Shi whose strength kept Gu Fengchen from taking the initiative.

• Gu Fengchen told the Jia Ma Empire soldiers to stand back as seven or eight Snake People Tribe fighters rushed him.
• Gu Fengchen drew the Red Plum Sword and killed the first attacker with a thrust through the forehead.
• Gu Fengchen killed the other charging snake people in different ways, alarming the Jia Ma Empire soldiers with how thoroughly he turned the fight around.
• A Da Dou Shi snake person blocked Gu Fengchen from reaching Black Venom and clashed blades with him, preventing Gu Fengchen from seizing the initiative.

Gu Fengchen slaughtered the Snake People warriors with his sword and Blue Gold Emperor Flame, then pursued the wounded Black Venom as he tried to flee. Black Venom endured the flames and rapidly healed, leaving Gu Fengchen frustrated by his opponent’s tough hide.

• Gu Fengchen killed the Snake People warriors, including a Da Dou Shi who had blocked thirteen of his fourteen sword strikes.
• Gu Fengchen activated the Indestructible Golden Body and smashed the last Snake Person, then unleashed the Blue Gold Emperor Flame across the battlefield.
• The Blue Gold Emperor Flame burned countless Snake People to nothingness.
• Gu Fengchen saw the wounded Black Venom attempt to flee and chased him through the rain.
• Gu Fengchen struck Black Venom with Blue Gold Emperor Flame, but Black Venom endured the attacks and quickly healed his damaged scales.

Gu Fengchen tore Black Venom’s Snake Gallbladder from its body and secretly absorbed it with the Taotie Seal. As Black Venom made one last attack, Gu Fengchen dodged and drove his flame-wreathed Red Plum Sword toward its heart.

• Gu Fengchen dodged Black Venom’s venom and charged along its wounded body with the Red Plum Sword.
• Gu Fengchen cut open Black Venom’s abdomen, seized its Snake Gallbladder, and ripped it out.
• Gu Fengchen secretly absorbed the Snake Gallbladder with the Taotie Seal while the Jia Ma Empire soldiers fought the Snake People Tribe soldiers.
• Black Venom launched a desperate final strike at Gu Fengchen despite losing its life force.
• Gu Fengchen evaded Black Venom’s lunge and stabbed toward its heart with the Blue Gold Emperor Flame-wreathed Red Plum Sword.

Gu Fengchen killed Black Venom and turned on the remaining Snake People, determined to eliminate them before preparing to break through to Dou Emperor. As the four remaining Da Dou Shi joined forces against him, he blocked their blades with his Indestructible Golden Body.

• Gu Fengchen pulled the Red Plum Sword from Black Venom, killing the Snake People Tribe leader.
• Gu Fengchen charged into the remaining Snake People and attacked them without mercy.
• The four remaining Da Dou Shi decided to join forces against Gu Fengchen, believing he was exhausted.
• Gu Fengchen blocked the four Snake People's swords with his golden-lit palm using Indestructible Golden Body.

Gu Fengchen used his Indestructible Golden Body and the Sound Absorption Technique to overpower the Snake People and protect the Jia Ma Empire’s main battlefield from their elite reinforcements. As he slaughtered the trapped Snake People, he gathered Heavenly Flames into a gigantic sword.

• Gu Fengchen held off four Da Dou Shi Snake People with his golden body and knocked them to the ground.
• Gu Fengchen played the Black Flute and used Sound Absorption Technique to leave the Snake People unable to resist.
• Gu Fengchen attacked the incapacitated Snake People with his fists and Red Plum Sword, killing them as they tried to flee.
• Gu Fengchen gathered blue-gold Heavenly Flames above his head and formed a thirty-meter flaming sword.