Chapter Summaries

Xiao Bai found the Green Lotus Core Flame underground, let his Thunder Seeds absorb some of its energy, and began collecting the lotus platform. Meanwhile, Qing Lin summoned the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake to save the Mo Tie Mercenary Group from the Sand Mercenary Group, just as the Medusa Queen arrived.

• Xiao Bai entered the Green Lotus Core Flame’s chamber, where Little Yi and the other Thunder Seeds absorbed some of the flame’s energy without damaging its source.
• Hai Bodong fled the chamber under the pressure of the fire mist, while Xiao Bai collected the lotus platform with Little Bing.
• Luo Bu led the Sand Mercenary Group in attacking Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, and the Mo Tie Mercenary Group over a supposed treasure.
• Xiao Ding asked Qing Lin to help, and she released the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, causing the Sand Mercenary Group to scatter.
• The Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake struck Luo Bu down, but the Medusa Queen appeared in the sky and overwhelmed everyone with her aura.

Xiao Bai faced Medusa Queen as she arrived to claim the Green Lotus Core Flame, while he sought the lotus platform. The two refused to yield the treasure, and Xiao Bai called on Yao Lao to prepare for a fight.

• Hai Bodong sensed Medusa Queen approaching and urged Xiao Bai to retreat, but Xiao Bai stayed calm and refused.
• Xiao Bai told Yao Lao that someone wanted to take the Heavenly Flame, but Yao Lao avoided promising to fight until the danger became immediate.
• Medusa Queen appeared and declared that the Heavenly Flame belonged to her; Xiao Bai let her pursue it while claiming the lotus platform for himself.
• Medusa Queen also demanded the lotus platform, and Xiao Bai told Yao Lao to get ready to move as Yao Lao warned that Medusa was close to Dou Zong.

Xiao Bai joined forces with Yao Lao and Hai Bodong to attack Medusa and seal her soul, but her crown's Nether Soul Stone blocked the Soul Seal at the crucial moment. The fight remained unresolved as the stone’s red light stopped Xiao Bai from succeeding.

• Xiao Bai asked Yao Lao to possess Hai Bodong, but Yao Lao refused because their attributes did not match and Hai Bodong was sealed.
• Xiao Bai summoned Yao Lao, whose Bone Spirit Cold Flame revealed to Medusa that another Heavenly Flame was present.
• Xiao Bai, Yao Lao, and Hai Bodong attacked Medusa together, combining the fire serpent, Crimson Lightning, and an ice dragon.
• Medusa blocked Xiao Bai's Soul Seal with the glowing Nether Soul Stone set into her crown.

Xiao Bai stole Medusa’s crown, exploited her vulnerability to soul attacks, and used threats about the Snake-People Race to bargain with her over the Heavenly Flame. After baiting her into attacking, he sealed her soul; Medusa accepted her captivity with weary resignation, leaving Xiao Bai puzzled by her sudden vulnerability.

• Xiao Bai knocked Medusa’s crown away and discovered that Soul Impact hurt her once its protective gemstones were gone.
• Medusa seized Hai Bodong as a hostage and demanded her crown back, but Xiao Bai refused and revealed what he knew about the Snake-People Race and its enemies.
• Xiao Bai explained Medusa’s need for the Heavenly Flame and offered to help her, then angered her by proposing that she become his maid.
• Medusa charged at Xiao Bai, allowing him and Yao Lao to separate her from Hai Bodong and land a soul seal on her.
• Medusa woke without retaliating and reflected on her life of duty to her people, while Xiao Bai wondered at her unexpected vulnerability.

Xiao Bai made Medusa Queen agree to do three things for him and promised not to target the Snake-People Race. After learning about the Nether Soul Stones in her crown and their connection to an ancient war, he offered to help her evolve with the Green Lotus Core Flame, leaving Medusa suspicious of his motives.

• Xiao Bai removed the lotus seat holding the Green Lotus Core Flame and assured Yao Lao he would leave the root intact.
• Xiao Bai teased Medusa Queen and Hai Bodong before offering to spare Medusa if she did three things for him as a hired fighter.
• Medusa agreed on the conditions that Xiao Bai would undo her seal and return her crown after the work was done.
• Xiao Bai examined the crown’s Nether Soul Stones, and Yao Lao explained that they could resist soul attacks below the Spirit Realm and came from an ancient cave linked to a war against foreign enemies.
• Xiao Bai put the crown away and offered to help Medusa evolve with the Heavenly Flames without adding conditions, saying her increased strength would make her more useful to him.

Medusa removed Hai Bodong’s seal at Xiao Bai’s request, and Xiao Bai prepared to take the group back to Shimo City before traveling to the Snake-People Race Holy City. Meanwhile, Bai Ya admitted he had abandoned his search for the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils after encountering Medusa, and Lü Man ordered him to lead her to the site.

• Bai Ya told Lü Man that he had sensed the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils but diverted toward Medusa and summoned her instead.
• Lü Man scolded Bai Ya for neglecting the Heavenly Snake Mansion’s mission and made him lead the way.
• Medusa removed Hai Bodong’s seal, restoring his strength to the level of a Two-Star Dou Emperor for the time being.
• Hai Bodong thanked Xiao Bai and promised to serve him as his strength recovered.
• Xiao Bai stored the Heavenly Flame lotus platform in a Storage Ring and proposed returning to Shimo City before going to the Snake-People Race Holy City, and Medusa agreed.

Xiao Bai left the Mo Tie Mercenary Group with Qing Lin and Hai Bodong, then struck down Luo Bu with Crimson Lightning before rejoining Medusa outside the city. Medusa met Qing Lin and recognized her Snake-People bloodline, leaving Xiao Bai to wonder whether she would accept the girl.

• Xiao Bai learned that Luo Bu of the Sand Mercenary Group had injured Xiao Li, then gave Xiao Ding compensation for the wounded and killed mercenaries and healing pills.
• Xiao Bai picked up Qing Lin and flew away with Hai Bodong, while Xiao Ding and Xiao Li watched him leave.
• Xiao Bai sent a bolt of Crimson Lightning into the Sand Mercenary Group, killing Luo Bu and badly injuring Mo Xing; the mercenaries began abandoning the group.
• Xiao Bai met Medusa outside the city and introduced Qing Lin as his maid.
• Medusa spoke gently with Qing Lin, noticed the girl's scales, and declared that she would not hate her because Qing Lin was an innocent Snake-People subject.

Xiao Bai and Medusa faced Lü Man and the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor, who had come to seize Qing Lin for the Heavenly Snake Mansion. While Medusa fought Bai Ya, Xiao Bai thwarted Lü Man’s attempt to take Qing Lin and captured her with a Soul Seal.

• Xiao Bai sensed two approaching Dou Emperors, and Lü Man arrived with the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor, recognizing Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Lü Man demanded Qing Lin, but Xiao Bai refused and Medusa backed him; after Lü Man taunted Medusa, Medusa released her Dou Emperor Peak aura and Bai Ya attacked her.
• Xiao Bai handed Qing Lin to Medusa, then restored Medusa’s senses by reducing the seal in her Sea of Consciousness to a mark.
• Bai Ya engaged Medusa while Lü Man drew Hai Bodong away and tried to use Illusory Nether Spirit Eyes to take Qing Lin from Xiao Bai.
• Xiao Bai resisted Lü Man’s eye technique, struck her with a soul shock, and placed a Soul Seal on her; when she tried to attack him, he stopped her with another burst of soul pain.

Xiao Bai captured Lü Man and arranged an ambush that brought down the fleeing Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor, Bai Ya. After sealing Bai Ya, Xiao Bai threatened to kill him for materials, leaving the defeated serpent begging to be spared.

• Lü Man froze in fear after Xiao Bai demonstrated powerful Soul Strength, while the wounded Bai Ya urged her to help him escape.
• Bai Ya fled Medusa, but Hai Bodong failed to stop him, and Xiao Bai revealed that he had arranged an ambush farther away.
• Ling Ying defeated Bai Ya, and Xiao Bai led the group to find him barely alive in the desert.
• Xiao Bai sealed Bai Ya and threatened to kill him and harvest his materials, prompting Bai Ya to insist that he could still move.

Xiao Bai waited in the Holy City while Medusa prepared the Snake-People Race for her risky evolution. After agreeing to give her three months, he faced Yao Lao’s warning that his relationship with the girl from the clan tied to the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame would be difficult to resolve.

• Medusa gave Xiao Bai the Ice Spirit Cold Spring and asked for three months to arrange the Snake-People Race’s affairs before her evolution.
• Xiao Bai agreed to wait and asked for fourth-tier-and-below medicinal ingredients and Magic Cores as payment, which Medusa accepted.
• Xiao Bai urged Medusa to care for herself so she could grow stronger and protect what mattered to her, and she thanked him before leaving.
• Yao Lao teased Xiao Bai about provoking another woman, and Xiao Bai joked that Yao Lao must have romantic stories of his own.
• Yao Lao warned Xiao Bai that the girl tied to the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame would be difficult to marry, leaving Xiao Bai worried about her reaction and asking how Yao Lao had handled such problems.

Xiao Bai completed a Fourth Grade Green Spirit Blood Building Pill under Yao Lao’s guidance and prepared to help Medusa with her evolution. Medusa appeared that night and asked him to assist her the next day.

• Xiao Bai refined the Green Spirit Blood Building Pill while Yao Lao guided him and praised his talent.
• Yao Lao confirmed the pill was top quality and recognized Xiao Bai as a Fourth-Rank Alchemist.
• Xiao Bai joked that he was reluctant to return Yao Lao to Xiao Yan, but Yao Lao chose to remain with Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Bai wondered whether Medusa would succeed in her evolution after the timeline changed.
• Medusa appeared beside Xiao Bai that night, asked whether he was ready, and told him she would trouble him the next day.

Xiao Bai helped Medusa begin her evolution by placing the Heavenly Flame in the Ice Spirit Cold Spring and giving her the Yi Wood Positive Thunder. As Medusa’s transformation appeared to succeed, a storm gathered overhead, and Xiao Bai was stunned to see golden lightning among the silver bolts.

• Xiao Bai reached the eight-star Da Dou Shi level and followed Hua She'er to meet Medusa at the island pool.
• Xiao Bai placed the Heavenly Flame on the crystal platform in the Ice Spirit Cold Spring, then sent the Yi Wood Positive Thunder into Medusa to improve her chances of evolution.
• Medusa activated the array and transformed into a giant purple snake before plunging into the Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Bai watched Medusa endure the flames as Little Yi repaired her body and a seven-colored strand of bloodline began to grow.
• Black clouds gathered after Medusa's vitality seemed to fade, and Xiao Bai recognized the storm as a sign of success before noticing golden lightning alongside the silver.

Medusa’s evolution summoned a deadly lightning tribulation, and Xiao Bai helped her and the newborn soul endure its strike. After the blast devastated the lake, Xiao Bai found a golden object beneath the wreckage and was stunned by what it was.

• Xiao Bai sensed a golden core within the gathering thunderclouds as Medusa’s transformed body began to host a second, newborn soul.
• Medusa recognized the incoming strike as a tribulation and realized it could kill both souls, so she followed Xiao Bai’s instruction to withdraw into the seal.
• Xiao Bai poured his Soul Strength into the seal, then retreated as a massive lightning pillar struck the island and pierced the seven-colored serpent phantom.
• Xiao Bai waited for the mist to clear and found the lake replaced by a charred pit, with only Little Yi’s green light remaining.
• Little Yi’s lightning exposed a golden glow beneath a charred object, and Xiao Bai uncovered it, bewildered by what he found.

Xiao Bai discovered that the golden egg was alive and found the Little Heaven Swallowing Python, while Medusa Queen recovered her memories and returned to her original form. The chapter ended with Medusa Queen furious at Xiao Bai for groping her and striking him away.

• Xiao Bai watched the golden egg teleport around Little Yi and realized it could use Spatial Power.
• Xiao Bai found the seven-colored Little Heaven Swallowing Python, fed her an Earth Fire Lotus Seed, and ignored the golden egg.
• Medusa Queen regained her memories in her Sea of Consciousness and recalled surviving the thunder through Xiao Bai's Soul Seal.
• The Little Heaven Swallowing Python transformed into Medusa Queen while Xiao Bai was holding her, and he accidentally groped her.
• Medusa Queen called Xiao Bai a lewd scum, slapped him away, and warned him not to repeat the gesture.

Xiao Bai fed Yi Wood Qi to the Golden Egg until it cracked, while Medusa gave Little Yi a Wood Spirit Crystal to restore its strength. The egg’s emergence triggered a terrifying pressure that spread across the Snake-People Race Holy City and Tagor Desert before the darkened sky cleared, leaving Yao Lao shaken by the aura he recognized.

• Medusa’s spiritual charm nearly affected Xiao Bai, who resisted and confronted her before turning his attention to the Golden Egg.
• Xiao Bai discovered that the Golden Egg absorbed Yi Wood Qi from Little Yi, while Medusa lent Little Yi a Wood Spirit Crystal to replenish its strength.
• Xiao Bai continued feeding the Golden Egg until its vitality surged and cracks spread across its shell.
• The sky darkened and an immense pressure forced Xiao Bai, Medusa, and creatures throughout the Snake-People Race Holy City and Tagor Desert to prostrate themselves.
• Yao Lao sensed the aura, rushed toward Xiao Bai, and then breathed a sigh of relief when the darkness and pressure receded.

After the Golden Egg hatched into a Golden Little Dragon, Xiao Bai and Medusa questioned the creature about its origins and connection to Xiao Bai’s Divine Edict. The dragon continued trying to get Xiao Bai to let it play with Little Yi, but Xiao Bai demanded an explanation.

• The Golden Little Dragon appeared after the pressure in the sky faded and teased Xiao Bai and Medusa about embracing.
• Medusa threw Xiao Bai away, then attacked the Golden Little Dragon after it repeatedly called her Xiao Bai’s mistress.
• The Golden Little Dragon hid on Xiao Bai and asked him to let Little Yi out to play, but Xiao Bai refused and tossed it toward Medusa.
• Xiao Bai recalled that the Divine Edict had trembled in his Sea of Consciousness as the pressure disappeared, leaving him unsure whether the dragon was connected to it.
• Xiao Bai asked the Golden Little Dragon where it came from, why it served him, and what it was plotting.

Xiao Bai accepted the Golden Little Dragon as his companion and cultivated while it absorbed lightning energy beside him. Medusa reflected on her feelings for Xiao Bai and the strange bond formed during her evolution, but she believed he could not sense it.

• Medusa questioned Xiao Bai about keeping the Golden Little Dragon, which explained that it had chosen him because his aura shielded it from a threatening force.
• The Golden Little Dragon teased Medusa by calling her its mistress, and Xiao Bai stopped it from provoking her further.
• Medusa left for the Snake-People Race Temple, while Xiao Bai began cultivating and the Golden Little Dragon settled down to absorb Lightning Elemental Energy too.
• Medusa recalled how Xiao Bai had helped her evolve and realized that their souls seemed to have formed a connection through his seal.
• Medusa wondered whether the connection worked both ways and felt relieved when Xiao Bai's reaction suggested he could not sense her.

Xiao Bai agreed to let Qing Lin leave with Lü Man for Heavenly Snake Mansion so she could develop her talent and grow stronger. After promising to protect her and giving her supplies, he watched her depart, leaving their next meeting uncertain.

• Xiao Bai questioned Qing Lin about leaving, and she explained that she wanted to learn skills so she could help him.
• Xiao Bai accepted her decision and warned Lü Man that Heavenly Snake Mansion must not mistreat Qing Lin.
• Xiao Bai comforted Qing Lin and told her to stand up for herself if anyone bullied her.
• Xiao Bai released Lü Man and Bai Ya from their seals and asked them to look after Qing Lin.
• Xiao Bai gave Qing Lin medicinal pills and two hundred thousand Gold Coins before Lü Man took her away.

Xiao Bai prepared to leave after returning Medusa’s crown, then asked about the completeness of her inheritance and offered his help. Medusa admitted she did not want to owe him more, leaving their feelings unresolved but bringing them closer.

• Xiao Bai told Medusa he was leaving, and she hid her reluctance behind a calm expression.
• Xiao Bai placed Medusa’s golden crown on her head, but Little Golden Dragon interrupted them with a remark about worldly love, prompting Xiao Bai to kick it away.
• Xiao Bai asked whether the Heaven Swallowing Python’s inheritance had any gaps, and Medusa said she had absorbed and organized all its soul fragments without missing anything.
• Xiao Bai offered Medusa medicinal pills and asked for her help in a little over a year, and Medusa said he should call on her when he needed help but that she did not want to owe him more.
• Xiao Bai praised Medusa’s pride and strength, and she smiled at him.

Xiao Bai discovered that the Soul Seal had created a mutual emotional connection between him and Medusa, and he reassured her that he had only sensed it that day. As Xiao Bai departed, he gave her the name Cai Lin, which she quietly accepted.

• Xiao Bai told Medusa that their connection let them sense each other's feelings, and she feared he had been mocking her.
• Xiao Bai explained that his Soul Strength had only recently recovered enough for him to sense the connection, easing Medusa's suspicion.
• Xiao Bai recited a verse about their hearts being in tune, while Medusa denied knowing what he meant.
• Xiao Bai learned that Medusa considered Medusa her name and decided to call her Cai Lin instead.
• Xiao Bai took the Little Golden Dragon and flew away, while Hai Bodong followed; Medusa watched him leave and softly repeated the name Cai Lin.