Chapter Summaries

Yun Zimo sought out Heavenly Poison to teach Xiao Yi Xian, whose Woe Poison Body had survived beyond childhood. He left Xiao Yi Xian on Heavenly Poison Mountain and entrusted Elder Yun Xia with the Misty Cloud Sect’s new Chu Yun branch, named Butterfly Medical Valley.

• Yun Zimo and Yun Shan traveled to the Chu Yun Empire to find Heavenly Poison, and her mountain mist briefly made Yun Zimo dizzy.
• Yun Zimo told Heavenly Poison that he had found someone with the Woe Poison Body who had lived past ten, and Heavenly Poison agreed to take Xiao Yi Xian as her disciple if she was suitable.
• Yun Zimo and Yun Shan recognized that Xiao Yi Xian was the girl with the Woe Poison Body, and Yun Shan agreed to send Elder Yun Xia to the Chu Yun Empire to help establish a sect branch.
• Yun Zimo hesitated to send Xiao Yi Xian away, but after she reflected on a short-lived Illusion Butterfly, he embraced her as she prepared to go.
• Yun Zimo watched Xiao Yi Xian disappear into the mist on Heavenly Poison Mountain, then entrusted Elder Yun Xia with the Chu Yun branch and named it Butterfly Medical Valley.

Yun Zimo left the mountain to challenge powerful fighters on his way toward the Black-Corner Region, then chose an eastern route through the Tagor Desert. He parted from Xiao Yan with rare treasures and encouragement, while Xiao Yan resolved to train harder.

• Yun Zimo told Yun Shan he was leaving for up to half a year, and Yun Shan urged him to pursue his own path to Dou Huang and sword mastery.
• In the Magical Beast Mountain Range, Yun Zimo watched Xiao Yan escape a Fourth-Order Magical Beast using Cloud-Chasing Moon-Stepping and saw that he had advanced to Dou Shi.
• Xiao Yan mistook Yun Zimo for a stranger and struck him with Yao Lao's borrowed Dou Emperor strength, then recognized him and explained that Yao Lao was his master.
• Yun Zimo revealed that he planned to challenge Dou Huangs on his way to the Black-Corner Region and gave Xiao Yan rare treasures before they parted.
• Xiao Yan asked Yao Lao to double his training, and Yao Lao added alchemy practice and an upcoming qualification exam to his regimen.
• Yun Zimo flipped a coin to choose his route, then flew east toward the Tagor Desert and the Snake-Person Tribe.

Yun Zimo entered the Tagor Desert to reach the Snake-People Holy City and propose a deal to Queen Medusa. After she received him, the Snake-People elders challenged his worth, leaving the proposed deal unanswered.

• Yun Zimo visited Hai Bodong’s map shop and learned that Hai Bodong had no detailed map of the Snake-People heartland.
• Yun Zimo flew into the desert, used his Mirage Feather Technique to approach the Holy City, and requested an audience with Queen Medusa.
• Mo Basi opposed Yun Zimo’s entry, but Yue Mei and Hua She’er ensured he was admitted under Medusa’s orders.
• Yun Zimo entered the Snake-Person Temple and offered to make a deal with Queen Medusa.
• Yan Ci questioned Yun Zimo’s worth, while Medusa made no move to rebuke him.

Yun Zimo proved himself to Queen Medusa by defeating Black Poison in the Divine Guard Etiquette, despite Black Poison’s Dou Huang strength. Afterward, Yun Zimo offered Medusa information about two Heavenly Flames and asked her to help him break through to Dou Huang.

• Yun Zimo knocked Yan Ci and Mo Basi off the platform, then challenged the Snake-Person elders’ treatment of him.
• At Medusa’s order, Black Poison fought Yun Zimo, and they moved their battle outside the divine temple.
• Yun Zimo used wind and mist techniques to fight Black Poison, then defeated him with a sword strike powered by soul energy.
• Medusa sentenced Black Poison to thirty strokes and one month’s forfeited pay, then privately heard Yun Zimo’s proposal to cooperate.
• Yun Zimo revealed that Gu He had obtained Fire Cloud Water Flame and that Green Lotus Core Flame lay beneath the desert.
• Medusa asked what Yun Zimo wanted, and he requested her help breaking through to Dou Huang.

Yun Zimo found Qing Lin in the desert and treated her snake scales with kindness, learning that she had been abandoned and abused before Xiao Ding and Xiao Li took her in. As the Snake-People and humans cooperated in their search for a Heavenly Flame, Yun Zimo prepared for Medusa’s evolution and planned to relocate her people.

• Yun Zimo met Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, and Qing Lin while Snake-People and human mercenaries searched the desert together.
• Xiao Ding thanked Yun Zimo for helping the Xiao Clan, and Yun Zimo asked the Desert Iron Mercenary Group to mark areas with strong fire energy.
• Yun Zimo reassured Qing Lin that her snake scales were beautiful and that all beings were equal, then learned her mother had been beaten to death and Xiao Ding and Xiao Li were the only people who had cared for her.
• Yun Zimo explained to Medusa that Qing Lin possessed the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, whose ability would not affect Medusa after she evolved into a Heaven-Swallowing Python.
• Yun Zimo urged Medusa to prepare for her evolution, gave her a list of medicines to find, and said he would seek the Jia Ma Imperial Family’s approval to move the Snake-People to the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• Yun Zimo said his teacher and Gu He were searching for a Heavenly Flame, while the Snake-People and humans continued their first cooperation in a hundred years.

Yun Zimo, Queen Medusa, Yun Shan, Gu He, and Qing Lin discovered a magma lake beneath the desert while searching for Heavenly Flames. Qing Lin awakened her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and controlled a Double-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, which revealed that the Heavenly Flames lay beneath them.

• Gu He located a route to the desert’s richest fire-attribute energy, and Queen Medusa blasted a passage through the sand for the group.
• The group dug downward through bedrock until they broke into a vast underground magma lake.
• Yun Zimo deduced that the Heavenly Flames were somewhere below the magma, but a Double-Headed Fire Spirit Snake attacked them from the lake.
• Yun Shan seized the snake, and Yun Zimo guided Qing Lin as she awakened her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and subdued it.
• Qing Lin communicated with the snake, which told her that the Heavenly Flames were directly below them.

Gu He retrieved the Green Lotus Core Flame from the underground magma with Yun Shan and Medusa, then returned it to Yun Zimo. Yun Zimo set aside his hopes of negotiating with the Jia Ma Imperial Family and began challenging the Snake-Person Tribe’s Peak Dou Emperor elders to strengthen himself.

• Gu He, Yun Shan, and Medusa rode the Fire Spirit Snake through the magma and reached the Eight-Leaf Green Lotus holding the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Gu He carefully severed the Green Lotus from its roots and brought the lotus platform back with Yun Shan and Medusa.
• Yun Zimo handed the Green Lotus Platform to Yun Zimo, and Qing Lin recalled the Double-Headed Fire Spirit Snake to her wrist.
• Yun Shan warned Yun Zimo that negotiating with the Jia Ma Imperial Family would give it an excuse to declare war on the Snake-Person Tribe, so Yun Zimo abandoned the plan for now.
• Yun Zimo chose to resume his challenges in the Snake-Person Holy City, and Medusa summoned the Four Great Elders to serve as his training partners.
• Medusa forced the Four Great Elders to their knees, while Yun Zimo realized she was using the training request to discipline them and looked forward to the fight.

Yun Zimo crossed into other nations while suppressing his cultivation to rebuild his foundation, defeating robbers and challenging dangerous fighters along the way. He became a folk hero, regained the Dou Wang realm, and set his sights on the Black-Corner Region.

• Yun Zimo crossed out of the Jia Ma Empire, suppressed his cultivation, and began rebuilding his strength in a frontier town.
• Yun Zimo defeated the Poison Wolf Mercenary Group and killed its leader, an outer disciple of the Golden Goose Sect.
• The Golden Goose Sect launched a manhunt as Yun Zimo left the empire and continued traveling south, testing himself against local experts and factions.
• Yun Zimo's deeds inspired a lasting folk legend about a black-robed messenger who defended the oppressed.
• Yun Zimo regained the Dou Wang realm and declared that the Black-Corner Region would be his final stop.

Yun Zimo rescued Ren Xia and the Xia Lan members from the Black Skull Tomb, then learned how Ren Xia had built Xia Lan into an organization inspired by him. After the Black Skull Tomb came to Jiuling Palace seeking revenge, Yun Zimo prepared to face them with Ren Xia and the others.

• Yun Zimo heard that Xia Lan was under attack and hurried northeast in disguise to find them.
• Ren Xia and the Xia Lan members were nearly overwhelmed by two Dou Wang and the Black Skull Tomb’s forces, so Ren Xia tried to sacrifice himself.
• Yun Zimo stopped Ren Xia’s self-destruction, defeated the two Dou Wang, and helped the surviving Xia Lan members escape.
• Ren Xia welcomed Yun Zimo to Jiuling Palace and explained how Yun Zimo’s teachings had inspired him to found Xia Lan.
• A Da Dou Shi reported that the Black Skull Tomb had arrived at Jiuling Palace, and Yun Zimo led Ren Xia and the others out to confront them.

Yun Zimo led the Xia Lan Order in destroying the Black Skull Tomb and killed its Dou Emperor master, Ku Lou, establishing the Order in Black Skull City. As factions across the Black-Corner Region reacted to the news, Yun Zimo reached Dou King Great Perfection, bringing the Dou Emperor realm within reach.

• Yun Zimo and the Xia Lan Order confronted the Black Skull Tomb at Jiu Ling Cliff, where both sides’ fighters clashed while Yun Zimo faced Ku Lou.
• Yun Zimo defeated and killed Ku Lou with his sword techniques, then killed a Dou Spirit who called for revenge and forced the Black Skull Tomb’s fighters to surrender.
• Yun Zimo sealed the strongest captives, including Half-Ghost, and flew to Black Skull City; a day later, news spread that the Xia Lan Order had wiped out the Black Skull Tomb and taken the city.
• Su Qian learned that Lan Fengzi was Yun Zimo and decided to send congratulations, while the young master in Feng City dismissed Ku Lou’s death and Fan Lao vowed to visit his fallen friend.
• Yun Zimo cultivated in Black Skull City and reached Dou King Great Perfection, with the Dou Emperor realm now within reach.

Yun Zimo swallowed an Emperor-Breaking Pill and began his breakthrough to Dou Emperor while factions gathered in Jiuling City to stop him. As Jia Nan Academy elders held off the attackers, Yun Zimo emerged from his seclusion and effortlessly subdued Wu Nao, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Yun Zimo took the Emperor-Breaking Pill and began breaking through, while Ren Xia and his men guarded him and Fan Lao secretly prepared an ambush.
• Elder Lin agreed to protect Yun Zimo, and Han Beng gathered four Dou Emperors to attack him as other faction leaders withdrew.
• After nearly fifteen days, Yun Zimo's aura reached its peak and a blue-white tornado burst from his seclusion as he neared the Dou Emperor realm.
• Fan Lao and the other attackers struck, but Qi Yan and Jia Nan Academy elders intervened to protect Yun Zimo.
• Wu Nao broke through the defenders and attacked the tornado, but Yun Zimo appeared and struck him down with one hand while Ban Lao fled.

Yun Zimo defeated four Dou Emperors in the Black-Corner Region, killing Fan Lao and Ban Lao while the other two survived gravely wounded. After Su Qian warned him about the region’s hidden power balance, Yun Zimo received the information he had requested and discovered it concerned a Soul Hall Protector.

• Fan Lao fled while Yun Zimo’s three forms pursued the retreating enemies; Yan died in a fiery explosion, and Fan Lao’s soul was captured near Feng City.
• Yun Zimo’s true body and avatar overwhelmed Ban Lao, and Yun Zimo killed him with his new sword technique, Within My Dao.
• News of Yun Zimo’s battle against four Dou Emperors spread, while Jia Nan Academy secured key assets from the defeated factions and other powers protested.
• Su Qian revealed that he had restrained the Dou Zongs and warned Yun Zimo not to upset the Black-Corner Region’s balance.
• Su Qian handed Yun Zimo an investigation file, and Yun Zimo recognized the subject as a Soul Hall Protector.

Yun Zimo learned that Wu Ying, a Soul Hall Protector, had entered the Jia Ma Empire and debated with Su Qian whether he could confront him without provoking Soul Hall. He rejected Su Qian’s offer to leave for Jia Nan Academy and instead prepared to return to the Misty Cloud Sect, leaving Ren Xia in command of Xia Lan.

• Su Qian told Yun Zimo that Wu Ying had entered the Jia Ma Empire and explained that Soul Hall’s Northwest branch was only a small outpost.
• Yun Zimo asked about capturing or killing Wu Ying, but Su Qian warned that Soul Hall would retaliate and that Jia Nan Academy could not risk a war with the Soul Clan.
• Su Qian offered Yun Zimo a recommendation letter for Jia Nan Academy, but Yun Zimo returned it, choosing to stand by the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Yun Zimo helped Ren Xia stabilize his breakthrough to Dou Wang and praised Zero’s leader for providing information about Fan Lao and the others.
• Yun Zimo appointed Ren Xia Grand Commander of Xia Lan and gave him a robe, hat, and sword before leaving as Yun Zimo of the Misty Cloud Sect.

Xiao Yan visited Hai Bodong’s map shop in Desert City, where he found a fragment of the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame map and fought the Ice Emperor to obtain it. Hai Bodong gave him the map fragments after hearing about his promise, and Yun Zimo arrived to find the shop wrecked.

• Xiao Yan searched Hai Bodong’s shop for a desert map and found a fragment of the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame map among the dusty scrolls.
• Hai Bodong refused to sell the fragment, revealed himself as the Ice Emperor, and fought Xiao Yan in the map shop.
• Xiao Yan used his Purple Cloud Wings and pale white Heavenly Flame to defeat Hai Bodong and freeze him inside a pillar of ice.
• Xiao Yan offered pills and compensation, then explained that he had a promise to fulfill and someone to catch up to.
• Hai Bodong gave Xiao Yan two map fragments, and Yun Zimo arrived at the wrecked shop and recognized him.

Yun Zimo revealed that Die might be revived if Medusa underwent bloodline reversion, and Hai Bodong agreed to help with the dangerous ritual. The group then sought a way to break Hai Bodong’s seal, and Yao Lao appeared with the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, offering to refine the Break Calamity Pill.

• Yun Zimo told Hai Bodong that Die’s soul might be restored if Medusa became a Heaven-Swallowing Python, and Hai Bodong agreed to assist with suppressing the Heavenly Flame.
• Yun Zimo recruited Xiao Yan and Yao Lao to help with Medusa’s bloodline reversion, while Yao Lao decided to risk being discovered for a chance at a Heavenly Flame.
• Medusa said she could no longer undo Hai Bodong’s seal, so Hai Bodong showed Gu He the Break Calamity Pill formula.
• Gu He judged that the pill required a seventh-rank alchemist and admitted he could not confidently refine it.
• Yao Lao arrived in a Black Robe and offered to refine the pill, revealing his Bone Spirit Cold Flame to the group.

Yao Lao refined a Break Calamity Pill for Gu He, then helped Hai Bodong break the Snake Seal and regain his Dou Emperor strength. With preparations complete and Medusa agreeing to give Xiao Yan the Green Lotus Core Flame if her evolution succeeded, she began evolving above the Ice Spirit Cold Spring.

• Yao Lao used the Black Demon cauldron to refine a Break Calamity Pill, which Xiao Yan delivered to Gu He.
• Gu He praised Yao Lao’s skill and went to report the successful refinement to Yun Zimo.
• Hai Bodong used the purple light to drive out the Snake Seal, absorb its half-flood-dragon form, and restore his Dou Emperor strength.
• Yao Lao offered two Dou Ling Pills and one Dou Emperor Pill for the Green Lotus Core Flame, but Medusa agreed to hand it over after a successful evolution without taking the pills.
• Medusa transformed into her Purple Nether Flame Snake form above the Ice Spirit Cold Spring and began her evolution.

Yao Lao and Gu He helped Medusa endure the Green Lotus Core Flame as she attempted to evolve, while the Snake-People and humans waited tensely. Medusa returned as a tiny Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python, and a second snake egg was discovered inside her old body.

• Gu He lent Yao Lao his soul power to help control the Green Lotus Core Flame and the Ice Spirit Cold Spring during Medusa's evolution.
• Yao Lao urged Medusa to heed her bloodline's call, then intensified the flame when her aura began to fade.
• Medusa's aura vanished, but an ancient song and a bolt of silver lightning struck her charred body as blue mist spread across the Holy City.
• A shell-like cracking sound accompanied the emergence of a tiny Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python, which Yao Lao identified as Medusa reborn in her ancestral form.
• A Snake-People elder found a seven-colored snake egg inside Medusa's old body.

Yao Lao, Gu He, and Yun Zimo used a Soul Fusion Pill to awaken Medusa from her dormant state inside the Heaven-Swallowing Python. Medusa awakened and thanked them, while Yun Zimo recovered from the pain of sacrificing part of his soul power to open her soul sea.

• Yao Lao explained that Medusa had separated her second soul, leaving her dormant inside the Heaven-Swallowing Python, and the Snake-Person elder asked Gu He to help awaken her.
• Gu He offered a Soul Fusion Pill, and Yao Lao, Gu He, and Yun Zimo prepared to guide its medicinal power into Medusa's soul sea.
• Yun Zimo used a sword formed from his soul origin to pierce the soul barrier, but Medusa absorbed part of the sword and his soul power.
• The Soul Fusion Pill's power reached Medusa, and she emerged from the Heaven-Swallowing Python as a woman while Yun Zimo turned away and recovered.
• Medusa dressed herself, recalled Yun Zimo's reaction, and thanked Yao Lao, Gu He, and Yun Zimo.

Xiao Yan left the Snake-People Holy City with the Green Lotus Platform and learned from Yao Lao how much further he had to go to match Yun Zimo. Meanwhile, Medusa offered the humans a chance at peace, and Yun Yun confronted Yun Zimo about Xiao Yi Xian before agreeing not to hold it against him.

• Yao Lao explained that he had avoided leaving a soul mark on Medusa’s body and warned Xiao Yan to leave before devouring the Heavenly Flame.
• Yao Lao humbled Xiao Yan by describing prodigies from the Central Plains, while Xiao Yan reaffirmed that surpassing Yun Zimo was his real goal.
• Medusa sent an envoy to the Jia Ma Imperial Family with her decision to give the humans a chance, threatening to replace their ruler if they chose war.
• Yun Yun praised Yun Zimo’s work as acting sect master, then questioned his relationship with Xiao Yi Xian.
• Yun Yun challenged Yun Zimo to a sword fight and, after he conceded defeat, agreed not to hold his love for Xiao Yi Xian against him if he promised not to pursue other women.

Yun Zimo learned that Wu Ying’s pills were made with vengeful spirits and kept them rather than letting Gu He destroy them. He also heard about Hai Bodong’s efforts for Die, and Zi Yan announced that she was ready to advance.

• Yun Zimo met with Yun Shan, who showed him a pill from Wu Ying and discussed Yun Yin’s cultivation and Yun Yun’s personality.
• Gu He discovered the pills contained vengeful spirits that could cause addiction and alter a person’s temperament, and Yun Zimo stored them for later use.
• Gu He told Yun Zimo that Hai Bodong had created an oasis for Die and was helping her emerge from a Python egg in underground magma.
• Zi Yan collected Gu He’s authorization token for more pills and told Yun Zimo and Gu He that she was about to advance.